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    recognized for their tremendous improvisational skills. Improvisation is one of the essential fundamentals that distinguishes jazz from other genres of music. Through improvisation in jazz, musicians are afforded the opportunity to thrust their level of musical creativity and ability for greater performance. “Artists such as Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke and others changed jazz from a functional music to a music in which the players were praised for their artistic ability, for their…

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    Beethoven Who Is Great

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    emotion and soul that other composers could not compete with in their music. Duke Ellington was a jazz composer from Washington D.C. He is known for taking…

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    vocalist/composer/dancer, Jen Shyu, meritoriously earned the trust of groundbreaking jazz luminaries such as Steve Coleman and Anthony Braxton. Born in Illinois to Taiwanese and East Timorese immigrant parents, the New-York based singer brings her musical heritage and other multi-cultural influences into nine original compositions, which she calls doors (to other worlds). Although heavily steeped in the world music genre, her work also includes gritty jazz layers piled up by her Jade Tongue…

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    'Frank' was the first studio and debut album by Amy Winehouse that was released on 20th October 2003 by Island Records and did not feature any hit singles. The name of her album is significant as it relates to the tone of her songs and lyrics of being straightforward and as the title suggests, 'Frank'. It also reinforces an artist that is an inspiration of hers, Frank Sinatra. The album intially ranked at number 60 in the UK Albums Chart before it then ranked at number 13 in the Januray of 2004.…

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    Nina Simone Biography Nina Simone was a powerful black singer in the 1960s and 70s. She became famous for her amazing talent and the way she put her feelings and emotion into words through song. She wrote a lot of music about civil rights and was admired by many other influential people of her time. Many people respected her for her unapologetic attitude and her amazing voice. Her songs are still sung today because of the amount of raw emotion flowing through them. Originally named…

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    on www.biography.com/people/ella-fitzgerald-9296210) Ella Fitzgerald, known as the “First Lady of Song”and “Lady Ella,” was an American jazz and song vocalist who interpreted much of the Great American songbook. Born in 1917, Ella turned to singing after a troubled childhood and debuted at the Apollo theater in 1934. Ella went on to become the female jazz singer for decades. In 1958, Ella made history as the first African-American woman to win Grammy Award. “It isn’t where you came from it’s…

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    Toni Morrison Jazz Essay

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    Jazz by Toni Morrison is set during the Harlem Renaissance, an era in which music, specifically Jazz music, was generating popularity, as well as controversy. Morrison incorporates the importance of music throughout the book in many ways, including, the style in which the narrator tells the story, for example, how characters were introduced and the way certain scenes were explained, as well as the language used. Although the structure of the novel is significant in understanding the role of jazz…

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    variety of versions. The musicians Louis Armstrong and Miles Davis well be discussed in this essay, as well as their version of “Summertime”. Louis Armstrong was one of the first soloist in jazz history.…

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    What a Wonderful World On August 4th, 1901, in New Orleans, Louisiana; one of the most influential jazz artist was born, not only was he a musician, he was a trumpeter, bandleader, singer, soloist, film star, and a comedian. Louis Armstrong, known for many of his popular songs such as What a Wonderful World. Being born and raised in such a bad area of New Orleans its’ nickname was “The Battlefield”, as well as an rough childhood. His father left soon after he was born, his mother was a…

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    Racism In Popular Music

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    Many African Americans were exceptional jazz musicians and they became so popular that they played all over the country but, their exceptionality did not let racism stop from coming into play. An example of this is the Cotton Club in Harlem. The Cotton Club was a private club that only accepted white folk in through the doors and the main entertainment was listening to live jazz artists. Duke Ellington, an African American New Orleans jazzer, was one of the…

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