The Pianist

On February 8, 1932 John Williams, a very talented composer, conductor, and pianist was born. Williams inherited his music abilities from his dad, a percussionist, and conductor, and his brother, who was also a studio percussionist. In 1952 Williams was handed an amazing opportunity, to arrange music for The U.S. Air Force Band. He took the job until 1955 when he decided to move to New York to attend Juilliard and study piano. Little did he know this was just the start of his musical career.…

An all star group consisting of Miles Davis, pianist Bill Evans, saxophonist John Coltrane and Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, drummer Jimmy Cobb, and bassist Paul Chambers, “So What” presents not only a great single composition, but also individual qualities of the musicians, presenting varied moods…

a brand new approach to jazz improvisation. It gained the majority of its popularity in the 60’s and became a major development in jazz music from then on. Its main characteristic is that there aren’t actually any rules. In the early 1940’s the pianist Lennie Tristano and composer Bob Graettinger made a lot of music using the free jazz elements. It originally began with the small groups led in 1958-59 by the saxophonist Ornette Coleman “The Shape of Jazz to…

at that time. At first, ragtime was not welcomed by American high society. However, it became internationally famous after Sousa’s band gained fame in Europe. At the end of the nineteenth century, ragtime is found in the performance of honky-tonk pianists near the Mississippi River, also influenced by the black banjo music and cakewalk rhythms. In addition, origin of ragtime is also found in British popular dance, jig rhythms, and marching songs in the sixteenth century. Ragtime composer Scott…

Coalhouse Walker is a perfect example of colored people during his time, as a people who were started to move up the social class ladder. Coalhouse defies the racial stereotypes of the time period during the novel, as he is well spoken and graceful. Not to mention he has taken great pride in himself, which was seen as taboo, since black Americans were still seen as a lesser people, and should know their place and act like their social status suggests. Coalhouse was faced with violence when his…

including a Brother named Kelly and a sister named Beth. Molly Ringwald had another brother, but he died when Molly Ringwald was younger. Molly Ringwald has some performing experience in her family. Molly Ringwald’s dad was a performer as a blind jazz pianist. Molly Ringwald’s mom was only a cook. Molly Ringwald had dark brown eyes, brunette colored hair, and was given the middle name Kathleen. Molly Ringwald started acting at a young age. Molly Ringwalds first acting job was at 5 years…

playing he would just stare at the crowd the play again. That kind of put me off because he didn't have that intensity that Nancy and Tim had when they played. He did a lot of harmonizing with the violin and when he did it was really slow. Tim the pianist was great. He had a workout playing the piano, I'm sure he looked forward to the intermission as much as i…

While studying he composed some of his fame works which are the Pavane pour une infante défunte (1899); in 1901 he composed a piece that was dedicated to Gabriel Fauré who was a French Romantic composer, organist, pianist and teacher. In 1903, he composed two pieces which are the Jeux d'eau a, the String Quartet, which is played in F major and follows four movements. In 1904, for the solo piano he composed The Sonatine, the Miroirs in 1905 and the Gaspard de la nuit…

Bon Jovi “Success is falling nine times and getting up ten times.”- Bon Jovi. This quote is from a true successful musician. His name is Jon Bongiovi. Bon Jovi is an American rock band with a lead singer whose name is Bon Jovi. Bon Jovi has and is still continuing to have success in the music industry. He had an interest in music in his teen years, prosperous career in the early 80s and 90s, and is still coming out with albums and is doing some philanthropy work to give back.…

Charlie Parker Jr. better known as the Bird was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. He is accredited for being an influential part in the development of bebop. This style of jazz had a much faster tempo, specialized technique, and advancement in the harmony that is used. His playing style made way for faster chords, variants to altered chords, and substitution that are made to it. Although he had a difficult upbringing and maybe obstacles were placed in front of him, he still succeeded…