Vibrato

My paper’s approach to Louis Armstrong’s small band performance in Australia is organized by song. In each of these song sections, I describe what is generally going on. Intermixed amongst my musical review, I also interject my personal feelings and perceptions to what is occurring. I have organized my structure this way in order to provide a methodical structure to my analysis. Louis Armstrong starts playing the trumpet in the first song, “When It’s Sleepy Time Down South,” almost immediately…

The culture industry argument, established by Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer, is a critique of mass media, which refers to the industrialization of culture, where the masses are not the only source of mass culture; capitalism serves the masses, and treats them like commodities for their own benefit (McAnany & Wilkinson, 1996). Adorno and Horkheimer chose to call it culture industry, rather than mass media, because they believed that in mass media, masses had some influence upon the creation…

Recording innovations in the mid-1960s rerouted the expectations of musical composition. The Beatles were famous for constantly revolutionizing the music industry in unimaginable fashions. On August 5, 1966, Revolver was released in the United Kingdom (The Beatles Bible, 2015). The album’s experimentation and creativity reached a level that not even The Beatles could have anticipated. What musical ingenuities propelled Revolver to become one of the greatest albums of all time? The Beatles…

On August 27th, 1909, in Woodville, Mississippi, one of the three tenor saxophone giants was born, Lester Young, also known as the ‘Prez’ or the ‘Pres’ (Ron T). Along with Ben Webster and most notably, Coleman Hawkins, he culminated his own style of intricate swing and paved the road to bebop. Folks like Charlie Parker and Sonny Rollins had all of his solos memorized in every key, by heart. He was the father of every style of jazz that followed. In the 20’s and 30’s, jazz was the music of dance.…

Dolly Rebecca Parton was born on January 19, 1946 in Locust Ridge, Tennessee. Her father was named Robert Lee Parton. He worked in construction but he also was a subsistence farmer. Her mother, Avie Lee Caroline, stayed at home with Dolly and her siblings. Dolly described her family as “dirt poor”. Her father made very little money , in fact when Dolly was born her father paid the doctor with a bag of cornmeal. Dolly was the fourth born of twelve children. Her entire family lived in a rustic…

The electric guitar is the culmination of thousands of years of history and great effort to enhance the music that we know and love today. It has changed the way we use it in music in our recordings and live performances and still is a dominant instrument in many music genres. To really understand this particular instrument, one must understand its: definition, history, construction, uses, and prevalence/impact in music. To know what an electric guitar is, one must understand just what a guitar…

modernism with the way the composer wrote the piece. Piazolla is a big fan of using the guitar to play a rhythm on the body of the guitar. The flute for the most part is always playing lyrically and with as much musicality as possible. The use of vibrato and body movements was key in order for the musicians to really let us know the mood of the piece. The piece…

The release of Kendrick Lamar’s debut album Section.80 dealt with the “perils of a generation that fell victim to the crack era” in a city stricken by poverty and violence. Though Lamar was formerly an independent artist looking to gain traction in the music industry, the release of Section.80 catapulted the rapper to stardom. Lamar has since released three studio albums, one compilation album, one EP, five mixtapes, and has appeared on numerous other musicians’ songs in the short time he has…

a synthesizer as, “an audio instrument that uses sound generators to create waveforms.” (Alten 339). The process includes the use of MIDI, Musical Instrument Digital Interface, that has the compositional elements, such as pitch, rhythm, dynamics, vibrato, and timbre, defined to produce music without any instruments, though typically includes using keyboard input (Bonds 593). The problem resting in the finish product it typically has certain qualities that reveal the methods of construction…

Heaven Walters MUS 110 Drew Hays 10 April 15 Album Analysis: Saxophone Colossus According to the Webster Dictionary, Colossus is defined as something that is gigantic or immense, which is also accurate when describing Sonny Rollins’ contributions to the jazz world. Sonny Rollins, himself, was knowns as the “Saxophone Colossus” back in 1956, and has been compared to Coleman Hawkins with his strong, intense notes combined with lyrical freedom and genius. Saxophone Colossus, recorded in June of…