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Drum Jazz Essays and Term Papers
A Touch Of JazzWhen I hear people talking cheerfully of "Negro music" or the Africa roots of jazz; he often wonders what in the world they can be talking about. What Negro music? What part of Africa? What kind of jazz? Africa is groups than any comparable land mass. Not all Africans are Negroes, and not all ...
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Jazz AgeJazz is a type of music developed by black Americans about 1900 and possessing an identifiable history and describable stylistic evolution. It is rooted in the mingled musical traditions of American blacks. More black musicians saw jazz for the first time a profession. Since its beginnings, ...
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The Revival Of Jazz In South AfricaJazz is once again back on its feet in South Africa. After many years of cultural oppression due to Apartheid, jazz is slowly but surely finding its way back to popularity in South Africa. However, the road to reconstruction is apparently not a smooth one, as many jazz musicians and the entire ...
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Jazzis a type of music developed by black Americans about 1900
and possessing an identifiable history and describable
stylistic evolution. It is rooted in the mingled musical traditions of
American blacks. More black musicians saw for the first time a
profession. Since its beginnings has ...
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JazzWhen it comes to music, most people don't say they like it. People say
they like heavy metal, pop, rhythm and blues, or any other type of music,
since they have their own preference to what type of music they like, not
just enjoying the broad area of music. One of those types of music which
many ...
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New Orleans Jazz Band: Dag"They have a word down South to describe the way you feel when your packed into
a crowded dive at 1:00 AM, where the cigarette smoke is so thick it makes its
own weather; and the waitress is slinging bourbon and Fritos while some bad-ass
Jazz Funk band rocks the house as hard as Blue Ridge ...
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The DrumsINTRODUCTION
The drum set is a relatively new instrument compared to other percussion
instruments. are different from other instruments in a way, The
drumset is constantly changing due to the demands of new music styles and
advancements in technology. There are various types of drums, although ...
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John Coltrane"I've got to keep experimenting. I feel that I'm just beginning. I have part of what I'm looking for in my grasp, but not all.”
This phrase, from the liner notes of "My Favorite Things" clearly defines Coltrane's life and his search for the incorporation of his spirituality with his music. ...
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John Coltrane\"I\'ve got to keep experimenting. I feel that I\'m just beginning. I have part of what I\'m looking for in my grasp, but not all."
This phrase, from the liner notes of \"My Favorite Things\" clearly defines Coltrane\'s life and his search for the incorporation of his spirituality with his ...
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Stan Kenton & His OrchestraBorn December 15, 1911 in Wichita, Kansas, Stanley Newcomb Kenton grew up in Los Angeles, California. Sometime around the age of 8, his mother, Stella, a traditionally-trained musician noticed her son's irrepressible aptitude for the piano and became his first teacher.
It wasn't long, however, ...
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Dave Matthews Band, The Most Compelling Band AroundDave Matthews Band is a unique, musically gifted band. Its combination of sounds of folk, jazz, rock, world beat, and reggae give it its originality and musicality that extends the bounds of music. The five members of the band: Dave Matthews, Boyd Tinsley, LeRoi Moore, Stefan Lessard, and Carter ...
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A Portrait Of Duke Ellington By Tracy FrechDuke Ellington is considered to be one of the greatest figures in the history of
American music. Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was born in Washington D.C. on
April 29, 1899. His parents were James Edward and Daisy Kennedy Ellington. They
raised Duke as an only child, until his sister, Ruth, was ...
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Duke Ellington 2One of Duke’s earliest compositions was the “Soda Fountain Rag”, which he played so many different ways, it was thought that it was several compositions (Gammond, 69).
In retrospect, Duke Ellington’s formal music career could be split up into three distinct,masterful ...
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Rap Music; It’s Impact On Society Since It’s Birth.The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines “rap” as a rhythmic chanting of usual rhymed couplets to a musical accompaniment. The purpose of this paper is to show how rap music has come to be. Also, citing the many performers who have mad this form of music what it is today. Rap is a large part of ...
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Music And The Global PerspectiveThe global perspective of music: we live in an increasingly smaller
“global village.” With advance in worldwide transportation and
communication and with increasingly mobile societies, it seems not only
appropriate but also necessary to develop a global perspective of music. A
global ...
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African MusicBesides using the voice, which has been developed to use various techniques such as complex hard melisma and yodel, a wide array of musical instruments are used. African musical instruments include a wide range of drums, slit gongs, rattles, double bells as well as melodic instruments like string ...
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Charlie Parker At StoryvilleThe set by Charlie Parker, at Storyville is a perfect example of bop or bebop. It fits almost all of the criteria we use to define bop. These criteria include, but are not limited to: fast tempo, display of instrumental virtuosity, complex melodies and harmonies, an unresolved character, ...
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A Cappella? Is That How You Spell It?A Cappella? Is That How You Spell It?
The phrase a cappella is among the most butchered and misunderstood musical
terms. The predominant, and most "correct" spelling, is ...
a cappella - two words, two "p's", two "l's."
A Cappella, A Picky Definition
Musicologists have fun debating the extent to ...
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A Cappella? Is That How You Spell It?A Cappella? Is That How You Spell It?
The phrase a cappella is among the most butchered and misunderstood musical
terms. The predominant, and most "correct" spelling, is ...
a cappella - two words, two "p's", two "l's."
A Cappella, A Picky Definition
Musicologists have fun debating the extent to ...
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Popular Music RevolutionMusic has undergone many changes throughout and history and prehistory. These changes were always somehow connected to sociological movements at the time. Rock music evolved mostly out of a need by young people of the fifties to break away from so-cietal norms. America had just come out of the ...
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