This track is a 1957 jazz standard composed by John Coltrane. This is the first track featured on the album named “Blue Train,” like the first track. The song starts with the melody in E-flat minor and the chord progression changes to E-flat major for the improvised section, eventually returning to the original minor key to recreate the original melody.
Sparke, Michael. Liner notes. Live From the Las Vegas Tropicana. Music by Stan Kenton. Capitol Jazz, 1996.
...e first modal blues recorded. Not only was this track modal, but it was also considered to be written as a waltz. This can be heard in the way the song seems to persuade the listener to glide gracefully through the sounds.
When a person thinks of jazz, they think they are performers who take stage and improvise their songs. Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington were two of the greatest jazz composers of their time. These two collaborated hundreds of productions. Ellington was known for his song Caravan featuring Juan Tizol that was written in 1936. Other musicians have recorded this song, Caravan, many times. Billy Strayhorn song he composed in 1941, Take the “A” Train, premiered in Duke Ellington’s Orchestra. This song has been recorded by other musicians more than 900 times.
The Jazz Singer, was directed by Alan Crosland and Gordon Hollingshead, The jazz singer was also the first film than has sound. It involved The first full-length synchronized sound and it release the new sound film and the decline of the silent film era.
This album was performed by the Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet released in 1954. This group also included tenor-saxophonist Harold Land, pianist Richie Powell and bassist George Morrow. It shows Brown's fast pace and full rounded tones, Roach's classic bop drumming, soulful solos by Harold Land, and the work done by Ritchie Powell and George Morrow. Roach helps the album really stand out. Land and Brown complement each other massively.
Being a jazz standard and commonly played by a military and other marching bands, this piece was first composed by Benny Golson and was first recorded for Blue Mitchell’s Riverside album Big 6 on July 2nd and 3rd, 1958. This piece was influenced by New Orleans marching bands, and “starts in long meter form and transforms back into regular time. From Leonard Feather's point of view, “the theme with its slight bugle-call orientation, has a period quality that ties the work
Based on the novel of the same name by E.L. Doctorow, Ahrens and Flaherty’s Ragtime is a compelling epic capturing the American experience at the turn of the 20th century. Tracking three diverse families in pursuit of the American dream in the volatile “melting pot” of turn-of-the-century New York, Ragtime confronts the dialectic contradictions inherent in American reality: experiences of wealth and poverty, freedom and prejudice, hope and despair. Over the course of the show, the worlds of a wealthy white couple, a Jewish immigrant father, and his motherless daughter, and an African American ragtime musician intertwine. Together, they discover the surprising interconnections of the human heart, the limitations of justice and the unsettling
Early History of Jazz Jazz is a style of music that began and has been revolutionized within the United States. Jazz music first appeared in the city of New Orleans and eventually moved onto Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, and New York City. Jazz unites different elements of African, African- American, religious, brass brand, and blues style of music. The music of Jazz, and its changes through the years, is now a form of music that is known and respected throughout this nation and the world. Jazz music is a blending of both black and white tradition and heritages.
Jazz music is perhaps one of the most famous genres in the world, being based on African American roots being implemented in the art of performance through improvisation and instrumentation. The Jazz Age was home to many transcending artists due to its world renowned changing culture, as different sounds of music clashed and combined to allow subgenres to come to fruition. One of the most famous of these artists is Louis Armstrong. Louis Armstrong was born on July 4, 1900, in New Orleans, Louisiana, a city known for its rich and immense culture of music, art, and more. These roots allowed Armstrong to develop the sound of jazz by experimenting with new elements throughout his career (“Louis Armstrong”). He combined his unique, raspy voice with
Blues can be distinguished both as a musical form and as a genre (style) of music. The typical blues form consists of a 12-bar harmonic pattern that subdivides into three groups of four bars each. (A bar is one measure and in musical notation is indicated by a vertical line). The 12-bar pattern usually follows a traditional blues chord progression. This form was standardized in 1912 with the publication of “Memphis Blues” by musician and composer W. C. Handy. From the beginning, the blues form b...
Mississippi is the state that it is today mainly because of the people in Mississippi. Mississippi is known for many things like slavery, cotton, juke joints, food, and other things especially the blues. There were a few people that made Mississippi famous for blues today. Such as Robert Johnson who is from Hazlehurst, Ms he’s one of the most famous Delta Blues musicians. Some call him the Godfather of rock and roll. Some say he sold his sold to the devil at a crossroad in the Delta in exchange for mastery of the guitar. He had the chance to record several records in Texas and he even traveled through Mississippi Delta and Arkansas. By that time he had died but six of his records had been released in the South as “race records”. His death occurred on August 16, 1938, exactly at the age 27 at a crossroad near Greenwood, MS; however, there is not an exactly known reason why or how he died. He was ranked 5th on the Rolling Stone’s list of 100 Greatest Guitarist of all time.
The Roots of Blues Music Blues is a very important type of music. Most music that you hear today has some form of blues in it. If it wasn't for the blues there wouldn't be any rock and roll, country, rap, pop, or jazz . Blues is also important for African American culture. African Americans were also the people who started the blues.
52 years ago, this album marked the pinnacle of John Coltrane’s music career. A Love Supreme is the genesis of Spiritual Jazz —not only did it celebrate Coltrane’s liberation from his past troubles with heroine and alcohol addiction, for Coltrane’s followers, A Love Supreme was also a revelation of God’s redemption. Since its release, an African Orthodox Church has been named after him where Coltrane’s music is worshipped, musicians such as U2, Santana and ____. too referenced his music to advocate for equality. Amidst the African-American civil rights movement and the Vietnam War, the birth of A Love Supreme became highly associated with peace and freedom. Nevertheless, Coltrane specifically writes about his personal spiritual quest on
Gospel songs combined religious lyrics with melodies and rhythms inspired by early blues and jazz. Many churches rejected this new integration of religious conviction and popular song as devil's music that had no place in a house of worship.
Author, John Williams, transitions his focus away from applying principles to, “…sentences and short passages in all kinds of writing in part two (28- 79) to, “…longer units of discourse” (95) found within expository and argumentative writing (95). Now writers have an opportunity to gain insight and become educated about ways to present information within an academic context in a clear and coherent manner without compromising style and confusing their readers.