The positive legacies that Charlie Parker left behind were his numerous record-ings that are still influential today, the fact that he redefined virtuosity with his style, helped define new bebop vocabulary, and he created a style that is rooted in the Kan-sas blues tradition. Charlie Parker’s recordings that he did with his musical group made an admirable and profound impression on the listeners and makers of jazz and he also became the first artist to make a recording with orchestral accompaniment. The nega-tive legacies Charlie Parker left behind were his influences of drug and alcohol on other musicians in hopes that they would play like him. His drug and alcohol addiction influ-enced other jazz musicians, causing jazz musicians lives and
He not only affected the people around him with his music, but he ended up affecting the oncoming generations as well. This contributed to the renewed sense of black cultural pride through self-expression by his style of
Lester William Polsfuss(a.k.a Les Paul): Early Life This research paper will not be a traditional paper, due to Lester William Polsfuss being such a profound musician and innovator. The format of this paper will represent a timeline, due to Polsfuss having so many achievements throughout his entire life. We will begin with the birth of Lester William Polsfuss and then up to him being awarded with two grammies in 2006. Although I have a personal attachment to Polsfuss, I will cover the history he changed and made.
This also added a new powerful sound to his music by turning his music into another type of sound that no one was use too. This sound later became known as the Chicago
in In almost all the songs he helped produce, he used turntables and synthesizers that which would not have been possible without the techniques and inventions by Grandmaster
This article will provide insight as to who William Grant Still was and what he did to illuminate his brilliance, and why he deserves to have his name forever etched in music’s history. Very few composers back in Still’s prime have been able to concoct memorable musical works of art. Although many have tried, few etched their name in music’s timeline. Listening to one of his pieces titled “Suite for Violin and Piano, Mvt. III” it becomes audibly evident of how jazz came to be what it is now. Still cut a path to new heights when it came to jazz.
Things They Carried is a classical American literature written by Tim O'Brien. Tim O'Brien survived the Vietnam War combat only to become a writer. The novel talks about activities of soldiers in a combat mission in Vietnam. The narrator of the story describes things soldiers normally carry to war-both tangible and intangible. The narrator also takes in to consideration the things the soldiers carry to create detailed composites of the characters making them seem real to readers.
It was smooth without being complicated by drastic changes. “Still’s music incorporates styles derived from blues and jazz, and his songs, operas, ballets, and symphonic works return again and again to African American subjects and stories.” (Kerman and Tomlinson) Still was able to create a distinct sound and style by taking a mixture of different music. “He 's already amazingly assured in handling orchestral sounds and adept at mingling the idioms of the blues with the unwieldy forces of a full orchestra.”
Just like any amazing artist, Miles’ Davis fame and skill did not come overnight. Back in high was when his first job experiences began. He worked at local bars and played at gigs, whenever he had the chance. These were only the beginning, one year later Davis joined the Blue Devils—his first band. He soon to attend Julliard, which led to the launch of his successful career.
He was different and he was good at it. Bill Haley was a great sensation and his legacy and music still lives and thrives
Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington was a phenomenal bandleader and composer, who rose to fame by pioneering jazz, a style of music that has stood the test of time today. It is evident that the theme of the biography, “Duke Ellington: Bandleader and Composer,” written by Ron Frankl, is that Duke Ellington has left behind with him a long lasting legacy on the musical style of jazz. For instance, text states, “Today, his majestic name still reigns over the jazz world as surely as it did a half century ago” (Frankl 105). It is obvious that the author means to state that Ellington has a fantastic legacy, even lasting today, thus supporting my thesis.
He was considered one of the most influential due to his way of playing the guitar, his music and also how he moved on stage with his guitar solo dance "Duck Walk", besides his personal characteristics he also had the quality to have fun and entertain the
In this paper, I plan to examine the influences that Miles Davis had on jazz. Starting with the bebop era, when his career first began, to his final collaboration released following his death. While in school Davis had learned how to play the trumpet, and following graduation he attended Julliard in New York. However, he dropped out of Julliard in 1945 in order join one of bebop’s pioneers, Charlie Parker. It was
His pieces are branded by “the intensity and compactness of their expression and wide variety of mood” ranging from reflective and emotional to upbeat and comical. “He had the ability to make the most complex movement appear effortless, and totally reflective of the musical score, as if it were created spontaneously for that exact moment in time” (New York City Ballet). One of Jerome Robbins biggest impacts on the world of musical theater was that he redefined theater dance “as an integrated, dramatic element of musicals, setting out to demonstrate that artists like himself need not divide their artistic works from their commercial works, but could create at their highest level for the Broadway stage” (Smith). Robbins had a curious mind and wanted to “explore new influences and ideas”
His articulation of the words and vibrato on sustained notes brought a more classical feel that you do not find in most of the covers. Later
