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    Jazz Timeline

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    Jazz Timeline (1900-1955) Roots of Jazz: It had blend elements of several cultures. First‚ West African emphasis on improvisation‚ percussion and call-and –response techniques. Second‚ American brass band influence on instrumentation. Third‚ European harmonic and structural practice. Blues and Ragtime were immediate source. Ragtime: Ragtime piano music is generally in duple meter and is performed at a moderate march tempo. The pianist’s right hand plays a highly syncopated

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    Latin Jazz

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    May 1 05 PDA 110 Prof Vobrouchek Latin Jazz Last Sunday I went to jazz bar in Manhattan and I listened "Latin JazzE Latin jazz is "a fusion of African and indigenous rhythms from the entire Latin American Diaspora with the language of jazzE It was first known as coop‚ but you are now familiar with it as afro-Cuban. When talking about afro-Cuban jazz‚ it is difficult to not mention certain turning points in history that made this music possible

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    Fame Museum Proposal

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    Health Care Hall of Fame Museum Proposal Barbara Addoh HCS/235 October 6‚ 2014 Marc Schnitzer Health Care Museum Proposal Healthcare has existed for centuries. As a society we have gone from primitive treatments like casting spells to revolutionary disease breakthroughs. The United States has held steadfast in the evolution of healthcare delivery causing the delivery of healthcare to increase by magnitude proportions. The 1900’s was a time that changes in healthcare and the delivery of it

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    The Jazz Age

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    The Jazz Age was a defining point in the history of America. This point in time defined the clear division between the older and younger generations of America. The Jazz Age was more than just a time period but a cultural movement. Although African-Americans receive credit for the introduction of this music into America‚ it had quickly expanded to the white middle class and further erupted from there. The introduction of this new style of music resulted in the younger generation of America at the

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    Jazz Pedagogy

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    Jazz pedagogy is not a required field of study for music education majors in the state of California and many other states. Many new music teachers‚ employed as band directors in secondary schools‚ often find themselves directing a jazz ensemble with little or no personal experience in playing or improvising jazz. Jazz is one of the most important musics taught in public middle and high schools (Kelly‚ 2013). There are several studies (Mantie‚ 2009‚ Milkowski‚ 2001‚ Wetzel‚ 2007)‚ which show that

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    The History Of Jazz

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    Jazz is a mix of music from marching bands as well as blues and Ragtime. Jazz is a type of music genre that has black American origin and is characterized by a regular or forceful rhythm‚ improvisation‚ and syncopation. Jazz’s most common instruments are brass and woodwind instruments and piano although the guitar and violin are occasionally used. Some different styles of Jazz are Dixieland‚ swing‚ bebop‚ and free jazz. The history of Jazz started in the South in the United States. The foundation

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    Conrad Hall

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    whether it be an actor’s spontaneous gesture‚ a sudden reflection of the light‚ or the inexplicable poetry of a single moment in time.     Throughout his brilliant career behind the camera‚ Conrad Hall‚ ASC‚ had a keen eye for what he called "the happy accident‚ the magic moment." Like a dowser seeking water‚ Hall used his camera as a divining rod‚ following his instincts toward an existential font of imagery. His willingness to take risks resulted in a rich cornucopia of cinematic triumphs‚ an aesthetic

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    Bebop Jazz

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    Bebop Jazz and The Beat Poets A throbbing pulsation of a drum with rapid‚ short strokes‚ a plucking sound form a string instrument‚ and a couple of lively voices come together to create rhythm and harmony‚ all while building a statement. An enormous crowd of dark bodies move to the beat of the harmonious sounds‚ some tenderly swaying‚ others aggressively thumping their feet. This scene is familiar to the nineteenth-century in New Orleans. Notorious architect‚ Benjamin Latrobe‚ had witnessed

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    jazz age

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    changed. The Jazz Age made a lasting impact on nearly everyone‚ either in a positive or negative way. After World War One ended‚ America wished for change. America received that change with jazz‚ and the decade was named the Jazz Age. The term “Jazz Age” was created in 1922‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ author of The Great Gatsby‚ as he wanted to “describe the flamboyant-“anything goes”-era that emerged in America after World War I”. The older adult population thought that jazz was condemned

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    Independence Hall

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    History The history of the independence hall goes back many decades. Independence hall is the birthplace of both the Declaration of independence and the Constitution. The actual construction of the independence hall began in 1732 but was not completed until 1753. It was formally known as the Pennsylvania State House. It was the most public and important building in the thirteen colonies at the time. The provincial government paid for the construction. Independence hall was where the Declaration of Independence

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