Into Duke Ellington’s Musical Life Gunther Schuller once wrote in 1989: "Ellington composed incessantly to the very last days of his life. Music was indeed his mistress; it was his total life and his commitment to it was incomparable and unalterable. In jazz he was a giant among giants. And in twentieth century music, he may yet one day be recognized as one of the half-dozen greatest masters of our time" (Wikipedia). Duke Ellington was recognized as one man’s most influential jazz musicians due to the
Duke Ellington: A 20th Century Musical Genius Nicholas J. Marlatt Indiana Wesleyan University Abstract This written report about Duke Ellington focuses in depth about his early life and his career. This paper shows What Duke Ellington has done and the Jazz innovator that he is. This written report will also focus in depth on his compositions “C-Jam Blues” and “Such Sweet Thunder” and will talk a little about his life before he became famous; his background, childhood, his early career
The Harlem Renaissance was an iconic movement of the nineteenth century. It was a social and intellectual eruption that was located in Harlem, New York. Legends such as Duke Ellington, Zora Neale Hurston, Aaron Douglas, and many more, all originated from this extraordinary movement. Claude McKay is one of the most legendary authors that contributed the Harlem Renaissance. McKay wrote many iconic pieces. To name a few, he wrote poems titled, “If We Must Die”, “Harlem Shadows”, and “America”. By doing
well known for her Jazz songs such as Strange Fruit, God Bless the Child, The Man I love, and Lover Man. She is extremely known for her voice of sensational feeling and her appearances in many other songs of other well-known artists such as; Duke Ellington, Teddy Wilson, Lester Young, and Joe Guy. Holiday is truly the artist of the Harlem Renaissance, yet this star has had a rocky life to stardom, and continues to stumble and pick up problems in her career. The star has had a rough journey to become
Maynard Ferguson is one of the best renowned jazz artist, trumpet player, director, and composer of jazz pieces that the twentieth century has seen. He was a truly gifted musician starting from a young age. In his long standing career, Ferguson was able to accomplish so many great things. Walter Maynard Ferguson was born in Verdun, Canada on May 4th, 1928(All About Jazz). Since Fergusons parents were musicians, it was fitting that they had a humongous influence early in his life. Even though he
Nighthawks by Edward Hopper at the Art Institute of Chicago Nighthawks may be a 1942 oil on canvas painting by Edward Hopper that portrays folks in an exceedingly downtown diner late in the dead of night. It is Hopper's most illustrious work and is one in every of the foremost recognizable paintings in yankee art. At intervals months of its completion, it had been oversubscribed to the Art Institute of Chicago for and has remained there ever since. Starting shortly once their wedding in 1924, Edward Hopper
The idea of decolonisation of a country is a result of the precipitation of violence and oppression that are woven through the history of that country’s colonisation. It introduces in the people the notions of repair and hope after their years of being subjugated by those who considered themselves racially superior to them. Frantz Fanon, a Martinique-born philosopher, explores the context of the power structure that exists in a colonised society both during and after the colonialist is physically
discovers Edward, from Tim Burton’s film Edward Scissor Hands, and is frightened by the appearance that he was walking towards her with weapons, but little did she know that it was just his hands. From then on she takes in Edward and treats him like he’s part of the family. Creepy scenes and weird characters often appear in Burtons Movies. These help to develop his style. Tim Burton’s mysterious, twisted style is conveyed through low key lighting, close ups, and intense music in his movies Edward Scissor
the mansion she heads to the second and third floor. She sees that there is a man in the corner hiding in the dark. Peg sees that Edward from director Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands, has scissor hands and wants to take him home. Mysterious situations like this appear quite frequently. Tim Burton's mysterious and morbid style is best conveyed through
The East has been a source of obsession for the West ever since the early seventeenth century, with Chinese artistic influences occurring in European art styles. Viewed as exotic creatures, the East was orientalised into a ‘sweeping generalization and an essentialized image [that] carried with it the taint of inferiority’. (Said, 1993) Asian women were feminized and seen as docile and shy, with this notion carried over into books, films and advertisements still seen today. This in turn desensitized