Louis Armstrong, one of the most well known names in the history of jazz music, he influenced countless musicians and revolutionized the world of jazz and popular music. This biography takes a closer look at Louis' famous pieces and his most substancial life achievements.Firstly, his most famous piece "What A Wonderful World" released in 1968 is a slow pace jazz song 2:20 in length. This is played in four-four time in the key of F major. The song incorporates Louis soulful and raspy vocals strings
(1) Louis Armstrong is without doubt one of the most influential musicians of the early 20th century and the most influential within the realm of Jazz music. His influence is undeniable, with other performers such as Frank Sinatra and Billie Holiday cited as owing a great deal to Armstrong. As a virtuoso trumpet player, cornet player, and distinctive vocal artist, Louis was an indomitable force in Jazz and popular music. Just as his musical expertise was instrumental to the popularity of Jazz music
Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band were important musical groups and had many differences in sound and performance. The Red Hot Peppers were an inno-vative group with seven members who had impressive writing and arranging talents, but never performed in front of a live audience. Instead, the Red Hot Peppers set their focus on making recordings that were well rehearsed rather than improvised, and helped the future of jazz and swing. King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band made the first important jazz recordings, but
Research Question: In what ways did the diffusion of jazz influence George Gershwin's "Preludes for Piano" and Maurice Ravel's "Sonata No. 2 Movement 2?" American Jazz is a key part of the United States identity. Not only has it been one of the things that makes America unique since the 1920s, it also touched many different types of people from modern composers such as George Gershwin to grandchildren of slaves such as Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington. Jazz is a mix of African American rhythms
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the important roles played throughout the Harlem Renaissance and how the Harlem Renaissance was a movement that brought out many different poets, writers, and musicians to bring the African- American race together as one. The Harlem Renaissance was responsible for uniting the African-American race through the collective power of influential poets, writers, and musicians. Despite the many challenges that were faced during this era, the Harlem Renaissance still
before the Harlem Renaissance, almost all African Americans were treated not only unfair, but were also treated as slaves. African Americans wanted to make a difference and show the world that they were just the same as everyone else. African Americans did just that by becoming singers, songwriters, composers, poets, etc. They had changed America forever with this time era named, The Harlem Renaissance, the period where creativity sprouted in the United States. African Americans decided to
Eleanora Fagan, known for her stage name Billie Holiday, was born in this difficult time period. Known not only for her revolutionizing jazz style of music, Holiday spoke out about sensitive subjects through her lyrics. Few people understood her message at first, but that was her goal. Her innovative phrasing and emotional intensity made her one of the most influential jazz lyricists of the 20th century, and helped change not only music but history as well. Born on April 7, 1915, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
I am going to discuss how Chicago, the film shares both differences and similarities to the city of Chicago through the lens of gender, race, class and sexuality, with relevant historical context. I have structured this paper into 5 parts, I will firstly give an insight into the film Chicago and some context of the time it was set. I will then discuss gender and sexuality in Chicago, both the film and the city itself in the 1920’s. Secondly I will talk about the influence race had on this period
affected American history and literature by showing her audience through her writings the struggle of being an Asian American, and she proved that it is important to be determined and to be able to recover from hard times in order survive. Tan shows how she overcame many hard times in her life through her many writings. During the contemporary literature time period, three major historical events took place: World War II, the Cold War, and impact of technology on the economy (Beers and Odell 794-795)