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. “Cherokee” starts off with a melody played into unison of two horns while Roach is playing a simple after-beat rhythm. As the song continues you hear a solo played by Brown. Harold Land plays a solo on the tenor saxophone and Richie Powell is on the piano. Roach plays a unique quickness on the snares. "Jacqui"
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Alton Crawford Brown was born in Los Angeles on July 30th, 1962. His parents were from a rural town in Georgia, Sir Alton Brown and his wife moved with their son, when he was 7, back to their home town. This is where Alton spent the rest of his days growing up. During his young age he spend a lot of time in the kitchen with his mother and grandmother learning to cook. Alton had a rough childhood at one point in time, his father committed suicide and later on his mother got remarried. While researching Alton Brown they don’t really say much about his childhood, they mainly focus on his college years and beyond into adulthood. Although through learning about his childhood you can find out that cooking was never his dream, Alton as a child dreamed
Of the five minutes, I believe that the most interesting segments are the first solo and the last minute or so; I will be analyzing these particular portions in depth. From the very start, this song is hot and fast. To open, the entire band plays a fast phrase that follows the 12 bar blues scale and this phrase remains central throughout the entirety of the song. The bass and piano hold this phrase while the horns transition into a separate rhythm to compliment it. These two phrases are repeated until the beginning of the first saxophone solo at :56. During this solo the bass transitions to a shuffle line while the piano compliments. The other horns join in with riffs after the first two choruses of the solo. The solo continues for another two choruses with the whole band playing before it is rounded off. The final minute of the song begins with a repeat of the third, fourth, and fifth choruses. In the final 20 seconds, things begin to get very interesting. The horns hold the last note of the chorus as the rhythms comes to a sharp halt. The horns engage in a brief agglomeration of notes that exhibits a strong use of polyphony and could be described as somewhat hectic. The drummer begins to shine with a solo of his own which he continues for the final seconds of the song, before resolving the entire song with a final
In the story, “Brownies” by Z.Z. Packer the two main characters create different and clear ideas that shape the story. Notably, the character, Arnetta is very effective and manipulative, much the opposite of the frequently disregarded and ignored, flat character Laurel. These two characters are oppositional of one another but carry the central theme of racism and human cruelty in the story. Resulting in Laurel understanding that retribution has no boundaries and that one person alone cannot change this.
“West End Blues” begins with a 12-second trumpet solo that displayed Armstrong’s wonderful range and demonstrated the syncopated styling unique
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In the eyewitness account encountered by Dr. Elwood Harvey, he saw a brutal auction of slaves in front of him. He saw the slave’s clueless faces when they slowly walked up the platform in front of many greedy future owners. All of a sudden the slaves got a glowing eyeball of fear realizing they were about to be sold. The slaves broke into complete chaos: some hid, some collapsed, some tried to keep close to their family, and some stood brave on the platform. The slaves stood there not wanting to be sold to the dreadful deep south. Some stepped up onto the action platform bravely trying not to cry in front of thousands of owners. The owners stripped all them naked to inspect them closely to see if they are right for their labor. They separated
The jazz band I observed played a series of six different songs. Although all the songs were categorized as jazz, each song had its own special style and sound to it. The band consisted of three different players. Paul Meyers, the guitarist and composer, Andy Eulau, the bassist, and Dave Rataczak, on drums. The songs performed were entitled “Love for Sale” by Cole Porter, “Once I Loved” by Antonio Carlos Jobim, “Stars” by Paul Meyers, “Blues for Mel” also by Paul Meyers, “Last Night When We Were Young” by Harold Arlen, and “Samba Novo” by Luis Eca.
McPherson, Ian. “The Salt of the Earth: 1955-1960 R&B-Derived Rock & Roll.” Time Is On Our
Faith can be defined as complete trust or confidence in someone or something. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown” is a short story of a man’s battle with his faith when tested during a journey through a forest. Hawthorne uses symbolism to suggest that when individuals lose their faith in the goodness of men, they may begin to imagine that their friends or family has yielded to temptation. The main symbols of this story are Goodman Brown himself, his wife Faith, the traveler, he meets, and the forest, an evil place full of witches and devils. The title, “Young Goodman Brown” in itself is a symbol in the story. It gives the reader an idea that the protagonist is, young, innocent, and
The brass instruments in the background are played in ostinato form. This piece was written by Puerto Rican Juan Tizol, who played the trombone solo. Cootie Williams would later improvise on the piece, coming up with his own version of "Caravan."
Goodman Brown in the short story “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne goes on a journey into the woods to meet a stranger which ultimately changes his life. His blind faith in his religion makes him believe that all people are good. Goodman Brown is a trusting, naive man in the beginning if the story but witnesses a witch ceremony that changes his personality drastically. Seeing his family and his neighbors taking part in the sinful act changes his outlook on life and his outlook on their personalities as well. Brown’s blind faith in people and his naivety make the shock of what he sees in the woods turn him into an untrusting, paranoid man.
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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.
The next song played was “River” which is originally by Joni Mitchell. This song included the beautiful vocalists Sonya Kitchell and Amy Keys. “River” took a very different approach and was a lot mellower than the first, definitely not in the jazz fusion genre. Although, jazz fusion is my favorite I do have to say Herbie Hancock originally started off with classical music and like I mentioned before was not introduced to fusion until joining Miles’s band. This being said, Herbie Hancock played very slowly and softly in the piano. And everyone else followed the same