Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert Sinatra was born on December 12, 1915, in Hoboken , New Jersey . He
began singing in amateur shows in 1933 and formed a musical group called the Hoboken
Four . Bandleader Harry James discovered Sinatra's act at the Rustic Cabin in New Jersey
in 1939 . Their best recording together , "All or Nothing at All ", did not become a hit
until after the singer's solo career took off four years later . Then during the early 40's
Frank Sinatra was getting involved in the jazz nightlife , his jazzy style developed with
trombonist Tommy Dorsey's band . Although Frank Sinatra was big in jazz usually in cool
bands he also was big in films . He did over 50 films in his career , winning his first
Academy award in 1945 for the patriotic short subject "The House I Live In" also won the
award for best supporting actor in "From Here to Eternity" . He won numerous awards
awards for his recording and even for television .
Frank Sinatra was an American popular singer and also a motion-picture actor
which was not common in those days . He was one of the most famous American popular
singers of his generation . he sang with big bands of Harry James and Tommy Dorsey .He
was influenced by Bing Crosby and Billie Holiday , Sinatra anticipated the decline of big
band instrumental jazz music and helped establish an enthusiastic type of popular singers .
Even though he was a great popular singer , he was well respected as a jazz singer . The
natural swing feel and jazz colored phrasing of his singing , including his use of dynamics
and delayed rhythms , have influenced numerous of musicians . During the 1950's Sinatra
teamed with a number of talented jazz arrangers , including Nelson Riddle , Neal Hefti...
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...t had trouble in some personal things like his several marriages . Frank Sinatra
was very involved in the public and even helped some campaigns in his time . Over all
Frank Sinatra was a hero to all of the Americans and his name will never die in the states
and even in the world . He was the man of his generation and his name is still heard in my
generation and generations to come . He was a legend and he will always be remembered
throughout time .
I was glad I decided to do my project on Frank Sinatra . I actually learned things I
was not planning to learn . It took time . but I think it was worth it and the information I
got really was interesting . I got personal articles on Sinatra because I really did not want
to make a biography on Frank Sinatra . I truly had a learning experience .It is a shame he
died because he could of done more great music .
Eventually in 1937, Dizzy Gillespie decided to head out to New York to carry out his dream of becoming a famous jazz player. During his time at New York he talked with many different bands and earned a job with Teddy Hill’s band. Hill was very impressed with Gillespie’s unique playing style. The group went on a tour from Great Britain to France shortly after Gillespie had joined the band. After getting back from the tour G...
After a turbulent adolescence, Holiday started singing in dance club in Harlem, where she was heard by the maker John Hammond, who praised her voice. She marked a recording contract with Brunswick Records in 1935. Coordinated efforts with Teddy Wilson yielded the hit "What a Little Moonlight Can Do", which turned into a jazz standard. All through the 1940s, Holiday had standard accomplishment on names, for example, Columbia Records and Decca Records. By the late 1940s, in any case, she was plagued with legitimate inconveniences and medication manhandle. After a short jail sentence, she played out a sold-out show at
Sinatra was not just a singer he was also an actor, television and radio personality, and on occasion a producer, direct, and conductor. (Pond, n.d) “Sinatra earned three Oscars, three Golden Globes, including the Cecil B. DeMille Award, ten personal Grammy's (and a total of 20 for his albums), an Emmy, a Peabody, and the Kennedy Center Honors Award in 1983. A generous charitable contributor, he was honored with the prestigious Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.” (Pond, n.d) Sinatra was named by some as the top entertainer of the twentieth Century. As a person Sinatra was known as a philanthropist he would donate over a billion dollars to charities around the world through his life time. He would also contribute to civil rights for African Americans through his work with Count Basie and appearing in the movie “From Here to Eternity” which denounced rac...
All types of music require musicians. In the H.R (Harlem Renaissance), there were many who contributed to this new style of music known as jazz. These musicians all have their own style and form. Each of these styles has in some way influenced the evolution of jazz. Louis “Sachmo” Armstrong is recognized as the most famous trumpet player of this time. His “hot bop” style was heard in places like the Cotton Club and the Apollo Theatre. Everyone from all over the country would come to see him. Armstrong recorded such works as I’m in the Mood for Love, and You Rascal you (http://library.thinkquest.org/26656/english/music.html). Another famous person during this era was Coleman Hawkins, a saxophone player. Hawkins is recognized as the first great saxophonists of Jazz. His most famous work was a piece named Body and Soul (http://library.thinkquest.org…). Hawkins has also recorded with artists such as Thelonious Monk and Duke Ellington. Other people such as Bessie Smith, Josephine Baker, Duke Ellington, and “Dizzie” Gillespie have also made many contributions to the development of Jazz.
Sinatra’s early years were spent in Hoboken, dreaming of a “better life';. Francis A. Sinatra was born on December 12, 1915, in Hoboken, New Jersey. Being members of the Catholic faith, he was not baptized until April 2, 1916. He faced adversity as soon as he was born, nearly dying of birth complications that left him scarred for three months after he was conceived. As, a result of this, he was often bantered by members of his class and children of his neighborhood, who called ...
In the mid 1930s, Benny Goodman sparked the beginning of the Swing Era of jazz music shortly after leading his first band, which was monumental to the development of jazz. This marked a transition from the early Jazz Age, which resulted from combining aspects of ragtime and blues music over the previous two decades. Through Goodman’s live performances at various gigs and NBC’s radio show Let’s Dance, he gained increased recognition as a jazz performer and band leader. Following his pivotal Palomar Ballroom gig in Los Angeles, Goodman’s music inspired teenagers to create dances to accompany his new jazz style. As a result, his music grew to gain national acclaim and popularity among many different types of people. Goodman greatly influenced
...f his time. During his heyday, he was as popular as anyone, including the legendary Frank Sinatra. This is even more remarkable when one takes into account the fact that Nat refused to play in segregated halls – his popularity was such that he was one of the few African-Americans who could do so.
Jazz music prospered in the 1940’s and 1950’s. Jazz was created by African Americans to represent pain and suffering and also represented the adversity that racial tension brought. (Scholastic) African American performers like Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie “Bird” Parker came to be recognized for their ability to overcome “race relati...
Before diving into his TV appearances, a summary of the man himself and his extraordinary contributions and accomplishments seems to be in order. Trumpet player, band leader, musical innovator, composer and in the words of fellow musician Chico Hamilton, “jazz’s only superstar” (Kart 201), Miles Davis boasts a career that spans five decades, from the mid 1940s to 1991, which is almost unheard of in the music industry where careers tend to be much shorter. His long career includes awards such as eight Grammy awards, a Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement, and three Hall of Fame awards. Davis is an icon in the jazz world, not only for his long career but also for revolutionizing the jazz genre. Without Davis’s influence, jazz would not possess the rich and complex sound it has today.
adapted to Swing music so that he could put his own twist on it. Jazz
won millions to his cause. Even though he said that at his death he was "...the
I learned a lot about this musician. I learned about how famous Frank Sinatra was and what kind of musical icon he became. I never knew how he died but now I found out that it was a heart attack that killed him. I learned about were he came from and all the struggles he went through to get were he wanted to be. I learned about how his music still has an impact on society to this day. Many people even view him as one of the greatest musicians that ever lived. I also learned about his first moments as a singer and also his last. But what I really learned is that his impact he left on the world and the music industry will not be forgotten.
"Speakeasies, Flappers & Red Hot Jazz: Music of the Prohibition." Riverwalk Jazz - Stanford University Libraries. Stanford University, 2005. Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
After his father died, fourteen-year-old Benny helped support his family by playing at a Chicago neighborhood dance hall and working locally for two years. In 1925, Gil Rodin, who was then with the band led by Ben Pollack, heard him. Goodman was hired by Pollack, then working in California, and the following year made a triumphal return to Chicago as featured soloist with the band. Goodman remained with Pollack until 1929, when he became a much in-demand session musician in New York. When the band was between jobs, Goodman jammed with members of the Austin High Gang who introduced him to the New Orleans Rhythm Kings and the Dixieland clarinet style of Leon Rappolo. After his 17th birthday Benny made his first recording with Pollack's band with the tune, "He's the Last Word."
The first true virtuoso soloist of jazz was Louis Armstrong. He was a dazzling improviser, technically, emotionally, and intellectually. He changed the format of jazz by bringing the soloist to the forefront, and in his recording groups, the "Hot Five" and the "Hot Seven" (Porter 2), demonstrated that jazz improvisation could go far beyond simply ornamenting the melody. He became the first well known male jazz singer, and also set standards for all later jazz singers, by creating scat singing: singing meaningless syllables instead of words, not unlike instrumental improvisation.