Essays on Trumpet

Ancient pieces of art collection are usually hard to find. However, courtesy of the world’s leading museums, one can find assembled pieces of artwork that date back to over a thousand years ago. Among these museums is the famous Norton Simon Museum in California – United States. My visit to the museum was an amazing experience as an Art & Architecture student. This is because I happen to find and learn more about its history and the stellar collection of not only ancient European, US and Asian art but also the modern works that industrialist Norton Simon assembled. The Triumph ...

Music is proof to me that we were meant to live life joyfully, regardless of the circumstances. Jazz, in particular, is a genre of music that was birthed out of the resilience of the human heart in being able to feel good despite what was happening in the outside world of bills, illnesses, heartbreaks and death. Herbie Hancock said that jazz represents the best characteristics of the human spirit, because it is a music that is centered on sharing with one another, listening to one another, respecting one another, and creating together in the moment. Furthermore, Louis Armstrong said ...

Bebop is a jazz style known for fast paces and complex improvisations based on playing off of harmonies. It developed in the 1940s in the United States of America and symbolized the new stage in the ideas about jazz music and its perception. This paper aims to discuss the history of bebop, its establishment as the major modern jazz movement around the days of the decline of big bands, its fragmentation into the styles of cool and hard bop, and the role African-American musicians played in its development. As Gioia writes, from its beginning, jazz was the genre of ...

Armstrong’s recording of Hotter than that is entirely based on his music prowess. He uses nonsensical syllables but produced solo brilliance which makes the track desirable to the ear and soothing to the heart with a combination of various musical instruments tones such as trumpet, piano, guitar, clarinets and alto saxophone which introduces the track. However, the trumpet dominates the whole track with the sound of other instruments playing distantly in the background. This is boring as there is no smooth flow of the tones. Armstrong’s trumpet solo is characterized by poor quality tones as he plays ...

Introduction

The period between 1980s and 1990s remains one of the significant periods in the political arena of China. During this period, the Tiananmen Square protests were witnessed Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Hu Yaobang passed away. Students who demanded democracy and greater transparency in the government led the protests. During these protests, Cui Jian, a Chinese rock artist was one of the main individuals that inspired these students as they advocated for a democratic country. Cui started singing in 1981 and went on to form a band in 1984. He became famous in 1985 when he performed his hit ...

Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes are two great American poets who were concerned with the future of America. In the poem “I Too (Sing America)” Hughes describes a segregated and not perfect America, a world divided by color rather than ideas and freedom. Whitman imagines a brighter future of America in the poem “One Song, America, Before I Go”. Both poems describes and yearns for a better human experience in America. This papers seeks to examine and explore the depiction of America as a place with the potential for freedom and equality. It further explores the treatment of the ...

Arturo Sandoval is an outstanding musician who had to overcome a lot of difficulties in order to be able to do the job he was born to – playing the jazz music. Life of Sandoval recalls a musical history book that describes two disparate worlds. For the people who were raised up in the States, it may be hard to imagine what obstacles Arturo Sandoval was faced with to become a jazz musician. He is a great son of Cuba, and this country should be proud of him, but when Sandoval was at the beginning of his career, the government ...

The USA Symphony Orchestra was held at the University of South Alabama department of music Laidlaw performing arts Centre recital hall on a Thursday April 7, 2016 during the academic year 2015-2016. The concert was marked by numerous performing artists who made the environment serene and filled with joy. The musical concert was a symphony of the orchestra marked with the use of various instruments that were different. The concert was introduced through a captivating performance by Ash Miears, Colby Smith, Courtney, Dustin Miller, and Charles Harris who brought soothing musical experience through the instruments. There was a mixture ...

One of the most significant and important musicians of all the times, Louis Daniel Armstrong was an American singer, composer and trumpeter. His talent has been accepted by the masses and has made him one of the most influential personalities among all the representatives of the American jazz scene. Having a variety of nicknames from his colleagues (Pops or Satchmo), Armstrong has had a career of almost five decades, in the period of 1920 – 1960s remaining one of the most important musicians and composers in different representations of jazz actual for each period within these decades. He has become ...

Miles Davis was, arguably, the most influential jazz musician of the modern era. A trumpeter, his varied musical styles influenced a number of musicians. The life of Miles Davis deserves closer attention. The composer's life, musical style, and his influence on musicians of his generation, and those of later generations paint a picture of an extremely gifted and rare musical genius. Born to Miles Davis, Jr. and Cleota Henry in Alton, Illinois on May 25, 1926, the young Miles Dewey Davis III was raised in an upper-middle-class family with all the privileges accorded to a white residential neighborhood, in ...

The film portrayed the central characters similarly to the book. The “Gideon’s trumpet was interesting in the sense that it was able to show the events that took place during the actual court case involving Gideon v. Wainwright. The main theme of the movie is the right of the accused to a counsel and to have legal representation during criminal trials. The character who portrayed the part of Clarence Earl Gideon was Henry Fonda (Avery 212). The character of Gideon was an exact replica of the persona presented in the book as the man from Florida, who was ...

Louis Armstrong was a jazz musician and trumpet player. He was born in 1901in New Orleans and was nicknamed “The Battlefield”. Armstrong came from a humble background hence he endured a challenging childhood. His father, who was a factory worker, abandoned his family immediately after Armstrong was born. Due to his father’s abandonment, his mother turned into prostitution as the means of earning a livelihood. Armstrong was raised up by his grandmother since his parents were not there for him. Due to these family problems, Armstrong left school in the fifth grade and embarked on working. He was employed by a Jewish company where ...

Almost all classic songs are about love. Since ancient times, artists have endeavored to write songs of love to stir the heart. Their works have ranged from the saccharine and sappy to the truly moving. In spite of the artists’ varied levels of accomplishment and artistic merits, each of these songs relies on certain tropes and exhibits certain qualities that are endemic to the “love song” genre. In all quintessential love songs, three tenets (common qualities) have stood out; simple lyrics delivered with sincerity, use of a saxophone and they are sung in moderately slow tempos.

Quintessential love songs ...

1. What can you find about organization in this Bible teaching about achieving goals (2:1–20; 4:16–23)?

The success of every project depends on how well organized it is. Nehemiah was a good organizer considering how he initiated and implemented this project. The project leader must have clear objectives of the deliverables when planning a project (Larson & Gray, 2011). For one to achieve project goals, it is important to have specific timelines. Effective project organization also involves mobilizing resources from donors. Moreover, projects have risks and challenges which must be anticipated and mitigated through practical strategies. To achieve project goals, a leader must be familiar with the needs being addressed. Community mobilization and stakeholder involvement are crucial in ...

Ancient music had very distinct styles, musical instruments and elements were easily distinguishable as the songs progressed. The following is an analysis of five songs in terms of the style, tempo, musical elements and form.

- Analysis of the song “Crazy Blues” by Mamie Smith and her Jazz group (Recorded August 10 1920) (cfa.arizona.edu)

Several musical instruments as were use in the song. The sound of a trombone comes first then that of a clarinet and violin follow in unison. The sounds produced by these instruments produce a very distinct tune. When the Mamie Smith sings, several elements of music can be noted these are timbre, harmony, pitch and rhythm.

The song is in classical jazz style and I could tell ...

Miles Davis (1926-1991) was one of the most influential jazz musicians in American history. He was on the forefront of several breakthrough development in jazz including cool jazz and jazz fusion. He is one of the most recognizable musicians in the world of jazz and most Americans know his name even if they are not jazz enthusiasts. Davis became an accomplished trumpeter and was known for his smooth sound. Tate (2015) in his article for Rolling Stone magazine credits Davis’ cool style and creativity for the creativity and expression that changed the face of jazz music since the 1940’ ...

Jazz is a unique style of music that took development in America during the early 20th century. It made a widespread popularity particularly in the urban areas such as New Orleans, and it served as a social-leveler and unifier. Melding both black and white citizens, Jazz became the basis for social dance music and the provided the early opportunities for public integration (“Jazz”, Encyclopedia.com). The music also helped stir up the national mood particularly during the Depression and the Second World War. The most remarkable period of the development of jazz is during the 1940s and 50s. During those times, social issues ...

BOOK REVIEW

Introduction There has been many scientific and analytical books and articles written about the issue of case studies. First, it is significant to analyze every interesting case, because they may become backgrounds for new laws. However, not many cases became backgrounds for books. The case Gideon vs. Wainwright became the background not only for a book, but also for new laws that made a revolution in modern justice system. The peculiarity of this case is that, after it, not only the government of the United States of America, but also governments of all democratic countries in the world adopted laws ...

The term Ethnography has been used to refer to the art and study of various aspects of cultures through observation as the main method of collecting deductions about the culture. Consequently, Music Ethnography is concerned with the study of Music as a form of culture through observation of a traditions’ portrayal and practice of the art of music. Further Music Ethnography is particularly concerned with the study of the role, the meaning and practice of music within social groups and communities. The community of interest shares common social behaviors and cultural concepts that are expressive in their music that makes ...

I have chosen to take a look into the piece “Heebie Jeebies” sung by Louis Armstrong. The piece was first recorded in 1926 and it is generally the first piece recorded into the scat-technique. Other performers that played this piece were Chick Webb after an arrangement by Benny Carter and the Boswell Sister that performed the tune on radio. Jazz was a music genre that has emerged in America in the beginning of the twenty century and was developed from a confluence of African and European music tradition in African American communities in the Southern United States of America. The style ...

Wynton Marsalis is a truly unique figure in the world of jazz music. He is internationally acclaimed as not only a musician, but also as a composer, bandleader, and educator. He is arguably the first musician in the world to compose and perform music over the complete jazz spectrum including compositions that characterize the roots of jazz in the New Orleans tradition, bebop, modern jazz He is the world’s first jazz artist to perform and compose across the full jazz spectrum from its New Orleans roots to bebop to modern jazz Similarly, the characteristic skill and sound specific to Marsalis ...

Introduction

The word “Leadership” is sometimes confusing and difficult to understand. Many scholars and political scientists in the leadership discipline have tried to define what exactly comprises a leader. Theories and various distinctive perceptions have been developed in the quest to describe what it entails to be a real leader. Yet, a truly definitive answer is still to be found. This essay uses Garry Wills book “Certain Trumpet” to describe the character of a real leader. The chosen individual from the book on whose the element of leadership will be explored is General Robert Edward Lee. The essay will reflect on a real leader who ...

Jazz is one of the most popular genres of music that has been entertaining people for a long time. Jazz is believed to be originated in last years of nineteenth century in different parts of the United States of America. Jazz emerged due to rich ancestral and artistic fondness of African American community. African Americans have been practicing various types of music in their traditional ceremonies and jazz is the modern, experimental and organized version of their fond for the music. Storyville of New Orleans sheltered jazz music where jazz witnessed new heights. This paper intends to discuss jazz music ...

Federico Fellini’s La Strada (1954): The Components of a Critical Essay on Film Federico Fellini’s La Strada (1954): The Components of a Critical Essay on Film The goal of a filmmaker is to make use of narrative to match well with cinema’s natural formalistic techniques. Cinema, as André Bazin has noted has its own ontology of being both an objective representation of reality seeing through the subjective lens of the preserved image. It has a unique way of both representing reality, by preserving life through a representation of life (Bazin 2004, p. 10). Filmmakers not only communicate ...

I recently attended an MDC Faculty Recital conducted by Dr. Virginia Carruvias featuring music by Claude Bolling. My enjoyment and appreciation of his music will be the subject of analysis and appreciation throughout this paper. I also wish to comment on the feelings I experienced while listening to the music and what my general understanding of the technical aspects were during the evening. This analysis varies with the different movements of the music for each suite. During the evening, three movements of the suite for flute and piano (Irlandaise, Sentimentale, Baroque & Blue) and 3 movements of the suite for ...

Music is an individual process of describing a composer or musician`s feelings and thoughts, that`s why every music masterpiece is so much different from another one. Let us take two great jazzmen, Earl Hines and John Coltrane, who worked in different times, depicting different life of people. They lived and worked in time, when everything was full of jazz as the contrary to classical music, jazz was considered immoral and inappropriate way to play and compose. Everything has changed in time and jazz has become one of the most popular genres of music of the time. Let us ...

Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the most renowned classical musicians whose works are popular even today. He is considered as one of the most important composers of the Baroque period. His nine symphonies have particularly been cited as some of the most brilliant western classical musical pieces of all time. Apart from symphonies, Bach is also recognized for his other compositions such as Cantatas, which are religious pieces of musical composition. Today, some of his works have been performed by various musicians, compiled and then sold in album format to millions of classical music lovers around the world. ...

LIVE CONCERT ESSAY

Jazz music is one of the old genres of music in the world. It is however very interesting and soothing to listen to. It does have a hint of relaxation attached to it. The mood created by jazz music is just soothing to say the least. It is calmed and relaxed and surprisingly very easy to dance to. The following essay is a report on a visit to a jazz concert. It entails special and detailed analysis of the instruments applied in jazz music and their effectiveness in reaching out to the crowd and making jazz music the global sensation that it is ...

The event, dubbed the Last Night of the Prom(s) 2013 was organized at the British Embassies of Kuwait under the support of the embassies and the H.M Ambassador to Kuwait; H.E. Mr. Frank Baker. The performances were done by the Al Ahmadi Music Group. The event ran from Wednesday 23rd to Friday 25th every day beginning from 7.00pm. The event featured classical music and pomp dance. The instruments used included flutes, piano, conductor, percussion, trumpet, cello, violin, oboe, French horn, trombone, viola and clarinet. During the event I listened and watched a variety of performances. The first event ...

- Analysis of the song “Crazy Blues” (Recorded August 10 1920) by Mamie Smith and her Jazz group (arizona.edu) - What musical elements were executed by the musicians? In the song “crazy blues” the musicians executed several musical elements such as rhythm, timbre, tempo, pitch and harmony. In the song, the trombone plays first, followed by the clarinet and the violin. The instruments are all in tune and the pitch of the musician combines well with the instruments. - What style did they play in? The music style is jazz. This is evidenced by the ...

With an outrageous fashion sense only outmatched by his utterly amazing and seemingly heavenly skills and prowess, Doc Severinsen certainly never disappoints and such was the case when he literally brought down the Eisenhower auditorium on Tuesday 22 October. The capacity packed auditorium only served to enflame Doc Severinsen who certainly left the crowd begging for more.in a state of utter pandemonium the crowd reacted to Doc Severinsen, paying tribute to a true legend band clearly one of the best performances in recent times. The showcase of the event was clearly Doc Severinsen’s trumpeting. Clearly, an expert in blowing a ...

General information

“Erkoning” was initially a poem that was written by the renowned Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The initial composition was included in the Singspiel of 1782. Franz Schubert, who lived between 1797 to 1828, then made a rendition of the poem being a composer and made the poem widely known. He employed the use of piano and a voice. “Lost Your Head Blues” was composed by Bessie Smith in 1926 and it received a lot of listeners as she was a celebrated blues artist. Bessie in her career life as a singer was known for his multi-racial fan base.

Singing Style

“Lost Your Head Blues” includes Fletcher on the ...

Lay That Trumpet In Our Hands, by Susan McCarthy, tells the tale of a race-motivated murder of a family friend of the main character (Reesa) by the Klan. The novel’s setting, being 1950s Central Florida, is rife with violence, much of it racially predicated. The Klan is an oppressive, ever-present force for Reesa and her family, as their influence is great and they will stop at nothing to exert their prejudice through violence. The presence of these violent scenes (the aftermath of Marvin’s murder, the bombing campaign operated by the Klan) solidifies the pervasive evil in what they do, ...

The origin of jazz music was reportedly traced to dates which were as early as the 1800s through an era more commonly known as “antebellum”. During those times, jazz music was already identified to be part of black music. Jazz is actually defined as “a style of music, an American culture and distinguished by flexible rhythmic tempo, as a base accompanied with improvisation of solo and ensemble on basic tunes and chord patterns” . Since its historical origin, jazz music has transcended and evolved through the creative and innovative influences of musicians and musical instruments through time. The current discourse hereby aims ...

Music is a great thing to listen. It influences our thoughts and actions in different ways. Jazz is a musical genre originated from a mixture of European and African musical ideas that are filtered through the American experience. Louis Armstrong- hotter than that (1982). Louis performs his music with a brief introduction of instruments playing. The sounds give away to a wonderful swinging chorus on the cornet. The use of trumpet by Louis creates a wonderful melody accompanied by the use of drums, which makes the music a hot six and the bass created a hot seven. For his trumpet solo, the quality of his ...

Music is known to be universal but the jazz music emanated from slavery as African slaves came with their sounds which they fused with the church sounds and folk songs and songs from Europe in a bid to find consolation in their new surroundings. In the midst of everything it was used to unite the people. While Jazz music is being credited to gaining recognition through Buddy Bolden, the story of Jazz music cannot be discussed without one way or the other inadvertently coming back to Louis Armstrong whom many have claimed to be the greatest of Jazz musicians. He ...

Introduction

This document illustrates in detail on Fela who was born in Nigeria and at the age of 20 years, he was sent to London to study medicine. Instead of doing what he was sent to do, he opted to venture into music whereby he formed a band called Koola Lobitos which played a fusion of jazz and high life. The document illustrates in detail on how Fela performed his music and what impact it had on the people (Manuel, 2007, 56). In addition, it entails that he was a multi-instrumental musician and composer, which made him a pioneer of Afrobeat music, and a human ...

Haynes and Nelson provided a good and informative introduction to lilies in the form of a leaflet produced for Iowa State University’s Reiman Gardens (2006). They began by reminding readers that the “true lilies” belong to the Lilium genus, whereas other so-called lilies such as “daylily, calla lily, toad lily, and surprise lily” are not members of that family. They explained how the true lilies grow from bulbs, are ideal for growing in virtually any location in the garden and produce large decorative flowers during the summer. In addition, the authors stated, lilies are not only hardy, they can be ...

Multi Agency Coordination

Multi Agency Coordination As police officers responded quickly after the first plane crashed on the first WTC tower, there was no concrete plan what are they going to do, given that no one was expecting that kind of tragedy other than the terrorists themselves. After the first plane crash, police and the rescuers just did what the usual standard operating procedure was. They were not able to detect why the plane crashed on the first tower, they did not know that there was another plane crash approaching few hours after the first, and they did not know the ...

Jazz can is the classical music of the Americas. New Orleans is the city considered the birthplace of jazz. The history of slavery holds the clues to why jazz became so popular in New Orleans and later became loved around the world. Slaves were given very strict rules to remind them that they were no longer in Africa. They were forbidden to do anything that might seem to be a an African tradition. The masters of slaves did not allow dancing if the step was done by crossing one leg in front of the other. Things like singing and using ...

Music forms part of life. While most music is for entertainment, it may also contain moral teachings and also used to pas on culture. Instruments and instrumentals are vital in any music as they give the flow and also create tempo for music. This is especially so with jazz music. Among the music writers of the twentieth century, Count Basie and his band were prolific and renowned for their production one o’clock jump. He played piano when they were recording this song that was a hit for half a century. Its popularity led to the production of the two o’ ...

Erlkonig (Schubert) “Lost Your Head Blues” and Hallelujah (Handel) AS Vesta Was Descending (Weelkes)

Introduction The song “Lost Your Head Blues” was written by Shubert in 1782. The song talks about the death of a child due to supernatural influences. Many classical composers have used the song to test for their song voice and piano tones. However, the song came into public domain in 1797(Snyder, 1996). Hallelujah was composed by George Frederic Handel in 1741. The song was first performed on 13th April 1742 in Dublin. The song emerged as one of the most popular song in London for more than one year. The song thereafter turned out to be one of ...

1) G 2) I 3) K 4) J 5) H 6) B 7) E 8) D 9) F 10) C 11) A 12) Blues text is set to 12-bar blues, with each stanza set to a 12 bar chorus. AAB pattern where first four bars and second four bars have the same line, but a longer concluding line is said in the last bars. 13) Rap removes the notes from the saying of lyrics; instead, they are spoken aloud to the rhythm of the song. 14) Blues inspired ...

1. The trumpet is a member of the brass family. 2. Physical features of the trumpet. 3. Thesis statement: The trumpet has had a significant influence on music in general; however, the jazz genre has been impacted more by the use of the instrument than most other genres. 1. Reliance on trumpets in jazz ensembles 2. Versatility of the trumpets as an advantage in jazz music C. Conclusion

The Influence of the Trumpet on Jazz Music

The trumpet has the highest sound amongst other instruments in the brass family. The instrument is made of a tubing vent, 2 meters long, which has an oblong shape; ...