The Bop And Bebop Era

I say he had inborn talent because his dad was a successful big-band singer and trumpet player. Costello went to Catholic school and tried out a variety of different instruments among them the violin. Then at the age of 15 he took up the guitar and at this

It became very popular in the early 1900’s and the rhythm was supplied by bass and drums. By the 1930’s young black musicians wanted to develop their own styles and many studied the teachings of

He wanted to become a singer after he watched Bing Crosby. He performed in local nightclubs. He was approached by Tommy Dorsey to join a band he accepted joined in a band. After two good years in the band, he left the band to start his solo career. The solo career he made some of the hits of the 50’s including fly Me to the Moon, New

Brown joined Bobby Byrd in a group that sang gospel in and around Toccoa, Georgia. Brown rose to the fore as leader of the James Brown

In May 1964 the record “Hello Dolly” reached number 1 in the pop music charts, knocking the Beatles off the top, at the height of Beatlemania. Louis Armstrong’s music was so popular worldwide that during the Cold

Ralph Ellison was born in Oklahoma City, on March 1, 1913 and died in New York, on April 16, 1994. He was a well known writer and teacher. Also a very well recognize as one of the best American novelists of the post-war period.  He lived in Oklahoma in his youth, studying at public schools and suffering from the environment as many African-Americans. After receiving a scholarship, Ellison could focus on the music, his early passion and love; between 1933 and 1936 he was pursuing this at the Tuskegee Institute, specializing in trumpet.

Comparably, no two humans are indistinguishable. I formerly juxtaposed myself to other classmates, unable to realize we are each exclusive. And most importantly, unexpected intuition is the foundation of jazz. When lacking direction, when missing inspiration, remember to trust the heart.

But as his fame rise, some rumors caused his life to be miserable, and eventually died young. Michael Jackson was born on August 29 in 1958 and was a gifted child. His father believed that Michael and his brothers had talent and he put them all in a band called the Jackson 5. Michael was only 5 years old at the time. The Jackson 5 worked as the opening act for R&B artists like Gladys Knight and the Pips.

He was one of the leading musicians during the 1950’s jazz transitional period where he played with Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Bud Powell, Art Tatum, and Duke Ellington. Mingus performed during the Civil Rights Movement for desegregation and as a result, many of his songs reflect his anger and repulsion towards racism. For example, the song “Fables of Faubus”, was written in response to when the Governor or Arkansas (Orval Faubus) ordered the National Guard to prevent the integration of nine African-American teenagers into Little Rock Central High School in 1957—a result of Eisenhower’s slow enforcement of the Supreme Court’s decision from Brown vs Board of

He is one of the most popular singers of this time; I can’t even describe the amount of fans that were there! After the war music was reshaped for the better because now we have the beautiful music of rock and roll. Rock and Roll artist’s especially Elvis contributed African American music and blues to create a unique sound. Elvis challenges the old belief of separating white and black music as he combines them together. Elvis also challenges the social and racial blockades of this times he fosters an new American music and popular culture.

He got his start when Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker had a sick band member so they asked Miles to join them onstage at the young age of seventeen. After that he became a student at Juilliard school of arts.

After Davis spent a few year playing with these two guys, he graduated high school and decided he was going to move to New York to attend a Musical Art school known as Julliard School of Art. A short year later,

John Birks or Dizzy Gillespie helped usher in an era of bebop in Jazz. He was born in south carolina in 1917 and was youngest of nine children. He began playing piano when he was four years old and received a music scholarship to laurinburg Institute in North carolina. He is most known for his big puffy “swollen Cheeks” . Dizzy replaced eldridge in a band called Teddy Hill.

That’s really important with Clark Terry. You don’t have to be a jazz fan to like and to love his music because it invites you into it. You are invited in not only with virtuosic and bluesy sense, but also with humor. He

After leaving reform school, he started his career with the cornet when he was spotted by famous jazz musicians Kind Oliver. He eventually moved through the ranks quickly and became the second chair cornet player in King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band. In this experience, he was able to expand his musical horizons, allowing him to blow up in the jazz scene and invent new styles never heard of before. With these styles came change, in order for Armstrong to truly develop his styles, he had to change his instrument which eventually led to him picking up the trumpet because he did not want to stray too far from his roots. This eventually led to his breakthrough success in the jazz