Coleman Hawkins Essays

“The Discovery of Jazz Music “ Every music around the world has its own history, the instruments, rhythms, and even the compositions have their own origins. Music is a tool, it is used as a way of communicating with other individuals. It is very powerful considering it can express a person’s emotions or feelings such as grief, sadness, happiness, love, and even those emotions which cannot be explained or be expressed. Jazz music is like a language. It is a language that musicians use to express

made a monumental impact within the jazz community, and Coleman Hawkins would be included. The life of Coleman Hawkins was that of grit, natural talent, fame, and respect, which has led to a pleasant and monumental legacy for the late and great tenor saxophonist. Coleman Hawkins was born in St. Joseph, Missouri on November 21, 1904. It was clear to his parents

listen to it. This is mainly due to the tenor saxophone playing of Coleman Hawkins. His “smooth flowing ballad form” (http://www.redhotjazz.com/hawkinsaticle.html) is so intriguing and seems to put the listener in a laid back and calm state. In addition, the song seems to incorporate a good amount of improvisation from both Coleman Hawkins and Ray Bryant. Bryant’s solo on the piano between 3:10 and 3:44 really sets the tone for Hawkins’ concluding solo on the tenor saxophone. The smooth jazz feel is

Coming of age is a process that comes once in everybody’s life. This process has many results such as gaining strength or getting clever. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, a young boy, named Jem, gains maturity, higher level thinking, and empathy skills when he matures. To reveal Jem’s transformation, Harper Lee crafts the story in a meticulous manner and uses purposeful passages and quotes. One such passage is on pages 301 to 304. In the beginning of their conversation, Jem consoles

1. Scansion and Analysis The Harlem Renaissance was a period of revolutionary styles of music, dance, and literature that presented the hardships and culture of African Americans. The “Trumpet Player,” by Langston Hughes portrays the theme of the therapeutic effects of music through the development of an African American trumpeter’s music. The free verse poem “Trumpet Player” epitomizes the Harlem Renaissance and Jazz through the unique use of inconsistent rhymed and unrhymed lines mixed with the

Trip Hawkins, one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the gaming industry was born in Pasadena, California. Hawkins grew us in Pasadena as the only child of William Hawkins, Jr. and Helen Hawkins, and he is currently married with four children. He also went on to graduate from some of the most prestigious colleges in the United States. “At Harvard, Hawkins graduated magna cum laude with a self-designed major in strategy and applied game theory, then added a Stanford MBA in 1978.” Hawkins is most

The Dangers of Money in The Great Gatsby Money plays a big role in the lives of everyone. It can make them happy, or comfortable, but it can also be dangerous. In Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald teaches us that obsessing over large sums of money and using it carelessly can lead down a dangerous path, how it can make you blind to responsibility, strip you of your goals, and give you false hope for happiness. One of the most dangerous outcomes of having a large amount of money is that

Crazy Boy (Scary Story) Author: Aman Honnawarkar Once upon a time, there was a ten year old boy named, Jacob who was camping with his friends in a forest in Illinois. Suddenly, out of nowhere Jacob heard crashing from the bushes to his left, ”Gggggggrrrrrrrrrr!” A big, furry grizzly bear attacked their camp in broad daylight. “Aaaaaaahhhhhhh!” Jacob stood there frozen, screaming. Then he fainted. When he woke up, he was stranded in the middle of nowhere with his clothes ripped up and bleeding

The novel The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho is about a young boy named Santiago who is trying to pursue his personal legend. Along the way he meets many people, sees many omens and faces many challenges. He has to discover the language of the world to be able to find his treasure, but little does he know the treasure is no ordinary thing. Sure, there was a chest of gold coins but he also gained knowledge of the soul of the world. Paulo Coleho uses characters including the crystal merchant, the gypsy

LEADERSHIP Leader is a part of management and one of the most significant elements of direction. A leader may or may not be manager but a manager must a leader. A manager as a leader must lead his subordinate s and also inspire them to achieve organizational goals. Thus leadership is the driving force which gets the things done by others. Leadership represents an abstract quality in a man. It is a psychological process of influencing followers or subordinates and providing guidance to them. Thus

Summary: In my rewrite of Romeo and Juliet, The Great Pink Sky follows the modern day issues of cultural bashing. Set in the modern day Anaheim, California, both Reed and Jillian face a cultural boundary that’s caused by Reed’s conservative parents that believe in the white traditions. Brought together by the school’s orchestra, Reed and Jillian become more and more close as senior year passes and is starting to come to a close. Reed, played by Asa Butterfield, is a seventeen year old boy who is

During the 1920s the African American people suffered strong racial discrimination, they lived facing oppression like racism in employment, education and culture, consequently they lived a low quality life. Nevertheless despite all the racism and prejudice, many artists raised exalting their culture with the intention of create a new and positive image of themselves, through art, music and literature, transforming the 1920´s in the era of Jazz, Blues and the Harlem renaissance. Among the entire

The virtue theory, which pursues virtuous principles, strategies and actions, can lead companies to understand their values, including mission, purpose, profit potential and other objectives. Virtuous employees tend to perform their roles consistently and competently in the direction of the company's goals. Virtues are the kind of thing you allow someone to take action to appreciate. Business people increase their likelihood of reaching their values and goals when they reach Objectivist virtues.

Communication Event Actual Event The movie I’m going to talk about is Pitch Perfect, which is released on 24th of September 2012 in Los Angeles. This is an American Comedy Musical film directed by Jason Moore. Kay Cannon written the screenplay, based on the novel of Pitch Perfect: The Quest for Collegiate a Cappella Glory by Mickey Rapkin. The main characters are Anna Kendrick as Beca and Skylar Astin as Jesse. The other minor characters are Ben Platt as Benji, Brittany Snow as Chloe, Anna Camp as

Starbird Murphy & The World Outside What would your life be like if you had never touched money? Or never had a phone conversation? How about if you never attended a public school? This is the life of fifteen-year-old Starbird Murphy. Growing up on a farm full of hippies that believe in the Cosmos and have a strong belief that money is corruption really differs from us. All of this and then imagine being being dumped in Seattle with a job you necessarily never wanted as a waitress at a café, where

worked further on swing music. The similarities show that there were not that many changes to the genres, thus showing that the need to redefine was present in the rise of bebop. One of the artists who is part of the change from swing to bebop was Coleman

outside environment. The first reason they give is that budget cuts makes schools “look at areas where they are spending large sums of money and find more efficient ways of using it” (Coleman). The most common ways that schools do this are by cutting back on as much as they can and in whatever area they can. Coleman and his team suggest that one way of accomplishing this is by shortening the bus routes to conserve gas. They then go on to suggest the cutting of paper usage and embracing the technological

On January 10th, 1924, or January 8th, 1925, in Newland, North Carolina, Max Roach was born. Roach had died at the age of eighty three on August 16th, 2007. You may be asking, who was Max Roach and what has he done that caught my attention? Max Roach was not only an American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer, he was and is still now an inspiration to many musicians. Most people these days think that the music that is listened to today just came up as an idea in someone’s head, or it magically

The period of Social Jazz began in 1917 when the Original Dixieland Jazz Band made their first recorded jazz records in history. Most jazz historians believe that this small group was just a copycat band and was even lucky that they were even recorded. This band still sold over a million copies and enabled Jazz to be heard everywhere in the country. Jazz began its development in New Orleans where King Oliver, a cornet player that Louis Armstrong idolized, was performing in the early 1900's. Because

A composer by definition is "a person who writes music, especially as a professional occupation." When musicians try to take on the additional title of “composer” we know that it can get interesting, and not always in a good way. In a way it’s very similar to an actor or actress becoming a director; being they take their individual style and ramp it up into a full on production of their “vision”. Enter Thelonious Monk. Thelonious Monk started playing the piano at a very young age and his style