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Seeing (For) Miles: Jazz, Race, and Objects of Performance
W&M ScholarWorks Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects 2014 Seeing (for) Miles: Jazz, Race, and Objects of Performance Benjamin Park anderson College of William & Mary - Arts & Sciences Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd Part of the African American Studies Commons, and the American Studies Commons Recommended Citation anderson, Benjamin Park, "Seeing (for) Miles: Jazz, Race, and Objects of Performance" (2014). Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects. Paper 1539623644. https://dx.doi.org/doi:10.21220/s2-t267-zy28 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects at W&M ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects by an authorized administrator of W&M ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Seeing (for) Miles: Jazz, Race, and Objects of Performance Benjamin Park Anderson Richmond, Virginia Master of Arts, College of William and Mary, 2005 Bachelor of Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2001 A Dissertation presented to the Graduate Faculty of the College of William and Mary in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy American Studies Program College of William and Mary May 2014 APPROVAL PAGE This Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Benjamin Park Anderson Approved by T7 Associate Professor ur Knight, American Studies Program The College -
Betty White Vately on the Ing.” Particular Characteristic: They Are Falsifi- More Than Half a Century Ago, a Inside
page 2 ..................Opinion page 14................Senior Safety page 4 ..........................Weird News Coming Up! page 15............SRDA Menu page 5..................Health Happy Father’s Day page 16.............Finances page 7...............Social Security & You Congratulations Class of 2008 page 18...............Senior Classifieds page 8............Light for the Journey page 22..............Fremont/Custer Menu SeniorIF YOU ARE 50 OR OLDER YOUBeacon SHOULD READ IT!! SB JUNE, 2008 Vol. 26: No. 11 Established Aug., 1982 311 Consecutive Months! Potpourri Of Subjects To Tickle Your Fancy by James R. Grasso, Publisher, Chief Cook/Bottle Washer for Senior Beacon flexologist extraordinaire comes Yes, those were pictures of my daughter, Robin the following: Lynn you saw in the Pueblo West View and The Pueblo Here is something not Chieftain in late May. She is the same child that many of many of us get to see, unless you prayed for and continue to pray for beginning in early you live near there - Mt. St. Hel- 2000. It has been eight-plus very demanding years for Rob- ens at sunrise. in Lynn and her immediate family as well as our extended Mt. St.. Helens contin- Senior Beacon family. I’ve tried to keep you all updated ues to spew ash, while it is form- over the years while still trying to keep Robin’s privacy intact. ing a lava dome in the crater and Through all of her trials and tribulations she has persevered and flourished. still having minor tremors. My family and I are very proud of her and her many accomplishments, most espe- Here in this sunrise cially finishing as Valedictorian of her class at Pueblo West High School. -
An Anthropological Perspective on Eastern and Western Folk Music
An Anthropological Perspective on Eastern and Western Folk Music Item Type text; Electronic Thesis Authors Gurczak, Adam Stanley Publisher The University of Arizona. Rights Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. Download date 28/09/2021 21:02:58 Item License http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10150/625002 AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON EASTERN AND WESTERN FOLK MUSIC By ADAM STANLEY GURCZAK ____________________ A Thesis Submitted to The Honors College In Partial Fulfillment of the Bachelors Degree With Honors in Music Performance THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA MAY 2017 Approved by: _________________________ Dr. Philip Alejo Department of Music EASTERN AND WESTERN FOLK MUSIC 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT 2 ARTIST’S STATEMENT 2 INTRODUCTION 3 ARGENTINE TANGO 4 PRE-TANGO HISTORY: RISE OF THE GAUCHOS 5 A BORDELLO UPBRINGING 5 THE ROOTS AND RHYTHMS OF TANGO 8 A WORLDWIDE SENSATION 9 THE FOREFATHERS OF TANGO 11 CHINESE TRADITIONAL MUSIC 13 THE PHILOSOPHY OF MUSIC 14 INSTRUMENTS OF THE EARTH 16 THE SOUND OF SCHOLARS 18 KOREAN GUGAK 21 GUGAK: A NATIONAL IDENTITY 22 SHAMANS, SINAWI, AND SANJO 24 NOBLE COURTS AND FARMYARDS 28 AMERICAN BLUEGRASS 30 GRASSROOTS, BLUEGRASS, AND BLUES 30 THE POLYNATION OF BLUEGRASS 33 CONCLUSION 36 BIBLIOGRAPHY 37 EASTERN AND WESTERN FOLK MUSIC 2 ABSTRACT The birth of folk music has always depended on the social, political, and cultural conditions of a particular country and its people. -
New and Lesser Known Works for Saxophone Quartet: a Recording
New and Lesser Known Works for Saxophone Quartet: A Recording, Performance Guide, and Composer Interviews by Woodrow Chenoweth A Research Paper Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Musical Arts Approved April 2019 by the Graduate Supervisory Committee: Christopher Creviston, Chair Joshua Gardner Michael Kocour Ted Solis ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY May 2019 ABSTRACT This project includes composer biographies, program notes, performance guides, composer questionnaires, and recordings of five new and lesser known works for saxophone quartet. Three of the compositions are new pieces commissioned by Woody Chenoweth for the Midwest-based saxophone quartet, The Shredtet. The other two pieces include a newer work for saxophone quartet never recorded in its final version, as well as an unpublished arrangement of a progressive rock masterpiece. The members of The Shredtet include saxophonists Woody Chenoweth, Jonathan Brink, Samuel Lana, and Austin Atkinson. The principal component of this project is a recording of each work, featuring the author and The Shredtet. The first piece, Sax Quartet No. 2 (2018), was commissioned for The Shredtet and written by Frank Nawrot (b. 1989). The second piece, also commissioned for The Shredtet, was written by Dan Puccio (b. 1980) and titled, Scherzos for Saxophone Quartet (2018). The third original work for The Shredtet, Rhythm and Tone Study No. 3 (2018), was composed by Josh Bennett (b. 1982). The fourth piece, Fragments of a Narrative , was written by Ben Stevenson (b. 1979) in 2014 and revised in 2016, and was selected as runner-up in the Donald Sinta Quartet’s 2016 National Composition Competition. -
Selected Observations from the Harlem Jazz Scene By
SELECTED OBSERVATIONS FROM THE HARLEM JAZZ SCENE BY JONAH JONATHAN A dissertation submitted to the Graduate School-Newark Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts Graduate Program in Jazz History and Research Written under the direction of Dr. Lewis Porter and approved by ______________________ ______________________ Newark, NJ May 2015 2 Table of Contents Acknowledgements Page 3 Abstract Page 4 Preface Page 5 Chapter 1. A Brief History and Overview of Jazz in Harlem Page 6 Chapter 2. The Harlem Race Riots of 1935 and 1943 and their relationship to Jazz Page 11 Chapter 3. The Harlem Scene with Radam Schwartz Page 30 Chapter 4. Alex Layne's Life as a Harlem Jazz Musician Page 34 Chapter 5. Some Music from Harlem, 1941 Page 50 Chapter 6. The Decline of Jazz in Harlem Page 54 Appendix A historic list of Harlem night clubs Page 56 Works Cited Page 89 Bibliography Page 91 Discography Page 98 3 Acknowledgements This thesis is dedicated to all of my teachers and mentors throughout my life who helped me learn and grow in the world of jazz and jazz history. I'd like to thank these special people from before my enrollment at Rutgers: Andy Jaffe, Dave Demsey, Mulgrew Miller, Ron Carter, and Phil Schaap. I am grateful to Alex Layne and Radam Schwartz for their friendship and their willingness to share their interviews in this thesis. I would like to thank my family and loved ones including Victoria Holmberg, my son Lucas Jonathan, my parents Darius Jonathan and Carrie Bail, and my sisters Geneva Jonathan and Orelia Jonathan. -
Instrumental Tango Idioms in the Symphonic Works and Orchestral Arrangements of Astor Piazzolla
The University of Southern Mississippi The Aquila Digital Community Dissertations Spring 5-2008 Instrumental Tango Idioms in the Symphonic Works and Orchestral Arrangements of Astor Piazzolla. Performance and Notational Problems: A Conductor's Perspective Alejandro Marcelo Drago University of Southern Mississippi Follow this and additional works at: https://aquila.usm.edu/dissertations Part of the Composition Commons, Latin American Languages and Societies Commons, Musicology Commons, and the Music Performance Commons Recommended Citation Drago, Alejandro Marcelo, "Instrumental Tango Idioms in the Symphonic Works and Orchestral Arrangements of Astor Piazzolla. Performance and Notational Problems: A Conductor's Perspective" (2008). Dissertations. 1107. https://aquila.usm.edu/dissertations/1107 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by The Aquila Digital Community. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of The Aquila Digital Community. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The University of Southern Mississippi INSTRUMENTAL TANGO IDIOMS IN THE SYMPHONIC WORKS AND ORCHESTRAL ARRANGEMENTS OF ASTOR PIAZZOLLA. PERFORMANCE AND NOTATIONAL PROBLEMS: A CONDUCTOR'S PERSPECTIVE by Alejandro Marcelo Drago A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Studies Office of The University of Southern Mississippi in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Musical Arts Approved: May 2008 COPYRIGHT BY ALEJANDRO MARCELO DRAGO 2008 The University of Southern Mississippi INSTRUMENTAL TANGO IDIOMS IN THE SYMPHONIC WORKS AND ORCHESTRAL ARRANGEMENTS OF ASTOR PIAZZOLLA. PERFORMANCE AND NOTATIONAL PROBLEMS: A CONDUCTOR'S PERSPECTIVE by Alejandro Marcelo Drago Abstract of a Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Studies Office of The University of Southern Mississippi in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Musical Arts May 2008 ABSTRACT INSTRUMENTAL TANGO IDIOMS IN THE SYMPHONIC WORKS AND ORCHESTRAL ARRANGEMENTS OF ASTOR PIAZZOLLA. -
CURRICULUM VITAE Walter C. White
CURRICULUM VITAE Walter C. White Home Address: 23271 Rosewood Oak Park, MI 48237 (917) 273-7498 e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.walterwhite.com EDUCATION Banff Centre of Fine Arts Summer Jazz Institute – Advanced study of jazz performance, improvisation, composition, and 1985-1988 arranging. Performances with Dave Holland. Cecil Taylor, Muhal Richard Abrahms, David Liebman, (July/August) Richie Beirach, Kenny Wheeler, Pat LaBarbara, Julian Priester, Steve Coleman, Marvin Smith. The University of Miami 1983-1986 Studio Music and Jazz, Concert Jazz Band, Monk/Mingus Ensemble, Bebop Ensemble, ECM Ensemble, Trumpet. The Juilliard School 1981-1983 Classical Trumpet, Orchestral Performance, Juilliard Orchestra. Interlochen Arts Academy (High School Grades 10-12) 1978-1981 Trumpet, Band, Orchestra, Studio Orchestra, Brass Ensemble, Choir. Interlochen Arts Camp (formerly National Music Camp) 8-weeks Summers, Junior Orchestra (principal trumpet), Intermediate Band (1st Chair), Intermediate Orchestra (principal), 1975- 1979, H.S. Jazz Band (lead trumpet), World Youth Symphony Orchestra (section 78-79, principal ’81) 1981 Henry Ford Community College Summer Jazz Institute Summer Classes in improvisation, arranging, small group, and big band performance. 1980 Ferndale, Michigan, Public Schools (Grades K-9) 1968-1977 TEACHING ACCOMPLISHMENTS Rutgers University, Artist-in-residence Duties included coaching jazz combos, trumpet master 2009-2010 classes, arranging classes, big band rehearsals and sectionals, private lessons, and five performances with the Jazz Ensemble, including performances with Conrad Herwig, Wynton Marsalis, Jon Faddis, Terrell Stafford, Sean Jones, Tom ‘Bones’ Malone, Mike Williams, and Paquito D’Rivera Newark, NY, High School Jazz Program Three day residency with duties including general music clinics and demonstrations for primary and secondary students, coaching of Wind Ensemble, Choir, Jan 2011 Jazz Vocal Ensemble, and two performances with the High School Jazz Ensemble. -
Gerry Mulligan Discography
GERRY MULLIGAN DISCOGRAPHY GERRY MULLIGAN RECORDINGS, CONCERTS AND WHEREABOUTS by Gérard Dugelay, France and Kenneth Hallqvist, Sweden January 2011 Gerry Mulligan DISCOGRAPHY - Recordings, Concerts and Whereabouts by Gérard Dugelay & Kenneth Hallqvist - page No. 1 PREFACE BY GERARD DUGELAY I fell in love when I was younger I was a young jazz fan, when I discovered the music of Gerry Mulligan through a birthday gift from my father. This album was “Gerry Mulligan & Astor Piazzolla”. But it was through “Song for Strayhorn” (Carnegie Hall concert CTI album) I fell in love with the music of Gerry Mulligan. My impressions were: “How great this man is to be able to compose so nicely!, to improvise so marvellously! and to give us such feelings!” Step by step my interest for the music increased I bought regularly his albums and I became crazy from the Concert Jazz Band LPs. Then I appreciated the pianoless Quartets with Bob Brookmeyer (The Pleyel Concerts, which are easily available in France) and with Chet Baker. Just married with Danielle, I spent some days of our honey moon at Antwerp (Belgium) and I had the chance to see the Gerry Mulligan Orchestra in concert. After the concert my wife said: “During some songs I had lost you, you were with the music of Gerry Mulligan!!!” During these 30 years of travel in the music of Jeru, I bought many bootleg albums. One was very important, because it gave me a new direction in my passion: the discographical part. This was the album “Gerry Mulligan – Vol. 2, Live in Stockholm, May 1957”. -
THE BRILL BUILDING, 1619 Broadway (Aka 1613-23 Broadway, 207-213 West 49Th Street), Manhattan Built 1930-31; Architect, Victor A
Landmarks Preservation Commission March 23, 2010, Designation List 427 LP-2387 THE BRILL BUILDING, 1619 Broadway (aka 1613-23 Broadway, 207-213 West 49th Street), Manhattan Built 1930-31; architect, Victor A. Bark, Jr. Landmark Site: Borough of Manhattan Tax Map Block 1021, Lot 19 On October 27, 2009 the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a public hearing on the proposed designation of the Brill Building and the proposed designation of the related Landmark site. The hearing had been duly advertised in accordance with provisions of law. Three people spoke in support of designation, including representatives of the owner, New York State Assembly Member Richard N. Gottfried, and the Historic Districts Council. There were no speakers in opposition to designation.1 Summary Since its construction in 1930-31, the 11-story Brill Building has been synonymous with American music – from the last days of Tin Pan Alley to the emergence of rock and roll. Occupying the northwest corner of Broadway and West 49th Street, it was commissioned by real estate developer Abraham Lefcourt who briefly planned to erect the world’s tallest structure on the site, which was leased from the Brill Brothers, owners of a men’s clothing store. When Lefcourt failed to meet the terms of their agreement, the Brills foreclosed on the property and the name of the nearly-complete structure was changed from the Alan E. Lefcourt Building to the, arguably more melodious sounding, Brill Building. Designed in the Art Deco style by architect Victor A. Bark, Jr., the white brick elevations feature handsome terra-cotta reliefs, as well as two niches that prominently display stone and brass portrait busts that most likely portray the developer’s son, Alan, who died as the building was being planned. -
NAFTA Monitor Vol 1-6.Pm
NAFTA MONITOR Canada," WALL STREET JOURNAL, December 17, 1993; Alan L. Alder, "Autos Vol. 1 (1994) -- p.1 After NAFTA," AP, December 16, 1993; "Ford Will Build More in Mexico and In- Vol. 1, No. 1 Monday, December 20, 1993 crease Its Shipments South," INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY, December 17, Headlines: 1993; Alva Senzek, "Trucks Make Comeback," EL FINANCIERO INTERNA- Vol. 2 (1995) -- p.36 COMPANIES SHIFT OPERATIONS TO MEXICO TIONAL, December 6-12, 1993. MEXICAN LABOR UNIONS TOO WEAK _________________________________________________ Vol. 3 (1996) -- p.80 MEXICO MAY NOT FOLLOW THROUGH WITH ENVIRONMENT PROMISES MEXICAN LABOR UNIONS TOO WEAK NAFTA WILL HURT MEXICAN INDUSTRIES As Mexican businesses suffer from increased com- Vol. 4 (1997) -- p.120 U.S. NAFTA PROTESTS CONTINUE petition under NAFTA, they will likely get tougher on _________________________________________________ workers to improve productivity. But an article in the Vol. 5 (1998) -- p.164 COMPANIES SHIFT OPERATIONS TO MEXICO NEW YORK TIMES says that under President Carlos In the weeks following the ratification of the North Salinas de Gortari Mexican labor unions are weaker Vol. 6 (1999) -- p.198 American Free Trade Agreement, many large compa- than they have been for 50 years and in a poor posi- nies announced plans to increase their operations in tion to deal with NAFTA's consequences. In testimony Mexico, often at the expense of U.S. or Canadian- before the U.S. Congress this year, Pharis Harvey, based manufacturing plants. executive director of the International Labor Rights Perhaps the quickest to take advantage of NAFTA Education and Research Fund, described organized Vol. -
NEGRITUD EN LA NACIÓN BLANCA: Una Historia De Afro-Uruguay, 1830-2010
NEGRITUD EN LA NACIÓN BLANCA: una historia de Afro-Uruguay, 1830-2010 INTRODUCCIÓN 1 2 INTRODUCCIÓN G!"#$! R!%& A'&#!() NEGRITUD EN LA NACIÓN BLANCA: una historia de Afro-Uruguay, 1830-2010 T#*&+,,%-' &! B!.%'* G"'/01!/ A/,0#*.! Agosto de 2011 INTRODUCCIÓN 3 Creditos 54, foto 1.1-Crédito: Servicio O2cial de Difusión Radio Televisión y Espectáculos. 97, foto 2.2-Crédito: Archivo Fotográ2co de Montevideo. 98, foto 2.1-Crédito: Colección del autor. 101, foto 2.3-Crédito: Colección del autor. 108, foto 2.4-Crédito: Colección del autor. 109, foto 2.5-Crédito: Colección del autor. 110, foto 2.6-Crédito: Servicio O2cial de Difusión Radio Televisión y Espectáculos. 111, foto 2.7-Crédito: Colección del autor. 113, foto 2.8-Crédito: Archivo Fotográ2co de Montevideo. 117, foto 2.9-Crédito: Archivo Fotográ2co de Montevideo. 117, foto 2.10-Crédito: Colección del autor. 156, foto 4.1-Crédito: Archivo Fotográ2co de Montevideo. 231, foto 5.1-Crédito: Jorge Castelli. ISBN: 978-9974-xxxxxxxx © George Reid Andrews © Librería Linardi y Risso Juan Carlos Gómez 1435 Tel. 2915 7129 - 2915 7328 Fax (598) 2915 74 31 Montevideo - Uruguay E-mail: [email protected] www.linardiyrisso.com 4 INTRODUCCIÓN A Rubén Darío Galloza, 1926-2002 Pintor, poeta, compositor, activista INTRODUCCIÓN 5 6 INTRODUCCIÓN ÍNDICE Introducción 1. Siente esta noble raza grandiosa aspiración (1830-1920) 2. Memorias de África: comparsas y candombe (1870-1950) 3. Los nuevos negros (1920-1960) 4. Hoy todos bailan candombe (1950-2000) 5. Dictadura y democracia (1960-2010) Bibliografía INTRODUCCIÓN 7 8 INTRODUCCIÓN Ilustraciones 1 América del Sur y Uruguay 1.1 Un sargento de infantería, c. -
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SABADO, 2 DE NOVIEMBRE ^^hñti Sáez Alvarado DE 1968 MpRESA EDITORA: Diario AÑO LXXVIII. — N.0 23.949 de Burgos, S. A.» Marte EJEMPLAR: TRES PESETAS gDACClON, ADMINISTRACION Y TALLERES: VITORIA, 13. = APARTADO, 46. =1 ELh; FONOS: REDACCION, 201280 — A D M I N i tí I H A C 1 O N, 20714H = Dep. legal: Bu-5-1958 W.9 .. R ESPAÑA La festividad de Todos los Santos El MIEMBRO DEL CONSEJO LO A DE ÑOR DE SEGURIDAD los bombardeos cesaron Fue elegida ayer por la Asamblea ayer, a las dos de la tarde lolinson actuó de manera unilateral, Icen en Saigón de la ONU Naciones Unidas (Efe). — En Conformidad de Humplirey y Nixon la votación celebrada hoy por la Asamblea general de las Na• Saigón (Efe - Reuter). — La suspensión de los bom• ciones Unidas, España ha sido bardeos norteamericanos sobre Vietnam del Norte, ha elegida para formar parte del entrado en vigor, plenamente, a las 21,00 (14,00, hora Consejo de Seguridad. española), de hoy, según ha anunciado un portavoz mi• litar estadounidense. COMPOSICION DEL CONSEJO Añadió el citado portavoz que no recibiría hasta ma• ñana, las informaciones relacionadas con los últimos bom• Naciones Unidas (Efe). — Es- bardeos de hoy, antes de la hora citada, pero que se paria • y Colombia fueron elegi• daba por descontado el cumplimiento de las órdenes das hoy, en unión de Nepal. de Johnson. Zambia y Finlandia, como nue• Los aviones estadouniden• vos ; miembros no permanente ses estuvieron bombardeando del Consejo de Seguridad, en ol Siguiendo piadosa tradición, por el Cementerio municipal de San José desfilaron ayer millares * .*• objetivos norvietnamitas du• organismo más importante de de burgaleses, rindiendo emocionado tributo de recuerdo a cuantos en dicho recinto sagrado rante las últimas horas, an• las Naciones Unidas para los reposan.