Berry Gordy Jr. was born in November 28, 1929, in Detroit, Michigan, to his parents Bertha and Berry Gordy Sr., he was number seven of eight children. Gordy was brought up in a tight knit family with strong morals. Berry Gordy Jr., dropped out of high school in the eleventh grade, with hopes of becoming an professional boxer and hopes of becoming rich quick. A career he followed until the 1950, when he was drafted in the United States Army for the Korean War. After his return from Korean in 1953, he married Thelma Coleman.…
Bobby Brown was an actor, singer, rapper, songwriter, and dancer in the music industry. Born on February 5, 1969 in Boston, Massachusetts, Bobby grew to be a talented kid but made very poor choices. As a young boy around age 9 Bobby was involved with stealing, fights, gang activity, and drugs. At age 11 Bobby turned his life around after a close friend was stabbed to death. This left Bobby the decision to take his life and education more seriously.…
The post-World War II era saw the rise of blues musician and song-writer Jimmy Reed, born Mathis James Reed on a plantation in Dunleith, Mississippi on September 6, 1925. He developed an early understanding of the harmonica and guitar from his close friend Eddie Taylor but never progressed much beyond the fundamentals. They sang together in churches and retained their friendship throughout their careers, as it was Eddie who was responsible for bringing Jimmy’s career to its peak of success. His distinctive yet simple style was easily imitated and therefore resonated with the mainstream audience. His trademark delivery was lazy and downtempo, contrasted by the sharp harmonica bursts and stable guitar loops.…
DESCRIPTION Hank Williams Jr. is a famous musician, singer, and songwriter. His real name is Randall Hank Williams but is nicknamed Hank Williams Jr. and Bocephus. Hank Williams Sr. started calling his son Bocephus after watching Grand Ole Opry comedian, Rod Brasfield, use a puppet named Bocephus in his comedy act. He was born on May 26, 1949 in Shreveport, LA, where he was born and raised. A little less than four years later, his father dies.…
The leader I chose is Babe Ruth. Babe broke many baseball records throughout his life time. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland on February sixth, 1895, and died in Manhattan, New York City, NY, on August sixteenth , 1948. He went to St. Mary’s School. Babe’s first Major League was as a left handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox from 1914 to 1920.…
Babe Ruth Babe Ruth is one of the most well known athletes that we know now. Babe had a hard life growing up that a child should never grow up too. Babe Ruth is athlete legend, but his life started turning upside down at the age of seven. Babe Ruth was born to the name George Herman Ruth Jr. on February 6, 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland.…
Duke Ellington is an originator of big-band jazz, Duke Ellington was an American composer, pianist and band leader who composed thousands of scores over his 50 year career. Duke Ellington was born on April 29, 1899 In Washington, D.C. At the age of 7 he started learning piano and got the nickname duke. He wrote his first composition ‘soda fountain rag’ at the age of 15. He was awarded an art Scholarship in the Pratt institute in Brooklyn, New York, Ellington followed his passion for ragtime and began to play professionally at the age of 17.…
This genre of music can be traced back to the 600ths, at this time England, France, Spain, Portugal and Holland were competing against each other to control the slave trade. Millions of slaves were captured and transported to British North America. They were forced and used as property. They all came from backgrounds were music was part of their cultures and, was very diverse. By mid 1700s there was a large number of slaves living in British North America as well as their was a small population of free black Americans many of who lived in the state of Maryland.…
Louis Armstrong was born on August 4, 1901, in New Orleans, Louisiana. His parents were Mary Albert and William Armstrong. His sister was Beatrice Armstrong Collins. His children are Clarence Armstrong, and Sharon Preston-Folta.…
On the 26th of May, 1926, the city of Alton, Illinois had the good fortune of seeing an infant boy delivered there, one that would grow up to be stunningly talented, charismatic and versatile. Miles Davis, son of Cleota and Miles Dewey Davis Junior, began his life in Illinois, but the average life in an average town had nothing for him. He played professionally even before he graduated high school, but the gig he found on his home turf simply were not enough. At 18, Miles Dewey Davis III left his middle-class home and comfortable life for an uncertain future in New York City.…
2017 This year will be the best year ever because I’m going to join Jazzband at school, I’m going to 7th grade and I get to go to girls camp. I’m going to join jazzband this year. I’m excited about jazzband because I am hoping that I can play the piano, and I love playing the piano. I’ve been learning how to play for 5 years or more.…
The Soul of American Jazz Name: Louis Armstrong Born: New Orleans Died: New York August 4th, 1901 July 6th, 1971 (age 69) Mention of jazz music, the first people to associate people, is likely to be a clown image, nicknamed Uncle Satchmo (Uncle Satchmo), little cute. He is a husky singer, with a small hand often. His New Orleans jazz style, in Dick Dixieland peiqu, playing the advantages of simple structure, dramatic works.…
Gillespie played in many countries including Pakistan, and Turkey where he insisted on playing for everyone and not just the elite (Von Eschen, 35). Gillespie wanted everyone to enjoy his music regardless of class since he too was in a minority; he knew the value of being included and being treated as an equal. While this was against the State Department’s plan decisions like these were instrumental to jazz diplomacy’s success. In order to win the hearts of other countries, America needed to embrace the general populace…
Charlie Parker’s Ill-Fated West Coast Trip Charlie “Bird” Parker is one of the most iconic figures not only in the modern jazz history, but also in the jazz history overall. Charlie Parker had an extraordinary melodic gift and regularly created solos that consisted of ling-lined melodies, each of which was elegant improvised composition unto itself. This gained a wide following among jazz musicians and greatly influenced the Jazz community in the iconic shift is music. Parker’s self-destructive behavior and lifestyle, despite being fatal to the musician ending his life at the age of 34, also attracted a lot of attention of the hipsters, poets, and researchers of the era of late 1940s jazz. As Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie traveled to the…
By 1902 he was working in bordellos Storyvilles. His story on the reason he started into music is not very known, but Morton became an itinerant pianist, working in many cities in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. As for Sidney Bichet it was in his genetics, passing it down through the family. That is how he learned to play and get into Jazz music. He later left New Orleans and ended up in Chicago playing in touring shows and carnivals.…