After the Civil War, when the United States military bands discarded their musical instruments, they were passed on to the slaves, who picked them up and tried to imitate the sounds of the they'd heard from the soldiers. ... While Charlie Parker, John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, and Miles Davis were changing the emotion and styling of jazz with jolting rhythmic shifts, eccentric chords, and quick harmonic explorations, a definitive change in American jazz music was taking form. ... Handy is considered the "Father of the Blues," he first heard the Blues being played by a l...

• Word Count: 2036
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

You did not hear the sound through your ears, you heard it through your diaphragm. ... A frenzy of auditions in London brought in bassist Noel Redding and drummer John "Mitch" Mitchell and the Jimi Hendrix Experience was born. ...

• Word Count: 2535
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

You did not hear the sound through your ears, you heard it through your diaphragm. ... A frenzy of auditions in London brought in bassist Noel Redding and drummer John "Mitch" Mitchell and the Jimi Hendrix Experience was born. ...

• Word Count: 2522
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The diaspora of Africans into the Americas brought strong cultural roots that have survived more than six hundred years. The correlation between popular music in the United States and traditional African music is evident even today. Specifically, the influence stems from traditional Sub-Saharan mu...

• Word Count: 1710
• Approx Pages: 7

Guitar Heroes Perhaps the most influential experience in everybody's life occurs everytime they listen to music that makes them cry, laugh, or drive a little faster down the freeway. Music, which magnifies certain emotions to express what someone feels during particular events, has been around si...

• Word Count: 3790
• Approx Pages: 15
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The variety of passionately displayed themes, interactions, and events presented in The Bluest Eye provide an understanding of Toni Morrison's inner thoughts and beliefs which were highly impacted by her various life experiences. Throughout her writing, Morrison continuously focuses on her readers b...

• Word Count: 2626
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate