Louis Armstrong
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In America, music has a tremendous influence on culture. Part of the reason for this, is because it has the ability to transcend racial and political lines. As the artists, the songs and the ideals that they represent…

Black Entertainment and Sports Institutions/Organizations in Atlanta, GA 1865 – 2012 During Harlem's renaissance, Atlanta was often called "the Harlem of the South" due to its rich heritage, particularly in the area of music. Famous artists such as Bessie Smith, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Jackie Wilson, Dina Washington, and Billie Holiday regularly performed in Atlanta's many exclusively-black clubs. Accommodating many tastes in music, the clubs featured minstrel, ragtime, vaudeville, blues, jazz, classical, rhythm and blues, and soul. Atlanta's influence is not merely limited to music, however; with the third largest black population among American cities, Atlanta has proven itself to be a bastion of opportunities for African Americans in the areas of higher education, sports and all types of artistic expression.

Richard N. Albert's "The Jazz-Blues Motif in James Baldwin's 'Sonny's Blues'"

Benny Goodman's Disciplined and Multi-Faceted Musical Style

In Ellison's Invisible Man the hindrances to the creation of individual identity are not merely limited to racism as it is generally understood; instead, to him, the racial picture in the United States needs to be…

Jazz has a history of being linked to African and black roots and hence always had many obstacles to face in its acceptance as mainstream form of music in White American culture. Jazz music is an endangered genre not…

Jazz is a complex and challenging for of music. The genre is also one of the most diverse, making it important to distinguish between different types of jazz. Compared with rock, jazz involves a vast array of song…

Bertelsmann AG was founded in July 1835 by Carl Bertelsmann as a print shop. Initially the company concentrated on Christian books and songs. In 1849 Carl Bertelsmann's son Heinrich took over the publishing business,…

¶ … Tobias Wolff disagrees with others who say that studying the humanities is losing favor. He says, given the concerns of people today, it is even more important to study literature.

Both Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan had long careers spanning a variety of jazz genres but especially big band, bebop, and swing. As contemporaries, both Fitzgerald and Vaughan expanded their vocal ranges throughout…