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Literature about the Blues and Jazz

where responses were made, which in turn may also be seen to have cross overs with gospel music. The aspect in which blues...

Jazz Age and F. Scott Fitzgerald

the 1920s turned to the American Dream we know today, which involves the assumption that if we work hard we can have wealth, and w...

Dr. Wade Davis and His Influences

remedies and the botanical pharmaceuticals of the Haitian peoples. Dr. Daviss early experiences, pre-Harvard, may have also influ...

Analysis of Latin Music

incorporated into the traditional Spanish flamenco, which originated with the gypsies in the Andalucia region of southern Spain.5 ...

Looking at 'Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Gershwin Songbook'

was three years old (Bailey, 2002). Although she was born in Virginia, she grew up in New York. In fact, she only lived in the sou...

Hollywood's 'Talkie' Motion Pictures

phonograph - and when the record skipped, so did the sound synchronization. The results, predictably, were humorous - the movie-go...

Blacks in Gone With the Wind and The Jazz Singer

mythos, Negroes were naturally more musical, more rhythmic, and better dancers than any other group. Therefore the studios scurrie...

1920s' U.S. Labor Movement

and had existed since about 1900. It had grown quite large over and decade or so and was even able to stage a walk out in 1916. In...

Literature and Reality

In twelve pages this paper examines how reality is perceived in the literary works Jazz by Toni Morrison, Waiting for Godot by Sam...

An Examination of 'Babylon Revisited by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Fitzgerald, had acquired a bad reputation in Paris. When they werent on drinking binges, they were flirting with members of the o...

Comparative Analysis of Latest 'Hot' Books on Management

In five pages these books on management are compared. They are Tulgan's Winning the Talent Wars, Collins and Porras' Built to Las...

Folk and Jazz Influences Upon Igor Stravinsky's Compositions

In ten pages this research paper examines how jazz and folk music profoundly influenced this Russian composer as he works clearly ...

Historical Literary Periods and Transporting Readers to Another Time

In eight pages the importance of setting historical setting in order to take readers back to an earlier period is considered in an...

Humanity and Injustice in Waiting for Lefty and Life in the Iron Mills

Waiting for Lefty and Life in the Iron Mills provide studies on issues of injustice and innate humanity, which shine through even ...

Ecology of Fear Reviewed

use federal dollars to do so. Many feel sorry for them. But then there is the other point of view. Why build homes in such a place...

Slavery and the U.S. Civil War

would have been changed forever. Still, Davis was a leader in his own right. He was the only president of the Confederate States o...

Frederick Lewis Allen's Only Yesterday and the Jazz Age

In two pages this paper examines how the 1920s' Jazz Age was portrayed in this 1931 text. Two sources are cited in the bibliograp...

Davis' Celluloid Mirrors

This book review of a work by Ronald Davis is the subject of focus. Celluloid Mirrors examines Hollywood during the twentieth cent...

The Bear Comes Home by Rafi Zabor and Jazz

our waitressing job, we are humiliated. Forced to perform in a way that does not in any way reflect who we are inside, we have bec...

Human Nature as Defined by Frederick Douglass

In five pages this paper compares Frederick Douglass's definition of human nature with that of the Black Codes, Jefferson Davis, a...

School Environment and Sexual Harassment

terminology likely is not. The difficulty in defining the term is further complicated with the settings in which it can occur. ...

Confrontation in 2 Twentieth Century Novels

In twelve pages this paper examines confrontation in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and in Toni Morrison's Jazz. One othe...

Reviewing A Long Kiss Goodnight Film

In six pages the 1996 film directed by Renny Harlin, written by Shane Black and costarring Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson is di...

The Works of Toni Morrison

This 7 page paper discusses the life and works of Toni Morrison, concentrating on Jazz, Sula and The Bluest Eye. There are 7 sourc...

Jazz Legend Billie Holiday

In a paper consisting of ten pages the influence of the legendary jazz performer Billie Holiday in terms of music and society are ...

Jazz by Toni Morrison and Reflections of the Harlem Renaissance

In eight pages this paper examines how Toni Morrison reflected the Harlem Renaissance artistic movement in her novel Jazz. Two so...

Chip Deffaa's 'Traditionalists and Revivalists in Jazz'

This paper consists of 12 pages and chronicles those significant performers whos contributions are often overlooked in other books...

Performance of Jazz Dance

In five pages this research paper focuses upon 3 performances delivered by the famous team the Nicholas Brothers in this considera...

Louis Armstrong, An American Musical Genius

This paper examines the career of Satchmo, Louis Armstrong. The author argues that Armstrong is one of the great American Jazz le...

Contents of Speech for Fictitious Candidate Jeff 'W.' McIllwain

In eleven pages prison reform and racism issues are addressed by a fictitious candidate in the year 2011 a year after the stock ma...