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  1. Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
    16: ... although there are relatively many important exceptions to this rule. All these pipes are attached to...
    18: ...gue reeds but there are a number of important exceptions, including the Italian Zampogna, the French M...
    23: ...n pre-Christian times. [[Nero]] is generally accepted to have been a player; there are Greek depictio...
    40: ...st any instruments, from model elephants,to small jazz orchestras. Well known bagads include Bagad Brieg...
    79: ... both the upper and lower ends of the scale, and optionally adds chromatic notes. His original pipes ...
  2. November 4 (10686 bytes)
    7: ...[Eighty Years' War]]: In [[Belgium]], [[Spain]] captures [[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three days ...
    21: * [[1922]] - In [[Egypt]], [[United Kingdom|British]] archaeologist [[How...
    86: *[[1930]] - [[Buddy Bolden]], American jazz musician (b. [[1877]])
    88: *[[1956]] - [[Art Tatum]], American jazz musician
    147: [[pt:4 de Novembro]]
  3. Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
    20: *''[[Jazz (novel)|Jazz]]'' (1992)
  4. Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
    2: ...y|Lady]] Ella''', was one of the most important [[jazz]] [[singer]]s, and the winner of thirteen [[Gramm...
    12: ...he [[Decca Records|Decca]] label in [[1955]], the jazz record company [[Verve Records|Verve]] was create...
    14: ... she also sang together with the "other voice" of jazz, [[Billie Holiday]] ([[1957]]).
    16: ...' is the most notable of her many recordings with jazz legend [[Louis Armstrong]], but they also recorde...
    18: ...n [[actor|actress]] and singer in [[Jack Webb]]'s jazz [[film]] ''[[Pete Kelly's Blues]]''. She also app...
  5. Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
    2: ...er soul and R&B recordings but is also adept at [[jazz]], [[rock]], [[blues]], [[pop]], [[hip-hop]], [[g...
    6: ...Melody."'' Though Columbia really wanted her as a jazz singer, the results never gave full rein to Frank...
    10: ... of live gospel music recorded in a Los Angeles Baptist church. Surprisingly she never made it to numb...
    79: *[[1987]] ''[[One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism]]''
  6. Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
    3: ...''' is generally considered one of the greatest [[jazz]] [[singer]]s of all time. Born '''Eleanora Fagan...
    7: ... of her birth; her father [[Clarence Holiday]], a jazz guitarist who would play for [[Fletcher Henderson...
    9: ...he Moon'', ISBN 0306811367). Clarence Holiday accepted paternity, but was hardly a responsible father....
    16: ...nderson]], did much to solidify her standing as a jazz and blues singer. Shortly thereafter, Holiday beg...
    18: Compared to other jazz singers, Holliday had a rather limited range of j...
  7. Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
    1: ...w Orleans, Louisiana]] and began singing in a [[Baptist]] church. She moved to [[Chicago]] in [[1927]...
    5: ... Faith]], and performed at the [[1958]] [[Newport Jazz Festival]] and the inauguration of [[John F. Kenn...
  8. Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
    10: ...[D.A. Pennebaker]] documentary ''Monterey Pop'' captured [[Cass Elliott]] in the crowd silently mouthi...
    24: ...as significantly divergent from the soft folk and jazz-influenced styles that were common at the time &m...
    30: ...umentary film]] ''[[Festival Express]]'', which captured her at her very best. Janis's scorching vocal...
    32: Although there were some notable exceptions, it can be argued that, prior to Janis, there...
  9. Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
    3: ...edominantly to [[Rock and roll|rock music]] and [[jazz]], to become one of the most highly respected [[s...
    7: ...hrough, containing her first two songs widely adopted by other artists, "Chelsea Morning" and "Both S...
    13: ...ld spend the rest of the decade producing largely jazz inflected music. The first such album, ''[[The Hi...
    15: ...ay from pop toward the freedom and abstraction of jazz, a wordy double album dominated by the lengthy pa...
    19: ...ence, 1982's ''Wild Things Run Fast'' was an attempt to return to pop songwriting, including cover ver...
  10. Music (16462 bytes)
    43: ...al style and performance practice expected or acceptable.
    49: ...ave this distinction at all, using a broader concept which incorporates both without discrimination. I...
    54: ...ontaneously improvised works like those of [[free jazz]] performers and [[African]] drummers.
    58: ==Reception and audition==
    75: See: [[sound sculpture]].
  11. Definitions of music (17609 bytes)
    8: ...eometry]], [[astronomy]] and [[musica]]. The concept of musica was split into three major kinds: [[mus...
    10: ...y to the mathematical proportions. From this concept later resulted the romantic idea of a music of th...
    19: ... term for music but the speakers do have the concept (Nettl, 1989).
    26: ...analyze the relationship between sound and [[perception]].
    31: ... aesthetic effect. Since the range of what is accepted as music varies from culture to culture and fro...
  12. Bassoon (11661 bytes)
    66: ==Jazz and improvised music==
    67: While bassoon is rather rare in [[jazz]] and [[free improvisation]], there have been a f...
    71: * [[Paul Hanson]] ([http://www.jazzbassoon.com website])
    77: : Descriptions of various bassoon techniques with video and ...
  13. Clarinet (18825 bytes)
    31: ...rts that make up a clarinet are as follows (description follows the illustration from left to right):
    37: * The main body of the clarinet is divided (except in the case of the E♭ clarinet) into the ''...
    59: ===Jazz===
    60: Clarinets are also commonly found in [[jazz]], especially in its earlier forms such as the Bi...
    62: ...ez]] prefered the C soprano, and many New Orleans jazz brass bands have used E flat sopranino.
  14. Bass clarinet (3454 bytes)
    5: ...]]s, while most are straight-bodied with a small upturned bell. While sometimes mistaken for a large [...
    10: ...hony [[orchestra]]s and as a solo instrument in [[jazz]]. They almost universally play the bass part (u...
    13: ... It is also used in school bands, and are a good option for starting players.
    26: ==Bass clarinet in Jazz==
    27: ...ile the bass clarinet was seldom heard in early [[jazz]] compositions, a bass clarinet solo by [[Omer Si...
  15. Oboe (5230 bytes)
    13: ...). The reed is held on the lips. The commonly accepted range for the oboe extends from B♭3 to A6...
    26: ==Jazz and improvised music==
    28: While oboe is rather rare in [[jazz]] and [[free improvisation]], there are a few not...
    30: ...g the first and remains, arguably, the preeminent jazz oboist.
  16. Recorder (12954 bytes)
    3: ...ht to be the [[piccolo]]. It is now generally accepted, however, that the instrument intended was the ...
    5: ...is not too strident in even the most musically-inept hands. It is however incorrect to assume that mas...
    7: ...the Rolling Stones]], [[Jimi Hendrix]]. Prominent jazz musician [[Keith Jarrett]] has even recorded an e...
    11: ... two octaves and a fifth by a skilled player, except for the augmented prime, two octaves and one semi...
    24: ...rawback to the great majority of players who attempt to play in some semblance of equal temperament.
  17. Sarrusophone (1431 bytes)
    7: A very unusual example of the sarrusophone in [[jazz]] is on the [[1924]] recording by [[Clarence Will...
  18. Saxophone (14311 bytes)
    3: ...with [[popular music]], [[big band]] music, and [[jazz]], but it was originally intended as both an [[or...
    11: ...the duration of the patent (1846-1866) no one except the Sax factory Paris could legally manufacture o...
    25: ...ding, common in jazz. Classical players usually opt for a mouthpiece with a smaller tip opening and a...
    30: ...ement in technology and have gained a limited acceptance among some players, especially for use in dou...
    37: ...ural, but other members of the family do not (except for a limited number of Selmer Mark VI altos [htt...
  19. Alto saxophone (1789 bytes)
    8: ...reat versatility and is used commonly in concert, jazz, funk, blues, pop, and rock music.
  20. Shakuhachi (6042 bytes)
    16: ...er blows as one would blow across the top of an empty bottle, but the opposite edge of the shakuhachi ...
    18: ...ensemble music with koto and samisen, folk music, jazz, modern music.
    26: ...time, but the Fuke sect managed to wrangle an exemption from the Shogun, since their spiritual practic...
    48: ...ed in western genres of music, including [[smooth jazz]] and rock music, especially after being commonly...

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