... , discovered jazz through the excitement of boogie-woogie, and was rapidly moved to emulate his new piano heroes. Later he said, "I started playing boogie-woogie, which is good it's the blues, and what better way to start playing jazz?" (Marion McPartland radio interview, 1979). As a teenager Evans played with a band of professionals, featuring trumpeter/mellophone player Don Elliott and bassist George ... Negro and the white was friendly, even intimate" (Down Beat December 8th 1960). A musician is influenced by hundreds of people and things, and they all show up in their work. Evans was...

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... acceptance and influence of African American culture on white America. Jazz's influence on America could be most aptly described as a positive for cultural diversion, for free thinking, and for new ideals. This new genre of sound was not only a new type of entertainment, but also a genuine American lifestyle. Working its way north from its beginnings in New Orleans, jazz became the musical symbol of ... admired for their effort to capture the quality of improvisation that characterized the music of smaller ensembles." (Encarta) Another major part of the Jazz Age was the Harlem Renaissan...

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... Billie's career came from the short Duke Ellington film in which she played the role of a rejected woman abused by her lover in Duke Ellington's short film Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life. In her scene, she sang the song "Saddest Tale ... white female artist. Because promoters were against to Holiday because of her race and distinct way of singing, she decided to qquit the band due to her unhappiness and frustrations. Because of the immense racism exerienced by many blacks in America ... at Cafe Society in 1939, but with fear of how people, (whites) would react to the song. Ho...

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