... mother passed at the age of fifteen, Ray Charles moved to Seattle and all throughout the 40's he performed with the McSon Trio as well as many other artists like Cole Porter and Dizzy Gillespie. In Seattle is where he would also pick up the habit of always wearing sunglasses, made by designer Billy Stickles. He would also soon drop his ... last name Robinson to avoid any confusion with boxer Sugar Ray Robinson, becoming just Ray Charles. His work and musical style heavily resembled Charles Brown and Nat King Cole, two of Ray Charles' biggest musical influences. It was with the McSon Tri...

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... people who sang and danced all night long. By the time the Civil War came around, the minstrel shows were considered world famous and highly respectable. In 1898, producer Bob Cole created the first all black musical comedy, which was created, directed, and managed by all black theater professionals. "A Trip to Coontown" was the name of the play and it was ... Avenue Theatre in New York City and was the first true show. New York was very excited to be the founding place of this big up and coming thing. Bob Cole later teamed up with composer and lyricist John Rosamond Johnson to write th...

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... the age of 15. At 16 years of age, Charles performed with the McSon Trip in the 1940's. Because of his two most influential musicians, Charles Brown and Nat King Cole, his music sounds similar to theirs. Confession Blues was his first single that was released with Maxin Trio, in 1949. More successful R&B singles were Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand ... with an R&B hit single Mess Around. The following year, Charles' I Got a Woman reached No. 1 on the R&B charts. His music revealed an advanced musical style; he no longer imitated Nat King Cole. The combination of R&B and gospel formed the mus...

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... name "Satchmo". His band the All Stars soon were touring the world. It featured many prominent jazz artists at the time like trombonist Jack Teagarden, pianist Earl Hines, drummer Cozy Cole etc. The All Stars toured worldwide including North and South America, Africa, Europe, Australia. This is also when Louis earned the popular nickname "Ambassador Satch" (Armstrong2 2). Louis had become less ... ...

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... the instruments. "Featuring the most talented and best black entertainers, the Cotton Club brought out a host of celebrity clientele" (Cotton). Including performers such as Bing Crosby, Jimmy Durante, Fanny Brice, Cole Porter, and most notably Louis Armstrong. Armstrong was a trumpet player and a pioneer in the "Jazz Age", a phrase coined by F. Scott Fitzgerald describing the Twenties. He used the Cotton Club as ... ...

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... in jazz. Armstrong is known for the invention of Triton substitution. He produced two generations of jazz singers including Mildred Bailey, Billie Holiday, Cab Calloway, Louis Jordan, and Nat "King" Cole. His trumpet descendents included Red Allen, Bunny Bergian, Hot Lips Page, and Miles Davis. Jazz and blues involve over sixty years of great artist....

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... Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra. Besides, most Tin Pan Alley songs were written in 32-bar AABA form; "The Way You Look Tonight" by Jerome Kern; "Night and Day" by Cole Porter; "The Man I Love" by George and Ira Gershwin were all the songs with AABA forms. Because Tin Pan Alley songs were mostly simple, memorable, and emotionally, it was appealing ... ...

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... is the greatest trumpet stylist of all time and has influenced every trumpet player of his time and long after, he also inspired singer like Billy Holiday and Nat "King" Cole. As a singer, he was one of the originators of scat singing. Over the next fifty years, his influence spread far beyond jazz, and he became one of the world's best ... ...

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... and director. Armstrong is known for the invention of Triton substitution. He produced two generations of jazz singers including Mildred Bailey, Billie Holiday, Cab Calloway, Louis Jordan, and Nat "King" Cole. His trumpet descendants include Red Allen, Bunny Bergian, Hot Lips Page and Miles Davis. Although Jazz and blues involve over sixty years there are a few artist who can't go unmentioned ... ...

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