Cannonball Adderely 101

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Understanding is the least important thing when it comes to digging jazz because, like anything else, jazz is a form of entertainment. It is created to be enjoyed, not understood like you read a blueprint. Cannonball Adderely 101 Biography Julian Edwin “Cannonball” Adderley  TAMPA, Florida,09/15/1928//GARY,Indiana 08/08/1975 After his music studies in Tallahassee(1944/48) he became a … Read more

Sir Lawrence Olivier Method Acting 101

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All this talk about Method, the Method! WHAT method? I thought each of us had our OWN method! I’m afraid I probably outrage the Method people.   Sir Lawrence Olivier Olivier published two highly regarded volumes of memoirs, Confessions of an Actor (1984) and On Acting (1986). He was married three times, to actresses Jill … Read more

Miles Davis 101

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It’s not the note you play that’s the wrong note – it’s the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong. Miles Davis 101   Miles Davis Trumpeter, Flugelhornist, Composer, Bandleader Date of birth: May 25, 1926 Date of death: Sep 28, 1991 Miles Davis was arguably the most influential jazz musician in the post-World … Read more

Censorship President Dwight D. Eisenhower (101)

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“Censorship, in my opinion, is a stupid and shallow way of approaching the solution to any problem. Though sometimes necessary, as witness a professional and technical secret that may have a bearing upon the welfare and very safety of this country, we should be very careful in the way we apply it, because in censorship … Read more

What music is best for the brain?

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Turns out, whether it’s rock ‘n’ roll, jazz, hip-hop or classical, your gray matter prefers the same music you do. “It depends on your personal background,” Yonetani says. For a while, researchers believed that classical music increased brain activity and made its listeners smarter, a phenomenon called the Mozart effect. Not necessarily true, say Sugaya … Read more

John F. Kennedy (104)

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“We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth.” “Remarks at Amherst College upon receiving an Honorary Degree (439),” October 26, 1963, Public Papers of the Presidents: John F. Kennedy, 1963.   On November 22, 1963, when he was hardly past his first thousand days in office, … Read more

Education and Music Programs in the schools

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Education and Music Programs in the schools by Rheuben Allen Now Football is great, I spend many hours wasting time watching pro and college football on Sundays and love it! Love to sit on my fat behind on the couch, eat popcorn and complain about how the coaches are making the wrong calls. Why do … Read more

Music and the Brain (101)

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Does music rewire brain? Music plays an important role in all of our lives. But listening to music or playing an instrument is more than just a creative outlet or hobby — it’s also scientifically good for us. Research shows that music can stimulate new connections in our brains; keeping our cognitive abilities sharp and our … Read more

Albert Einstein (103)

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We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. Albert Einstein (103) Albert Einstein was born at Ulm, in Württemberg, Germany, on March 14, 1879. Six weeks later the family moved to Munich, where he later on began his schooling at the Luitpold Gymnasium. Later, they moved to Italy … Read more

Professional Repairman (101)

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What does a professional repairman offer the client? To start with, experience, they have seen most of the problems with the instruments they have repaired.  I have been repairing saxophones and clarinets for now over 50 years and I think I have seen and repaired most of the problems that can happen to a saxophone … Read more