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The paper relates that Bill Crow, the author of "Jazz Anecdotes", is a musician who plays the bass in jazz bands and has written many articles for jazz magazines over the years. The paper posits that this would seem to make him particularly qualified to compile this large book of entertaining and often very humorous stories told by dozens of well-known and not so well-known jazz musicians over a period of decades.

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"Bill Crow, the author of "Jazz Anecdotes", is a musician who plays the bass in jazz bands and has written many articles for jazz magazines over the years, which would seem to make him particularly qualified to compile this large book of entertaining and often very humorous stories told by dozens of well-known and not so well-known jazz musicians over a period of decades. Crow notes in his preface that although most of the stories are humorous, they are not the type of humor sometimes made at the expense of musicians by outsiders, which he says are not much appreciated by the musicians themselves. Instead, these stories involve what is often a..."

Tags:jazz, history, music

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The paper provides a book review of "Jazz Anecdotes", by Bill Crow, which brings back the old days of the 1930s and 40s., for the most part, featuring some of the jazz musicians and bands now largely forgotten by today's generation. The paper explains that the review basically states that the sort of respect and warmth, even during competition for gigs is something that today's rap artists simply lack. The paper concludes that sadly, the era and the music and the musicians are largely gone now, remembered only in books like this.

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"Our current generation is not nearly as interested in jazz as Americans were in the Twentieth Century. Despite the fact that jazz is a truly original American contribution to the world of music, there are fewer "jazz giants" and audiences than this book covers. Frankly, the best way to read and discuss this book is to find someone your grandfather's age- someone who still treasures 78 rpm and LP records that featured some of the people mentioned in this book- people now long forgotten. As the author explains at the outset, "If you want to play jazz for a living you either learn to laugh or you cry a lot" (Crow v). In these..."

Tags:jazz, big band, louis armstrong

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The paper looks at how Bill Crow traces jazz from what is considered to be its African roots to the speak-easies in Harlem to the recording studios of Motown. The paper explains that the origin of the word jazz is traced back to the names of musicians who were finding and playing their own sound in an era where erotica in music was found in cities like New Orleans and San Francisco. The paper describes how the term jazz became the label for a genre in music that has influenced all music that has come after it (Crow 19-22).

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"Bill Crow traces jazz from what is considered to be its African roots to the speak-easies in Harlem to the recording studios of Motown. The origin of the word jazz is traced back to the names of musicians who were finding and playing their own sound in an era where erotica in music was found in cities like New Orleans and San Francisco. In 1916 the phrase "Jass it up, boys!" changed the face of music forever. The term "Jass" came from the Chicago underworld and was thought to be an obscene word or as we would call it today a four-letter word. It wasn't long before the term jazz became the label for a genre in music that has influenced all music that..."

Tags:improv, ability, skill

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The goal of the assignment was to compare/contrast the styles of Gloria Naylor and Amy Tan based on a pair of articles in which each describes anecdotes that illustrate differences between standards English and that which was practiced within their families.

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- Comparative Analysis: The Rhetorical Styles and Use of Language By Amy Tan and Gloria Naylor Both Amy Tan and Gloria Naylor described ways in which the language of their culture are sources of strength and understanding even while being subject to derision and contempt by the dominant White culture. Both saw language as sources of strength, pride and distinction for people of their respective cultures. Both Tan and Naylor are authors who, despite tremendous odds, wrote best selling novels while very young. In both cases the books were somewhat autobiographical, drawing heavily on their

Tags:racism, language, mother

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" Children and Divorce
Introduction
During the past few decades, divorce has become much more common. At the present time, almost half of all marriages end in divorce. In most of those instances, children are involved. The effect of divorce on children is almost universally negative in the short-term, although there is disagreement about the long-term effects. The intent in this paper is to look at some of the impacts of divorce on the children in the family, using both written material and anecdotes from personal interviews.

Short-Term Effects
There are a number of obvious short-term impacts on the children of divorce. Some of these are positive. For example.."

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This author wrote from the "I" perspective and told of a case he had in the ER of a boy who had a high fever. The author describes the parents and not much about the son, except that he was burning up with fever. He had been to the doctor and the ER, was given antibiotics from both places, but it wasn't working. The author desribes how he was able to figure out what was wrong and why the medicine didn't seem to be working.

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"My first day in the ER I got urinated on, spit on and I got pat on the back for surviving the day. I chose the ER for its fast pace and immediacy in working with patients. Also working in the ER gives me the opportunity to work with a variety of illnesses and injuries. Children are a part of the ER environment. I have had children bite me as I try and take their temperature and scream as loud as they can just because I offered them a sticker. Then there are other children who smile at you and want to play with your stethoscope and even give you a hug and kiss as they leave. One night I had a young boy come into the ER--I was..."

Tags:education, triage, information

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This paper analyzes the issue of marijuana decriminalization for medical purposes. Starting with a discussion of an upcoming Supreme Court ruling, the author provides an analysis of the case for decriminalization, including a recent book full of anecdotal evidence. The author then discusses how the federal government has taken a hard line against marijuana users and even doctors who prescribe the drug. This no-compromises attitude led to a lawsuit in 1997, in which several prominent doctors and patients sued the Drug Czar and Barry McCaffrey for violating their rights when, under Proposition 215, marijuana could be used in California and Arizona for medical reasons. The doctors claimed that they had been threatened by the DEA for prescribing the drug, while patients had been arrested and faced stiff penalties. The case has gone back and forth several times, while Proposition 215 has been suspended. The outcome is unclear, and the author finished the essay by describing how decriminalization necessitates removing marijuana from "Schedule I" status, which is reserved for dangerous drugs which have no medicinal value.

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This paper explains that Edite Cunha's "Talking in the New Land" demonstrates her great effort, living in a melting pot and trying to find her role in the family. The author points out that Cunha shows the struggle of being the interpreter for her family with great credibility, strong emotions and logic. The paper relates that Cunha gains credibility by using anecdotes of her younger self and by showing her emotions at each time. The author underscores that, when the young Edite is either forced to speak English or has to translate from English to Portuguese for her father, her feelings are always cold and fearful. The paper suggest that Cunha is trying to impress upon the readers that often with learning the public language the consequences are negative.

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"In the beginning of the essay, when Edite is explaining her name, her words are filled with love, "in naming their daughters Maria, my people were expressing their love and reverence for their Lady of Fatima." But when in an English school she explains, "I never knew quite who I was" when her teacher changed her name to sound more American. Another example of intense emotion was when the young Edite and her father go to the Employment division and Edite reads the words on the doorway she recalls, "there was a growing coldness deep inside me.""

Tags:struggle emotion family, melting pot, interpreter anecdotes

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This paper explains that "The Decameron" (Ten Days Work), written by Boccaccio from 1348 to 1353, illustrates the glory of the Renaissance movement and the destruction of the Black Death. The author points out that Boccaccio provides social criticism through anecdotes narrated by the characters in the novel about patriarchy, women's marginalization, and the dominance and abuses of the Church. The paper relates that Boccaccio looks at the psyche and feeling of women in the midst of a conservative patriarchal society and provides his readers with his "ideal" notion of a woman of his time by providing a characterization of women who are portrayed to not be ideal.

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"The third group is a moderate mix of the first two groups, opting to live life to the fullest, "thinking it an excellent idea to fortify the brain" for the stench of the dead bodies" seemed to fill and pollute the whole of the atmosphere." Lastly, the last group of people in Boccacio's society fled from their homes and sought refuge in the countryside, believing that their city was cursed by God: " "large numbers of men and women abandoned their city" they imagined that the wrath of God" would only be aroused against those who found themselves within the city walls.""

Tags:black, renaissance, anecdotes, marginalization, abuse

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The paper analyzes Freud's well-known book, "The Psychopathology of Everyday Life", which consists almost exclusively of a series of anecdotes taken from the real lives of a variety of people. The paper discusses Freud's overall theme of the significance of inner mental states, the subconscious, as possessing a deterministic quality over outer manifestations of behavior. The paper points out that Freud's analysis is neither subject to close scientific investigation nor is it logically unimpeachable, but concludes that Freud's pioneering efforts, though flawed, opened the door for further study.

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"Freud's 1901 book, The Psychopathology of Everyday Life, is one of the more well-known works of his, perhaps partly due to the fact that unlike many of his studies of psychology, it focuses exclusively on the life of the ordinary individual rather than the neurotic patient. As such, it was likely from the beginning to find wider acceptance among a readership that, then as now, tends to feel a stigma attached to the felt need that one is "abnormal" or in need of psychotherapy. It thus presents itself as an accessible introduction to Freud's thought."

Tags:anecdotes, speech, action, subconscious, mental, states