Essays on Ray Charles

The song 7 years by Lukas Graham is focused on emotional extremes with the composer focusing on a real life story to represent what he passed through to the world. Lucas Graham made the song to ensure that he would believe it and make the world understand his story which many other people pass through. The beats and instrumental has worked at ensuring that the theme of extreme emotions is focused upon.

Charles Ives plays Charles Ives

In this musical piece, Charles Ives mainly focused on theme of emotional extremes with the composer making the instrumental with utmost silence to bring in the emotional ...

Film Studies

Brief Introduction The movie chosen for review in this essay is the biopic Ray, directed by Taylor Hackford and starring Jamie Foxx in the lead role. The movie is about a Ray Charles, a blind African-American, who became blind at the young age of 9 years and had faced enormous amount of hurdles all through his entire life. However, he is an amazing artist and is a gifted individual because he self-taught the piano for himself, just by listening to the sound of the rhythm and blue songs of his time.

Annotated Bibliography

1. IMBD. Ray (2004). 29 October 2004. Web. ...

Artist: Ella FitzgeraldTitle: “Smooth Sailing”Recorded: New York, June 26, 1951Performed by: Ella Fitzgerald (vocals), Hank Jones (piano), Everett Barksdale (guitar), Arnold Fishkin (bass), Bill Doggett (organ), Johnny Blowers (drums), and the Ray Charles Singers. Composed by Arnett Cobb.

Ella Fitzgerald, the celebrated jazz singer, is known for many things. One of the most important vocalists to emerge from the big band era, her command over her voice and sunny, lighthearted style characterize many of her pieces. From soulful ballads to the fast-paced bebop, Fitzgerald’s voice is renowned as one of the most virtuoso instruments of jazz. ...

Abstract

A cover song refers to a subsequent recording or a new performance by artists of a previously composed material recorded and released commercially by an original artist. The term cover implies that the subsequent releases of the original song are alternatives or tributes. Therefore, the original recording is the authentic, and the definitive version if copyrighted. In the United States of America, playing cover songs is not illegal, but persons are required to remit licensing fees to the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) and relevant publishers who own the tune in question (Harrower, 2005). The practice of covering songs ...

Abstract

The life and work of Ray Charles and Bob Marley are scrutinized in this essay with the intend to demonstrate why and when they became icons of their time. Being two of the most accomplished artists in history, the soulman and the ambassador of the reggae music represent nowaday much more than just a hero for their fans or the textbook references for their genres, but rather examples of how a person can be turned into a hero by their own talent. The comparison made in this contemplates the drawing of a parallel between these two completely different ways of life that made ...

Betye Saar, Michael Ray Charles, Kerry James Marshal and Kara Walker

Art and History The history of African-American people and slavery in the United States can be difficult to face and therefore it is often easy to ignore. The four artists Betye Saar, Michael Ray Charles, Kerry James Marshal and Kara Walker have each used their artistic talents and vision to remind people that Black History is still important, still impacts our lives today and still must be faced even when painful. There are many differences in the way they present their art. Betye Saar uses mostly soft colors and a variety of small memorabilia and images to create ...

The influence of both The Blues Brothers Band and the 1980 film of the same name have been enormous in musical and cultural ways, and this paper will explore that influence in depth. In a sense the band and the film have different and independent existences, and, therefore, it is hard to separate them and distinguish between the different incarnations of the Band: it is easier to think of The Blues Brothers as a musical and cultural phenomenon: The Blues Brothers continue to be a legend in the history of blues music, as well as the history of Hollywood. There are countless ...