Being a teacher of American literature, I remembered Whittier's `` Massachusetts To Virginia '', where he said: `` But that one dark loathsome burden ye must stagger with alone, And reap the bitter harvest which ye yourselves have sown ''.

In a book review of `` The Soviet Cultural Offensive '', he says, `` Long before the State Department organized its bureaucracy into an East-West Contacts Staff in order to wage a cultural counter-offensive within Soviet borders, the sharp cutting-edge of American culture had carved its mark across the Russian steppes, as when the enterprising promoters of ' Porgy And Bess ' overrode the State Department to carry the contemporary ' cultural warfare ' behind the enemy lines.

And the name Rayburn is one of the most dominant in the history of American politics for the last half century.

And Sam Rayburn is a great man -- one who will go down in American history as a truly great leader of the Nation.

And how very often a water plane is featured in his landscapes, and how appropriate that he should appear in American Artist again, in his natal month of March!!

And a witty American journalist remarked over a century ago what is even more true today, `` Many a writer seems to think he is never profound except when he can't understand his own meaning ''.

If you really insist on knowing their names, an excellent book on the North American species is Bumblebees And Their Ways by O. E. Plath.

And the emphasis on nationalism in America is in proportion to the growth of American influence across the world.

And I suggest further that the main cause of the trouble we are in has been the failure of American policy-makers, ever since we assumed free world leadership in 1945, to deal with this problem realistically and seriously.

I have often searched for a graphic way of impressing our superiority on those Americans who have doubts, and I think Mr. Jameson Campaigne has done it well in his new book American Might And Soviet Myth.

And in the role of Will Danaher, Philip Bosco roars and sneers sufficiently to intimidate not only one American but the whole British army, if he chose.

And as an introduction to American politics it is highly educational.

And in the wake of the new affluence and the new techniques of processing comes a new American interest in how what people eat affects their health.

In USA in July 1943, as a result of the American Federation of Musicians boycott of US recording studios, the a cappella vocal group The Song Spinners had a best-seller with " Comin ' In On A Wing And A Prayer ".

* Michael A. Olivas, Colored Men And Hombres Aquí: Hernandez V. Texas and the Emergence of Mexican American Lawyering, Arte Público Press, 2006.

And that is, American.

And in December 1918, the American Federation of Labor ( AFL ) issued its own distinctively apolitical report, which called for the achievement of numerous incremental improvements via the collective bargaining process.

And when vandals burned an African American church down, Dad made sure its parishioners got the funds to rebuild.

* The Smithsonian Archives of American Art, Jacob Lawrence And Gwendolyn Knight Papers Online.

And later, it was brought to American universities by members of the Vienna Circle after they fled Europe and settled in the United States during and after WWII.

* Independence In Early And Silent American Cinema

The band did find some success at the American Music Awards, as Dr. Feelgood was nominated twice for Favorite Hard Rock / Metal Award, losing once to Guns N ' Roses ' Appetite for Destruction, but winning the following year, beating out Aerosmith's Pump and Poison's Flesh And Blood.

* Sweetman, Jack ; " American Naval History: An Illustrated Chronology of the US Navy And Marine Corps, 1775 – present ".

Elizabeth is well known for her roles in comedy films such as American Pie, Scary Movie and Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back.

" And American University's Gray records, “ She also published in Annales de chimie et de physique an examination of principles which led to the discovery of the laws of equilibrium and movement of elastic solids.

And there is less rhythmic difference between progressive jazz, no matter how progressive, and Dixieland, than there is between two movements of many conventional symphonies.

And a blaring final chord from the jazz group.

From this taste of the 1920s, we leaped way out to Stan Getz's private brand of progressive jazz, which did lovely, subtle things for `` Baubles, Bangles And Beads '', and a couple of ballards.

And this was before he began to play his startlingly beautiful jazz.

And it was run by a gentleman named Harvey Glatt, and he brought every, and I mean every blues star that you or I would ever have wanted to have seen through Ottawa in the late 50s, well I guess more late 60s sort of, in around the Newport jazz rediscovery.

Robinson composed the jazz standard " Eccentric " (" That Eccentric Rag "), " Margie ", " Jazzola ", " Singin ' the Blues ( Till My Daddy Comes Home )", which was recorded by Bix Beiderbecke, Frankie Trumbauer, and Eddie Lang, " Mary Lou ", " Pan Yan ( And His Chinese Jazz Band )", " How Many Times?

And while Sharifi ’ s initial focus in music can be credited to American jazz, it is his infusions of elements from the Middle East and Africa that make his music distinctive.

* Wesley Wilson ( 1893 – 1958 ), a blues and jazz musician, who wrote " Take Me for a Buggy Ride " and " Gimme a Pigfoot ( And a Bottle of Beer )", which continue to be ranked among Bessie Smith's most popular recordings.

" And while he noted that ballads and jazz was " his basic soul ", he stated Gaye " had the ability to take a roughhouse, rock and roll, blues, R & B, any kind of song and make it his own ", later citing that Gaye was the most versatile vocalist he ever worked with.

While her singles were mostly kept in the then-current sounds of the day such as Rock And Roll, novelty songs, the Twist, torch ballads, or the Girl Group Sound created by Brill Building alumni Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry, Francis ' albums represented her in a variety of styles, ranging in everything from R & B, vocal jazz and country to Broadway standards, children's music, waltzes, spiritual music, Schlager music, Traditionals from various ethnic groups represented in the US and select songs from popular songwriters of the day, such as Burt Bacharach & Hal David, or Les Reed.

Other popular compositions included the jazz standard " Eccentric " (" That Eccentric Rag " from 1912 ), " Jazzola " ( 1919 ), " I Got a New Deal in Love ", " Swing, Mr. Charlie ", " Sapho Rag ", " Two Time Dan ", " Mary Jane " with Andy Razaf, " Beale Street Mama ", " I'll Be in My Dixie Home Again Tomorrow ", " Aggravatin ' Papa ", recorded in 1923 by Bessie Smith and Alberta Hunter with the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra, Florence Mills, Pearl Bailey, and Sophie Tucker, " Palesteena ", the classic " Margie ", " Mary Lou ", " Singin ' the Blues ", " Meet Me in No Special Place ( And I'll Be There at No Particular Time )", recorded by Nat King Cole, and the title song for the movie Portrait of Jennie ( 1948 ).

And then eventually ... she'd always liked classical music and then she married a jazz musician, so that's the kind of music I was into.

And in 2010 the Greek Lefteris Kordis gave a performance of his ' Aesop Project ', a setting of seven fables which mixes traditional East Mediterranean and Western Classical musical textures, combined with elements of jazz.

Said Howard Reich, jazz critic of the Chicago Tribune, “ It would be difficult to overestimate Henry Threagill ’ s role in perpetually altering the meaning of jazz ..… He has changed our underlying assumptions of what jazz can and should be .” – An excerpt from a chapter on Henry Threadgill from And They All Sang ( published 2005 ) by late Pulitzer winning author and disc jockey Studs Terkel – a book about “ forty of the greatest and most deeply human musical figures of our time ”.

The trio started as primarily a jazz unit and released their first album, Ramsey Lewis And The Gentlemen of Swing, in 1956.

And such a varied selection-big band hits, some swing music, classical performances from the top symphonies, a little jazz here and there, even some marching music to keep Major Bronson happy.

And of course there is lots of jazz, both contemporary and traditional.

And in the 1990s, he narrated a special jazz arrangement of music from " Show Boat ", on the PRI program Riverwalk Jazz.

And for the past 16 years, the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival has supported high school jazz bands nationwide.

In May 2006, she released her second album called Teď a Tady (" Now And Here ") which is a mix of pop and funky music with elements of jazz or even swing.

" And yet another source says he got the name from playing " good music " ( classical recordings ) at his first radio job, before he became known for jazz.

( Barlow, 158 ) And as a result of his network show, jazz, especially the music of artists like Miles Davis and Charlie Parker, gained wider exposure with a national audience.