Sentences with phrase «in jazz age»

Many of Sloan's circular reliefs reminded me of the still life paintings made by a trio of linked figures in Jazz Age France: Le Corbusier, Fernand Leger, and Leger's protégé and friend Gerald Murphy, who also lived in East Hampton.

Maybe not, but he adapted Cubism to America in the jazz age, while Jean Tinguely and Max Ernst put the pop and sizzle into modern art in Europe.

Harlan leads a fairly routine life as a young black musician in Jazz Age Harlem; then he and his close friend are invited to perform in Paris, where they get entangled with the Third Reich's brutality.

Each decade is illuminated by endearingly eccentric characters: an anorexic waitress falls for a wealthy college boy in the jazz age... an exuberant young nurse questions science during the Depression... a homely seamstress designs a scandalous dress in the 1950s.

It also gives Melrose a post-Imperial flare, as Patrick wrangles with his father's legacy as a wastrel aristocrat who came of age in the Jazz Age and held some, um, colorful views of the world.

If the essence of magic is a steady stream of pleasurable distraction until the mind - bending big reveal, then the sun - dappled French vistas — gorgeously photographed by cinematographer Darius Khondji — and a very able and attractive cast decked out in Jazz Age finery more than do the job.

Through a series of inexplicable events he winds up back in the Jazz age of Paris with all his literary heroes including F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway.

Designed for the time travelers, who have also left their heart in the jazz age.

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when most of America hadn't: the kitschy well - meaning illustrations on the endpapers of the Watch - tower books from the Jazz Age and the Depression: a Mexican family all in sombreros, an African family in embroidered A-line robes, a clean - cut white family, a Chinese family in their conical straw hats, all the families standing together, their faces raised toward heaven, where a pale, bearded Jesus rides down on a horse.

I was recently reminded of the ongoing problems with a historical paradigm that has been with us since the Jazz Age, when fundamentalist Baptists and Presbyterians in largely northern denominations broke with modernist Baptists and Presbyterians.

The Jazz Age Comes Alive in July at Windsor Court Hotel June 20, 2017 The Windsor Court Hotel is excited to again participate in Tales of the Cocktail by hosting the annual weekend of Prohibition Tea, as well as a Spirited Dinner, in partnership with William Grant & Sons, devoted to American jazz greJazz Age Comes Alive in July at Windsor Court Hotel June 20, 2017 The Windsor Court Hotel is excited to again participate in Tales of the Cocktail by hosting the annual weekend of Prohibition Tea, as well as a Spirited Dinner, in partnership with William Grant & Sons, devoted to American jazz grejazz greats.

It's possible they lose to the Jazz in the Conference Finals and LeBron beats the Jazz that year to win his first championship at age 22.

CJ MIles, in his second and third seasons (age 19 and 20), played around 10 - 11 minutes per game for the Utah Jazz.

The projected Jazz starting lineup (Trey Burke, Alec Burks, Gordon Hayward, Derrick Favors and Enes Kanter) would be one of the youngest starting fives in the league with an average age of 21.6.

This Saturday from noon to 6 pm, jazz will take over Columbus Avenue in the South End for the 6 blocks from Burke Street to Mass Ave. Look for the Kids Zone in Douglas Park, as well as the «instrument petting zoo» (fun no matter your age).

«New York has great rooms for opera, classical, and jazz, but for the aging rock and roller or pop fan, there really isn't a room with the amenities that people would like» — amenities like good food, wine served in glasses (not plastic cups), and of course, great music in a 900 - seat venue.

This year's concerts will be dedicated to jazz pianist Horace Silver, who passed away in June at the age of 85, the event's website said.

By the end of the Jazz Age in the 1930s, the mindset of the people had caught up with technology and wasn't imbued with this supernatural quality that it was before.

By the age of three I was enrolled in tap, jazz, and ballet classes and loved them each in their individual way.

Camilla Belle absolutely shone in a beautiful Jazz age dress from Ralph Lauren.

you look so dreamy in this silver gown... you make me think of the Jazz age... so glam and beautiful!

Sacramento, CA About Blog Louise Brooks Society - all about the silent film & Jazz Age icon who played Lulu in Pandora's Box.

Sacramento, CA About Blog Louise Brooks Society - all about the silent film & Jazz Age icon who played Lulu in Pandora's Box.

BATON ROUGE, LA — In a discovery that may indicate the Jazz Age began thousands of years earlier than traditionally believed, a team of archaeologists from How to use onion juice for hair growth?

His inclination towards dimly - lit, noirish landscapes works for him as the film is primarily set in that age, likewise his skills as a jazz pianist work for him in scoring the film.

Since its opening in 1930, Surfside's venerable jazz - age Surf Club has courted visits from Elizabeth Taylor, Gen. Douglas MacArthur and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.

In Baz - world, there's nothing illogical about mixing Jay - Z with F. Scott Fitzgerald's cynical portrait of Jazz Age values.

May 10, 2013 • In overseeing the new film's soundtrack, music supervisor Anton Monsted says he hoped to create a «sliding door» effect between the Jazz Age and the hip - hop era.

The film brings viewers into the then - present day with Fanny singing about «20th Century blues», Jane not feeling the Jazz age, and Aunt Margaret (Irene Browne) wowing her relatives with talk of flying in and out of Paris.

But does all the referencing and homage — and not just to Demy, but also to Golden Age Tinseltown productions like An American in Paris, jazz greats like Miles Davis, and even (in the film's funniest scene) the English new - wave band A Flock of Seagulls — add up to much of anything original?

It's the 1920s, the Jazz Age in New York.

Jennifer Lawrence is set to play Zelda Fitzgerald in a biopic of the jazz age icon, socialite and novelist.

From the mysterious finale (maybe) to Christopher Nolan's «Batman» series to a new version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic on the Jazz Age, here are 10 of the releases you should check out in 2012.

There's also more than enough reason to convert jazz haters as well as Hurwitz effortlessly segues from O.G. improvisation to the electronically hip in this engaging slice of musical LA dream life and its myriad musical styles, turning a seemingly lost golden age of musical storytelling into the hippest tune around.

Amanda Peet strikes a pose on the red carpet while attending the Los Angeles Philharmonic's 2016/17 Opening Night Gala: Gershwin and the Jazz Age held at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Tuesday (September 27) in Los Angeles.

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He and his wife, Margaret (Kelly Macdonald), aren't getting along, but they throw a King Tut - themed party (Tut's tomb was discovered in November 1922) to ring in 1923 and, incidentally, the Jazz Age.

Olsen is alternately hyper - aware and moody as Maximoff, and as the Scarlet Witch she puts oomph behind her spell - casting, unlike what she did in Avengers: Age of Ultron, where she seemed to wield the sorcerer's equivalent of jazz hands.

Although, plenty of what the viewer sees feels familiar to Harry Potter fans — photos in newspapers which are constantly moving — the New York period setting, filled with dingy alleyways and glamorous Jazz Age speakeasys, is consistently exciting to explore.

The Jazz Age comes to thrilling life in Alan Rudolph's ensemble drama about caustic wit Dorothy Parker.

This rhythmic chant, «Je viens de France» set to a lively Samba variation beat, includes: - the words to the chant - a cloze (fill — in the blank) listening sheet - an extension activity - Professionally recorded MP3 This French jazz - like chant or rap - like chant is appropriate for all ages but especially with upper primary and secondary French classes.

This French jazz - like chant or rap - like chant is appropriate for all ages but especially good with 5th grade to French 1 and 2 in high school (or French 101 in college).

, set to a Caribbean beat, includes: - the words to the chant - and a cloze (fill — in the blank) listening sheet - an extension activity - pictures for review - Professionally recorded MP3 This Spanish jazz - like chant or rap - like chant is appropriate for all ages but especially good with upper primary and all secondary French classes.

This rhythmic chant, «Allons parler» set to a lively conga beat, includes: - the words to the chant - a cloze (fill — in the blank) listening sheet - Professionally recored Mp3 This French jazz - like chant or rap - like chant is appropriate for all ages but especially good with upper primary and secondary French programs.

This rhythmic chant, «J'ai mal à la tête» set to a Haitian maringue beat, includes: - the words to the chant - a cloze (fill — in the blank) listening sheet - an extension activity - pictures for vocabulary reinforcement - Professionally recorded MP3 This French jazz - like chant or rap - like chant is appropriate for all ages but especially good with upper primary and all secondary French classes.

This rhythmic chant, «Repaso de verbos» is set to bossanova beat This musical packet includes: - the words to the chants - 2 cloze (fill — in the blank) listening sheets - 2 verb conjugation grids - Instructions - Professionally recorded MP3 This Spanish jazz - like chant or rap - like chant is appropriate for all ages but good with upper primary and secondary school.

The author F. Scott Fitzgerald whose novel, The Great Gatsby was one of the defining publishing events of the decade, labeled the Jazz Age so because jazz as a music form became increasingly popular during this time especially in big cities like New York and ChicJazz Age so because jazz as a music form became increasingly popular during this time especially in big cities like New York and Chicjazz as a music form became increasingly popular during this time especially in big cities like New York and Chicago.

A Certain Age is set in the 1920s in America, known as the Jazz Age.

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From the time Tatum started playing in clubs in 1926 at the age of 16, his short life spanned the heyday of the Jazz Age through the mid-195age of 16, his short life spanned the heyday of the Jazz Age through the mid-195Age through the mid-1950s.