Listening Activity Reaction

Listening Activity ReactionAuthorDepartment, University Course code: Course title Instructor Due DateListening Activity ReactionFletcher HendersonHe was an American pianist and bandleader who was at the peak of his career in the 1920s and 1930s. The most dominant instrument in his music was the Piano as is evident in his song Take Me Away From the River composed in 1932. However, there is also brass instruments saxophone and the trombone that respond to the piano to create the swing rhythm. Fletcher’s music does not have the blues inflection instead it is mostly influenced by Ragtime. The audience can tell what the song is about. The vocalist is asking to be taken away from the river. The singer is using the instrument as an extension of the voice, an aspect that is borrowed from African music. Nevertheless, the instruments are European.Clarence WilliamsClarence Williams was a pianist and a music composer who started his career with Billy Kersands at the age of 12. His popular compositions include Looka-There, Ain't She Pretty and I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None o' this Jelly-Roll. In Looka-There, Ain't She Pretty, the dominant instrument