How To Write A Jazz Concert Report

Jazz is a genre of music, originated in African American communities in late 19th century, is a relaxing music. On March 15, 2015, Vallejo Jazz Society organized Jazz music by Lavay Smith And The Red Hot Skillet Lickers. I went to this concert on the evening of Sunday. I enjoyed the music. It was hard to understand the lyrics, but I like her voice, and the instrument played during concert. It is hard to understand English music for me, First I was looking for Punjabi concert but I was unable to find. Then I decided for jazz music (folk music), I asked some people about jazz music. They said it is nice music and encouraged me to go to the concert. I went to concert in Vallejo by Lavay Smith, who is known as queen of jazz.

Mr. Colby would appoint each instruments solos as well as the way drummer shall improvise. In “Monk’s Dream”, Mark and Rodolfo (drums) had shared “trading 4 improvisations”. Similar to other jazz performances, each composition had “melody” repeated at the beginning and the end of the performance. Anything in between was improvised by the players taking turns in different orders, showing great respect to each other.

Going to the jazz performance at the Bechtler showed me a different side of the community in Charlotte coming together. At the Bechtler Museum host, an annual night of jazz the theme for this performance was Jazz Night for Lovers. They had two shows, which both sold out. The line to get in was so long and full with young couples and older couples as well. Once were allow inside the venue everyone took there sits and watched as a beautiful 14-year-old girl sing her heart to the crowd. The crowd loved her and her performance. Things got even better when the jazz band got on stage and there special performer.

The fifth song was hand drummer used sand rattler instead of hand drum. The drum solo in this song was very powerful and brought the exhilaration of this concert to the climax. The change of unpredictable rhythm and tempo made audience excited. Many audiences were clapping with rhythm.

The concert I decided to go to was held in Valley Brewing Company. The event was called “Take 5, Jazz at the Brew”. I went to the show July 11, 2013. The group I saw didn’t have a name. It was just a group of people performing together. The concert hall was a very nice venue. It was on an extended closed off area past the common area at the bar. The area was very dim lit and was decorated very fancy and elaborate. The music that was played that night was Jazz.

Ever since I joined jazz band in 8th grade, I have been inspired by the freedom and edginess of jazz music. I joined junior jazz band at North Kingstown High School freshman year knowing that it would be difficult for me to succeed as flutist in this genre of music, but I only grew more and more attached. Sophomore year, I enrolled in your Jazz Music Through the Decades class where you opened up my eyes to the wonders of Glenn Miller, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and many more, who are among my favorite artists now. I cannot forget "Grinnin' In Your Face" by Son House. That song was stuck in my head for weeks and weeks after I first heard it. I have grown to develop a never ending passion for jazz that I want to build up even more.

time I was going to a Jazz concert. I knew that I wouldn’t be disappointed or

On March 30th, 2017 I attended a well-performed jazz concert at Prince George’s Community College. The concert was performed by a group called The Reginald Cyntje Group. The Reginald Cyntje Group was made up of Brian Settles, Herman Burney, Lenny Robinson, Hope Udobi, and Reginald Cyntje. The group performed seven songs including: “The Rise of the Protester,” “Ballad for the Masses,” “Chant of the Revolt,” “Descension and Ascension,” “No Justice No Peace,” “The Piece of Resistance,” and “Blues People vs the Deplorables.” While I enjoyed all of the songs my favorite was the “Dance of the Crooked Heads,” which will be the topic of my report.

They would then stand up and take a bow. The female member, Erica von Kleist, was very good at the alto saxophone. I also liked Mario Rivera who played the tenor saxophone. The soloists’ that would perform during each song would stand when it was time for there solo. My favorite song of the night was entitled “Wild Jungle”. Before the song Arturo gave us a brief introduction on what to expect. He mentioned a saxophone duo solo between Mario Rivera and one of his fellow band members that he taught. Arturo referred to the solo as “the master vs. the apprentice.” When the solo began my jaw dropped. It was so fast and lovely to listen too. Both musicians went back and forth playing. I could not tell who was a better saxophone player. Mario Rivera must have taught his student really well because they were both remarkable. In this song there was also a bongo solo that really caught my attention. The musician played so fast and kept a perfect beat.

The first question I asked myself at the beginning of the quarter was how much do I actually know about jazz? I have always characterized jazz music as a rhythmic and instrumental form of music. My impression on the basis of the jazz has always been portrayed with the African-American race. I think this was build up from the rhythm ‘n’ blues era and meaning according to the dictionary (“style of music that was invented by African American musicians in the early part of the twentieth century and has very strong rhythms and often involves improvisation”). But Louis Armstrong’s famous reply was “if you had to ask, you’ll never know”. Whatever else he meant, he was at least saying that jazz is noticeable, but not necessarily understandable by

On the whole, this concert was a new but pleasant experience for me, because it was my first time attending a school jazz concert. For the most part, there was consonance in all of the songs played by this band along with a slow, mellow tempo. The tunes and melodies were repetitive as well as groovy. Notably, the genre of the majority of the songs was Jazz, and they were mainly songs by Gordon Goodwin. I thought it was very unique how most of

One Jazz concert I attended this semester was Jazz 4 Justice at the Center for The Arts on November 11th. Overall, I absolutely loved this concert. I enjoyed every arrangement on the program and thought the ensembles as a whole did a fantastic job. I found Director Carroll’s commentary between tunes to be insightful and it introduced the songs very well because it gave more context.

The beginning sounded similar to a salsa type of music due to the drum’s rhythm on the crash cymbal. Each musician had a solo within each piece. The rhythm section (double bass and drums) did a phenomenal job at maintaining as well as driving the tempo when it felt dragging. Moreover, they displayed great control and maturity of their sound throughout their solos. The dexterity and mastery within their instrument of some of the soloist in this group is inspiring because it truly shows their years and years of practice and

Onto the second part of the performance included Matthew Montfort playing the guitar, Abbos Kosimov playing the doira, and Jesse Sheehan playing the saxophone. Throughout this part of the performance I felt more astonished. I felt there was a lot more going on at this point compared to the beginning. When the guitar was playing it sounded so gentle with a high pitch to it. The strings produced a vibrating sound when pulled similar to the way the song Sleepwalk’s pitch sounds like. The sound was so soothing with the company of the doira and the saxophone all working together to generate a heterophonic beat. Although all three were continued playing as well as the singing, there was a mini saxophone solo that outstanded at one point because saxophone solos always tend to stand out because of it’s raspy and high or low pitch sounds. Specifically this solo reminded me when I played a solo of a song this summer in Mexico. The reason it reminded me of it was because it started with it swaying with squeaky pitch very well and taking the lead by adding volume. Performing a solo can be extremely nerve wracking. As it goes on, Montfort comes in with the guitar very gently slowly raising the volume up simultaneously rocking his head. Later, you

Phoenix high school would like to introduce the Jazz Band, which will be performing not too long from now. It will be held on May 25th, 2016 the performance will begin at 6:30 PM in the Phoenix High School Commons. Some suggestions by parents of the students were, to get there early because those good seats get filled. This concert is being done to highlight all of the high level of music the students are working on. Directed by Mike DeRoest, much time has been put into the music that will be played at the concert. Anyone is allowed to come to the concert, it is free and any age person can go to watch. Many styles of Jazz will be played including, Swing, Bee-Bop, Latin, Rock and many more. “With a band of 13 members these students are going