Essay on Jazz Concert Review

The form of this piece was AABA. The instruments used in this piece was guitar, bass, and drums. One Page brother played the guitar while the other on played the bass. Mike Willis played the drums. This piece was strictly instrumental. “Four on Six” is considered Hard Bop. One of the performers said that “Four on Six” was a new melody based on old chord changes. The audience must have liked this piece a lot because they applauded frequently throughout it. This piece appealed to me because it contained swing feel and we had learned about it in

     The sixth piece was called This The Moment sing Me a Song by Craig McGill. This piece had two singers and a piano accompaniment. The song is about a glorious moment when two people meet or possible fall in love. Regardless, it is a very important moment in the lives of the couple, represented by the male and female singers. The song talks about

When listening to “The Santé Fe Jazz Combo,” you get a mellow feeling that courses through your body. Their opener “Recorda-Me,” which was my favorite piece, featured solos from Dr. Hamilton on Piano, Spencer Hoefert on Guitar, Ben Salhanick on Bass, Doc B on Alto Sax, Wyatt Thomas on Trombone, and Noah Woolard on Drum Set. The song had a moderate swing tempo that kept your feet tapping up until the solo. First, the brass rang through their part, then the electric instruments. Next came the bass; he was strumming so fast but he was barely audible. The pianist busting through with a tricky piano rift and the drummer finished it off with an intense solo. Every rim-shot sent a jolt into the air like lightning and the buzz rolls sounded like thunder. Noah’s part reminded me why I love playing the drums.

The album title is also the name of the eight-piece jazz ensemble she leads, which comprises multifaceted musicians such as trumpeter Jack Walrath, saxophonists Lily White (who also produces) and Lisa Parrott, trombonist Deborah Weisz, cellist Marika Hughes, bassist Ratzo Harris, and drummer Scott Neumann.

The first song that the band played was very soft and relaxing. The string bass was the lead of the first song and played a flat four rhythm, and the rest of the band

The first song played was “Hope Street” written by Tom Harrell. The piece was started off with Jerald snapping his fingers to a quick beat and then the Trumpet (Lynn) starts with a loud entrance. The other musicians join in and copy his notes as he plays. When the trumpet hits the high notes he trills the note as he holds it before dropping back down in PITCH to match the rest of the instruments. The bass, drums, and guitar carry the beat and the trumpet and trombone take turns playing in a sort of solo. As the trumpet and trombone fall back into rhythm with the other instruments the tempo becomes quick and the guitar take the lead in the piece. All three “solos” mirror each other in notes and TEMPO as the rest of the instruments keep the rhythm and beat. All instruments join in at the same note and continue playing together now in a

The had the lines or the music where the drums were in the back and the other instruments were more towards the front. With that, you could tell that this was suppose to be a jazz show. Now there were not any brass instruments, but this was also a jazz fusion show so it was not going to be 100% original jazz.

The first jazz was played in the early 20th century. The work chants and folk

The next song on the playlist was called “Everything Happens To Me”. The texture to this was very soft as well. The instruments were playing off each other but it was still a freestyle type of song. I think jazz is generally played like freestyle. There was no melody to this song. The rhythm was not existent as well. It was more of a free flowing song. This song had a very quiet dynamic. It sounded very romantic like something out of a movie. The tempo of the song was very slow and mild but the trumpet was going very fast. The cello and the drums had a portion of the song where they fed off each other’s energy and the trumpet was doing its own thing.

The Herman Band and the Gillespie Band used a larger band that consisted of over 10 musicians with a saxophone, trombone, and trumpet line. The tempo of “Things to Come” is much faster and the song is more chaotic than “Four

JazzTrail was there on Friday, April 7, for the second set and found Preminger displaying his vibrant phrasing and uplifting timbre in the company of his quartet composed of Max Light on guitar (replacing trumpeter Jason Palmer), Kim Cass on bass, and Ian Froman on drums.

Disc one includes seven tunes played with his regular quartet whose members are Rob Brown on alto saxophone, the recently added Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson on trumpet (replacing Lewis Barnes), and Hamid Drake on drums and percussion.

The second vocal ensemble of the night started out with a song which included a twelve bar blues, called “ I use to know you”. This performance consisted of the most combinations of solos of the night as well as using an improvising style. The entire band started all together which led to a Trumpet solo. Then Jose on the Sax did his solo followed by the pianist comping. Then the choir along with the band joined together to lead to a female solo which was particularly interesting since she was scatting. The second performance of this ensemble was “Spring can really hang you up the most” which consisted of 3/4 time and 4/4 time. This started with a female solo vocalist then a male one. The band as a whole played together and ended with a male solo scatting. The third and shortest performance of the night was a vocal acapella piece, “Love walked in” which was short and sweet. The fourth performance of the night was a Richmond Rogers piece. This had a rhythmic swing/salsa feel from the “Lady is a tramp”. This started with the rhythm section, with the male vocalist and horns. Then the female vocalist from the choir joined and concluded this piece. The fifth performance for the group was a sequel to voice stand an acapella piece by Greg Jaspers. This song started with the choir using their voices as the instruments altogether. The final performance of the night was one of

started up. This is the band we had all been waiting for. This is when

These instruments were meant to influence the originality of the performance and create an accompaniment for the song. As a result, the songs sounded real and the performers were able to replicate the original versions of the songs (O'Strange 1). There were also pianos that were played according to the music’s genre. The pianos, just like the rest of the instruments, ensured that the music was perfect and that there was as much proximity to the original versions as possible.