Personal Narrative: My First Jazz Concert

The performance I attended was “Cape Fear Society Scholarship Concert,” which was a musical ensemble comprised of saxophones, trumpets, trombones, a piano, a drum player, end even a bass. Jonathan Hill, one of the instrumentalist who played the drums, was awarded that night with a scholarship. All of the performers can play their instruments in an unusual way which is referred to as swing. I have never been to a jazz concert before so it was interesting to hear the saxophones play swing, it really gave me a feeling that I was watching the ensemble perform in the 1920’s in a restaurant. Also, a special guest Carol Ingbretsen sang along with the musicians on most of the pieces, I also found this very interesting. For the most part the singers

I attended the Baylor University Concert Jazz Ensemble directed by Alex Parker on Tuesday, November 10th. This ensemble consisted of saxes, trombones, trumpets, drums, a piano, and bass. The concert showcased many individual talents by including solo’s or duet’s in every song. The program consisted of seven songs with no intermission. The pieces I selected were “Big Dipper” by Thad Jones and “Undecided” by Frank Mantooth.

I attended a Jazz Recital presented by faculty on March 9th 2016 in Marlboro Hall 1076. The recital was performed by Bobby Muncy, Gene D’Andrea, Shaun Jurek, Andrew Hare and Dr. Nakia Verner. The group performed the following songs, Donna Lee composed by Charlie Parker, Wave composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Misty composed by Erroll Garner, Another Song(For All The Pretty People) and Impressions composed by John Coltrane. In my essay I will discuss Impressions composed by John Coltrane.

On November 17, 2015, I attended a Jazz concert at the UIC Recital Hall featuring Chris Madison and the UIC Jazz Ensemble. The instruments that were played that night include; trumpet, which were played by Giovanni Garcia and Gustavo Espino, the trombone that was played by Thomas Graf, the saxophone, which were played by Robert Bugos, Mitzi Ochoa-Sanchez, Nicholas Buitrago, Mariah Phillips, Drew Sansom, Aaron Newsome- Brownlee, Ashanti Gayden, Alex Rivera, and Alec Cohen, the clarinet was also played by Ashanti Gayden, and the flute was played Laura Erickson. In the rhythm section there were drums that were played by Frank Glassman and Alex Tellez, the bass that was played

The fourth piece was perform by Eric Schultz. It was really nice, it was a vibes and electronics vibes. This song is contained different types of rhythm, tones and it goes from Forte to Vivace and ended up with Presto. This song had a fast beat from low B to high B which performed by the end of the song. However, this song is contained its special technique by the electronics and the vibe from the

Jazz is the most famous and well known music in New York City. We can feel this music and often encounter with Jazz in our daily life. The melody form saxophone, double bass, piano, and drums touches our ears and sometimes we can feel the music. In Guttman we experienced melody like this in the Jazz concert.

Never could I have thought that my first concert experience was going to be in a college class, performed by various composers of classical music. During the concert, I got to listen to four performances. First, the Oxycotton was played by Tim Sanchez. Second, Samantha Post played Acht Stucke on flute, followed by Nicholas Gledhill, playing Blues and Variations for Monk on horn. Finally, the CSU Graduate Brass Quintet performed a piece named Misty. In this essay, I will share my personal experience of the concert and discuss the different elements of music seen in the different performances.

This concert report will go into great detail regarding the performance that I witnessed, as well as the genre of Jazz that was played, the artist, and the techniques that were used. I will start with my personal experience of the concert that I attended. This will focus on the details of the performance, as well as my mindset before and after the show. Next, this paper will research the origins of the genre of Jazz that was played, which is Funk and has been supported by several scholarly sources. Then I will look at the origin of the Jam Session. Finally I will then end with information regarding the performers themselves as well as the history of the venue.

The first song played was from the genre, Sonata. The musicians played the song by the book. There were three movements and polyphonic texture. It was even fast and jerky. Nonetheless, this is the part where the roller coaster went down. The first movement was fast, yet not an attention grabber. The second movement presented the

For this semester’s Patron of the Arts assignment, I listened to the North Suburban Wind Ensemble’s performance at the Chicagoland Invitational Concert Band Festival. At CICBF, the tone of the environment was fairly professional. There were many hard working young musicians there, unlike the Woodstock students, that valued the music being performed. The band performed Four Scottish Dances composed by Malcolm Arnold, Symphony No. 3 Slavyanskaya composed by Boris Kozhevnikov, and Symphonie Fantastique Witches Round Dance composed by Hector Berlioz.

The Jazz Ensemble was composed of eleven students and they played different music during the concert. They played music based on classic jazz pieces and some of the pieces were familiar to me because I remember them from my past experience. The instruments were regular for a jazz band, however, I have never take attention before, so, listening these different instruments’ voices in a very harmonized way was amazing. There was a trumpet player, two vocals, electric and acoustic guitarists, saxophone players, electric and double bass players and a drum player in the band.

For the Spring Concert this year, the Concert Band played three very different and technically demanding pieces, which includes “Endless Rainbows,” “Semper Fidelis,” and “Courtly Airs and Dances.” Though these three pieces were different in mood, each piece still required proper tone, intonation, balance, and full-effort from every musician in the band. Personally, to make sure that I was putting my best effort in rehearsing the pieces in class, I would make sure that I played with a warm, open, dark, round tone by taking in dark air and relaxing the muscles in the back of my throat and mouth and making sure that my tongue was not interfering with my relaxed muscles of my throat. Furthermore, I would make sure that when holding a note for a couple of beats, I would make sure that I would be listening to the people around me and the bass line for any frequencies or just obvious signs telling me if I was flat or sharp. I would do the same at home, too to make sure that I had as open of a tone as possible and most of my notes are in tune. All in all, I can say being in Concert Band for just one year has already broadened my knowledge of what it is like to be a

The second piece was far more dramatic and used dissonant chords to portray a dark theme. The third piece moved me the most. “A Movement for Rosa” (1992) was composed by Mark Camphouse (b.1984) and shared the qualities of a professional movie scene. The piece began very slow with a beautiful melody played by the flutes, then followed by a gradual crescendo, and finally a rapid increase in tempo leading to the dramatic climax of the piece. This piece became my favorite due its immense amount of emotion and power. The last piece performed was a suite with four movements. “Pineapple Poll” (1950) was originally composed by Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) and then made into an arrangement of tunes by Charles Mackerras (1925-2010). The percussion section was highlighted exquisitely throughout this piece and carried the

I attended a concert on the 16th of November at 7:30 in the evening at the Olive DeLuce Fine Arts Building to watch the Northwest Jazz and Studio Jazz Ensembles perform. Both ensembles performed a variety of songs generally under the jazz genre, featuring artists studied in the course, including Duke Ellington, Count Basie and George Gershwin. Some of the songs performed by the ensembles included “La Almeja Pequena,” “Count Me In,” “Rockin’ In Rhythm,” and “I’ve Got a Crush on You.” Although there were many diverse styles played throughout the concert, many songs performed are from the Tin Pan Alley, jazz or swing genres, all of which became popular between 1930 and 1950. The songs performed by the Northwest Jazz and Studio Jazz Ensembles can collectively be classified as big band era music, including polyphonic textures, complex rhythmic structures and collective improvisation, the start of a new age of American popular music.

For my first arts experience I chose to attend the Marian University Department of Music Faculty Recital. This production took place on January 24th at 4 pm in the Bishop Chartrand Chapel in Marian Hall. There were 6 performers with the help of Maureen Walton as the accompanist. There were some songs that stood out more than some such as the first piece called Poem.