The New Orleans Jazz And Music

The first song that I will be evaluating will be Man La Mancha. The first thing that I noticed that my section did really well was the dynamics at measure seventeen. The whole band could work on is staying in balance with other people because you could pick out certain voices in the sections. In delsonaya we really could of brought down are volume when the flute solo came in because she could be barley heard over the band. The bass voices could improve on ninety eight because when we would come up in the menacing it sounded as if we were slurring the notes and not making them prominent. the trumpet on the solo at the start was amazing and sounded perfect and was played musically. This was one of my favorite songs in are concert and I think

First, the overall tone in all three pieces was phenomenal, but there were a couple spots during the performance that were not as amazing as the rest of the performance. In the first song, Hamilton by Jerry Brubaker, it was hard to hear certain sections

They also played “Let’s Dance” by David Bowie. The two guitarists seem to start off simultaneously playing their guitars letting the musical beats take center stage before the vocalists began to sing the lyrics. The female vocalists started the next song a cappella (Chain, chain, chain) Aretha Franklin song “Chain of Fools” after a few chorus the instruments started to play the piano, guitar and then the drums throughout the song with a driving beat. The night began to wind down and the band played “Some Kind of Wonderful” by John Ellison it was first released by Soul Brothers Six in 1976. This song had the whole place singing along. As I close with my review of what I thought of the band I can personal say I enjoyed myself. They were very entertaining the kept the crowed singing and dancing with an upbeat present. They played most of the song true to the original version. If you like old school 70s and 80s music with a mixture of different genres, then you would like this

A friend and I went to Skully’s Music Diner on Sunday night to watch The Flex Crew. Their band consisted of seven members, and they all varied on the different type of instruments. Some were strictly on vocals, while others were on guitars, drums, pianos, etc. On top of this, the band was very diverse in regards to their playing and singing. Yes, there was a main guitarist and a main singer, but throughout the songs they all grabbed different instruments and sang different pieces of the songs. I also learned they originated from Columbus and have been

The band also performed "Take Me As I Am," "Wicked Soldier," "Sugar," and "Mountain." The older crowd at Summerfest seems to appreciate these 1990s bands the most, and they really are engaged throughout the entire show. Although

Then the band came back with couple upbeat and fan compositions including original “Riley’s Thang” that I mentioned above. I think that was a great structured repertoire. Beauty of each instrument was perfectly defined letting the audience fully enjoy the

The sixth song was in blues style. The Name of the Song was, “I’ll see you in my dreams”. Just bass guitar, saxophone, drum, and keyboard were playing. It was short piece song but just enough time to feel blues. This piece was one of few slow tempo songs in this concert. The mix of bass guitar, saxophone, drum, and keyboard articulated

Although I enjoyed the concert, it was very different than how I normally think of jazz. It sounded as if they're playing could've been improvisatory. Although I know that's not the case, at many parts it felt like there were three musicians playing separate pieces that didn't go together. It felt very free, and possibly purposely made to be unique. As they announced titles, they would indicate where the song comes from. Sometimes, they would indicate one of their band members and sometimes it would their version of someone else's song, such as their song “The Robots.” You can see the personalities of the musicians as they play and in their songs. The drummer, Dave King, wrote one of their songs “Keep the Bugs Off Your Glass and The Bears Off Your Ass” and was the most freestyle player. He seemed to have fun, and looked like he was completely free as he played. After relistening to the songs at a later point, I can confirm that not just his playing, but the entire song wasn’t exactly the same, which leads me to believe they do a lot of freestyle typical in jazz. Specifically, Dave King was very humorous throughout the concert. He would tell jokes the entire time between songs, and told a story about his big dream to give out ice cream at their concerts one day. Out of all of them, his personality and playing shined out the most. The performance showed clear elements of jazz and popular music as they played, using syncopation, freestyle, and melodies to musically communicate with the

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.

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

The song I chose was Don’t Stop Believing by Journey. In the beginning of the song there is a piano solo. The piano is being played in an andante tempo and the dynamic was piano (soft). After around ten seconds of the piano playing, the lead singer, Arnel Pineda, begins to sing. Around forty seconds into the song, and right after Pineda finishes the first cadence, you hear the guitar for one short note, then it does not reappear after the line “he took the midnight train going anywhere.” The guitar is played in very short spaced notes and crescendos. It was also being played in an allegro tone. Once again, the guitar stops as the singing begins. As the singer begins to sing, he is only accompanied by the piano until the line “on and on and

These concert goers enjoyed no rules, drug use, sex, and loud rock music. Some of the best known artists from this concert were; Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Who, The Grateful Dead, The Rolling Stones, Sly & the Family Stone, and Jefferson Airplane.

I did, however dislike that each band only had a small amount of time to play because some seemed as if they could play all night and I liked how much passion they showed for their music.

The name of the singer was Angela who was doing all of the talking for the band. The names of the five songs that were performed were: Trust, Damage, Crush, Ocean, and My city. The piano and guitar were the two instruments that caught my attention; the pianist melody and rhythm was flawless, it made me and the audiences want to move to the rhythm during the concert. The improvisation and syncopation, swing, bent notes and styles helped to keep a awesome rhythm during the whole performance. I enjoyed the piano player, Richard most because he seemed to be very talented in his ability to play the piano.

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