Jazz Concert Essay

I attended a jazz concert on April 7, 2016. The jazz concert was performed by the Page brothers, Mike Willis, and Justin Butler. Justin Butler accompanied the other instrumentalists in one song. The instruments used during the jazz concert was a guitar, bass, drums, and shakers. The performance was located in the theater at Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute. The jazz concert was informal. The venue was favorable for the jazz concert. The instrumentalist played on a stage while the

Jazz History Concert Report The date of the concert was October 5, 2016 and the title of the concert is “Experimental Improvisation with: Kjell Nordeson & Peter Kuhn”. The concert was performed in Mesa College Music building. Peter Kuhn had three instruments with him a bass clarinet, saxophone, and a Bb Clarinet. He used the bass clarinet and the saxophone during his first piece, and the clarinet on the second piece. Kjell Nordeson was on the drum but had a lot of instruments with him. Sometimes

First off the performance was amazing. It was held at the auditorium in building six, and it was called NightTime Jazz Band directed by James M. Broderick at eight pm on April 5th 2016. In this concert they played six songs; they started off with “Latin Dance” which was a very upbeat song really started off the concert right.After that we had “Misty”, a song were they introduced are first vocalist(Valeria Vargas) which was the main star along side a alto sax(Kevin Forte). Then came “Lady Bird” which

I attended the University of Indianapolis Jazz Ensemble on Wednesday, October 11, 2017. The concert was located in the Ruth Lilly Performance Hall at 7:30p.m. The band played a total of eight different songs, varying in the types of jazz. I perceived the overall mood of the whole concert as energizing, powerful, and uplifting. I was also able to apply much of the knowledge that I learned in class to the event. To begin with, the concert started out with a piece from Count Basie called “Hay Burner

Jazz Critique Video #1 The YouTube channel Jazz at Lincoln Center posted a video of an Untamed Elegance concert. According to their description of the video, it was composed by Victor Goines and performed October 28, 2016 at the Rose Theater. The video is approximately fifty three minutes long and includes key jazz instruments that were played by extremely talented musicians. Sherman Irby and Ted Nash played the alto saxophone. Victor Goines and Walter Blanding played the tenor saxophone. Paul Nedzela

Jazz Review 1 This review is about the Studio Big Band and their performance in the Casa Loma Room at the University of Redlands on Thursday, February 23rd at eight in the evening, under the direction of Prof. David Scott. The concert was made up of the following tunes: “High Maintenance” by Gordon Goodwin, “Four” by Miles Davis (arr. Dave Bardhun), “Nica’s Dream” by Horace Silver (arr. Frank Mantooth), “Witchcraft” by Cy Coleman (arr. Sammy Nestico), “Footprints” by Wayne Shorter (arr. Mat Harris)

C Naomi Penny 7/08/2016 Mus 397 Concert Review #2 This weekend I attended a wonderful All Stars show at the Jazz Showcase held by Pianist Willie Pickens on Friday, July , 08, 2016, at 8:00 pm . As I mentioned in my first concert review the Jazz Showcase is located at the Dearborn Station in Chicago, IL . This time I went to this jazz performance with my two older sisters. Although I already got to walk around the place the first time I visited, it was my sisters first time there

seeing the Saddleback College Jazz Combos perform at the McKinney Theater. The theater is quite large holding about 100~200 seats but seemed to offer a good acoustic balance for the combos that played. Also, one can tell that it was the holiday season by just entering the theater. It was festive as it was decorated with christmas trees with christmas lights and the front was filled with light up flower vases. Furthermore, this concert is a cumulation of different jazz students put into small groups

School Jazz Band Concert. Over the concert, a band played for the first half, there were then chamber groups that played in between, the second band next, and then a combined band with alumni. I felt that the structure of the concert flowed nicely, as the chamber music in between was refreshing from the jazz. My favorite chamber piece was an African piece involving bongos and soprano saxophone. There was no theme to the music that was played. The concert involved different genres of jazz, including

On April 18, 2017, the Jazz Ensemble at University of Rhode Island collectively performed nine pieces during the concert. “Contemplation” and Monk’s Mood/Well You Need’nt” were easily memorable pieces that provided the audience with a wide range experience, from swing to cool to classic jazz. “Contemplation” was composed by McCoy Tyner in 1967, had a bluesy and fusion feel to it. There was a progression from slow to fast beat and it have a lot of solos, starting from Isaiah Brown (alto saxophone)