...attended the Season Finale of the Faculty Artist Concert Series, held in the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center here at the University of Indianapolis. Lasting a little less than two hours, this particular concert took the audience on a tour through the eighteenth to twenty-first centuries of music, featuring artists all the way from the classical era to the modern jazz era. Because of the variety that was showcased in the music, this performance was definitely my favorite of the events I have watched thus far. A very unique part of this concert in particular was its performers. Unlike the other shows I have gone to on campus, this performance consisted of faculty players rather than students, most of which I recognized from simply walking through the halls of Christel DeHaan during my school weeks. Most of the thirteen staff players were older, which added a sense of finesse to their performances; the years of experience that they had under their belts was very evident since the performers were highly skilled and exhibited such emotion in playing their ornate pieces....
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...On Thursday November 30, I attended a jazz concert at Ball and Chain located in the famous 8 street in Miami. This was the first time I ever attended a Jazz concert in my life. I arrived at 6:30 p.m. and the band had already started playing, I was informed that whenever they play they start at 6:00 p.m. The atmosphere here was really pleasant, the place had a touch of dim lights which made you feel comfortable. The room wasn’t too crowded, this was another really good detail, because it gave me the opportunity to better appreciate the concert. There was not too much echo in the place because the front door was open. Although, the door remained opened during the concert the sound of the music could really be appreciated it. There were parts that were pretty loud and other soft, soothing parts....
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...colorful. I have always enjoyed listening to sounds which calm me down and maintain positive emotions. Although jazz music has never been my biggest interest, after I started learning about it in class I began to wonder about phenomena of Jazz. Surprisingly I found out it made me bobbin my head and feel warm inside. The performance I attended was at B.B King Blues Club and Grill located on near Times Square. This neighborhood means you will be battling with pretty big crowd but the place was generally pleasant and accommodating. The band played in a style of Ornette Coleman, known as one of the major innovators of the free jazz movement of the 1960’s. The band consisted four saxophones (2 altos, 1 tenor, 1 baritone) two trombones, three trumpets and instruments for setting rhythm. It was beautiful to see it life, all together, performing so professionally. The pieces were easy to listen to which was unexpected to me. The two songs that caught my attention were “Lonely woman” from 1959 and “Dancing in your head” from 1988. In the song “Lonely woman” I noticed many improvisations and solos. The beginning of the song reminded me of Brass Band’s funeral march from New Olean’s style. On the other hand, in the song “Dancing in your head” I noticed that instruments were not playing together, but they were improvising. I believe this style might be called ‘cool jazz’, which we were introduce to on our last class. In both songs, there were more improvisations than composed sections...
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...Quarter 3 Concert Review I decided to go to a Jazz Ensemble Concert at Seminole State College. The performances that were given were excellent. Each of their songs had an interesting aspect that kept me very intrigued. They had a special guest named Major Bailey, a major trombonist for the Jazz Ambassadors of the U.S. Army Field Band. He performed in in the Seminole State Jazz Combo and transcribed a song called “Makin Whoopie”. He was given the oprotnity to direct this to the ensemble and have them perform it while he played lead on the trombone. Overall a this was an outstanding performance but I want to address some of my favorite and least favorite selected songs that was performed. One of my favorite songs that was performed was...
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...Local Live Jazz Music My recent trip to Schwartz Point Jazz Club in Cincinnati was something hard to believe I would enjoy. Not that I am not a musical person but mainly because jazz has never been a real focal point of my musical tastes. I never say that I have one specific style of music that I like my philosophy was “if it sounds good I will listen to it”. So when I went to a local jazz club to listen to the Ed Moss Trio and Orchestra, I had no clue what I was going into. When I first showed up at Schwartz Point the tapestries that hung on the walls gave a different feel to the room than anywhere else I had experienced. I feel that this gave a more focal point on the musicians and not your surroundings, which is a nice thing to subliminally bring the focus on the musicians. The company was small for there were not a whole lot of people when I chose to visit but there were enough visitors there to feel comfortable of being an outsider. When the band started playing I was taken aback by Ed Moss’s piano playing for I wasn’t expecting it to be such a focal point and sound so wonderful. The rest of the band with percussion and horns brought the whole jazz experience to true fruition. I have had some experience with music of this nature mainly by visiting blues bars with my father as I grew up “mainly Burbank’s Bar in Sharonville”. However this was totally different and I found that the band to be very pleasant to listen to. Having never listening to jazz in any true...
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...SummerStage, the largest free performing arts festival in New York City, in association with the Blue Note Jazz Festival, had one of its apogees on Saturday, June 4, with a concert to honor the fabulous 77-year-old pianist, McCoy Tyner. The event, entitled 'The Legends Honor McCoy' took place at the Central Park’s Rumsey Playfield, and attracted avid enthusiasts of all ages, who gathered to see some of the living jazz legends in action. The preeminent Ron Carter, the ambassador of the jazz bassists, played with his quartet: Renee Rosnes on piano, Payton Crossley on drums, and Rolando Morales-Matos on percussion. They opened with a long medley that combined bossanova/samba flavors, empathic bop, and glowing modal music. I was able to identify a few tunes such as Miles Davis’ “Flamenco Sketches” and “7 Steps to Heaven”, and Luiz Bonfa’s “Samba de Orfeu”, in which Carter delighted us with his innate slides and grooves during an expressive bass solo....
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...This performance took place at Wolfson campus as part of Jazz at Wolfson series. Invited guest was Brian Charette, organ, Mike Di Lido, guitar, Mark Small, saxophone and George Mazzio substituted Rodolfo Zuniga on drums. Auditorium was about one-third occupied. As usual, performance took place at Wolfson campus auditorium with convenience of campus parking and easy public access. This concert was definitely different from other performances of the season. Biggest surprise was organ itself. I am used to church organ performances, with slow, lengthy music played by organist. Jazz organ performance is something else. It almost sounded like out of space, cosmic music. To be honest, I did not fully enjoy, better to say, understood the organ as a part of the jazz performance, mostly because it sounded too “electronic”. I am used to more natural instruments like piano. However, organ has a significant role in the jazz history. Instrument has close ties to church gospel music where organ is at the front...
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...The jazz performance was held November 10th at 8pm at Harford Community College. It was a cold evening and Joppa Hall was felt empty. The reason for that emptiness was a result of the fact that most individuals who were in Joppa Hall on that cold November evening were in fact all packed into Recital Hall #1 to fill their ears and souls with music. Most individuals in the hall were older and seemed to be there only for the music. The Silvano Monasterios Quartet were set to preform at 8 pm and as that hour approached more people flowed into the small and tightly packed room. The ensemble was an international one with musicians from around the world. Performing that night were Roberto Giaqunto on the drum, Joseph Lepore on the Bass, Troy...
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...Department and the Eisenhower administration were considering Powell’s proposal of using jazz ambassadors, the government felt it was of great importance that the jazz ambassadors reach all walks of life. After Powell’s proposal was accepted, the first jazz tour was scheduled to begin in the year 1956 with Dizzy Gillespie and his band members. His itinerary embraced 13 countries, 10 in the Near East and Ceylon, and three India and Afghanistan. The first worldwide jazz tours proved to be highly successful due to sold out shows and the overwhelming admiration that the United States received from the audience. One of the highest forms of praise were delivered through the media, which proved to be beneficial for the United States in their propaganda race with the Soviet Union; such as in newspaper articles, television, and radio. For example, one Gillespie concert attendee in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, was moved when she exclaimed, “What this country needs is fewer ambassadors and more jam sessions!” According to Dr. Curtis Sandberg, jazz diplomacy had...
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...I went to the Three Way Jazz concert at Diablo Valley College on October 2, 2015. Three groups performed at this concert. They were: DVC Jazz Ensemble, DVC Night Jazz Band, and Rory Snyder’s Night Jazz Band. I chose to attend this performance for my concert report because I wanted to see and hear DVC’s jazz bands as well as learn more about the music department there. The first piece that I will talk about is a funk song called “Get In Line,” composed by Gordon Goodwin. This piece was performed by the DVC Jazz Ensemble. “Get In Line” had a variational form (A B C A D A B1). The beginning of the song began with an introductory melody that repeated at the (A) points in the song. The (B) part is a different, yet similar melody to (A). As the...
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...Jazz Appreciation Aaron Wolf 12/1/10 The Comparison of Two Jazz Concerts Jazz Appreciation class presented me with the opportunity to attend two, unique jazz concerts that differentiated in various aspects. I had the pleasure of listening to The Jameson Sanagin Aaron Wolf Duo and The Cuesta Night Band one night after the other. The differences between these concerts could not have been greater and while I closely observed the performers, their music, the venue and the audience, I found few commonalities between the two. Each was very intriguing to listen to, and the large range of differences between the concerts made it easy and interesting to compare and contrast them. Upon my arrival at these concerts, my attention was instantly drawn to observing the venues and the audiences. I first went to listen to The Jameson Sanagin Aaron Wolf Duo perform at the Steynberg Gallery, which is a café that contains a small room displaying many beautiful art pieces on the walls. The concert took place in this room and had a very relaxed, intimate vibe because of the size of the venue and the audience (about thirty people). This aspect of the concert contrasted with The Cuesta Night band’s performance the following night, which took place at Cuesta’s large auditorium. This venue attracted about seventy people who created a louder atmosphere because of the applause, shouts and whistles from many individuals. The high ceilings...
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...i had never been to a musical concert before Friday December 9th, the concert that I attended was interesting and worth seeing. There were both things that I viewed to be positive and negative about this concert. Each song had something different to offer from the feeling of each piece, what I like and disliked about the piece, and my/crowd’s reaction. March was one of the first pieces I heard. This piece was quite peaceful. There was a smooth melody throughout the work. Although the melody was nice and smooth, there were strong notes that would be played throughout the piece. This gave the music a great mix of highs and lows, with strong and smooth notes. This piece was very nice and relaxing. It made me remember the times when I was younger from my childhood and we would sit around the Christmas tree listening to music with my brother and sister or my parents. The crowd reacted quite well to this piece as I also did. There were not any noticeable mistakes, and the two pianos did not seem to clash and create a sound of dissonance. Although this piece was peaceful it was only one of many I listened to....
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...I went to the SJSU Music Concert Hall on November 11,2015, and it costs 5 dollars for the ticket. When I arrived there, I saw that most of the audiences are SJSU students, and a few of them are professors. The audiences dressed casually, and I dressed casually as well because I think that I was a casual listener at the concert. When I was listening to different pieces, I felt amazing because I never heard this kind of music before. I enjoyed the slow tempo because it gives me the feeling of relax. The pieces that were performed are “ If You Walked A Mile”, “The Five”, “Variations for Abbey”, “Ion Trails”, “ A Different Drummer”, and “All Our Broken Instruments”. The musical style for “If you Walked A Mile” is classical and electric, for “The Five” is orchestra, and the rest of the pieces are classic and electric. There were drums, computer, marimba, gong, triangle, and timpani as instrumentation of the ensemble. There was no seating arrangement and there is only one performer....
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...Sheng Lu Assignment: Concert review from Faculty Artist Series Presents (on date 9/8/15) Instructor: Professor Mark Gibson September 22, 2015 That night, I went to Robert J. Werner Recital Hall listened the concert performed by Musician Steve Allee and professor of percussion Rusty Burge. The music they played is relate to Jazz, although I don’t know much about the music, I can feel the player they love music and devote their lives in it. For what I can do I think just enjoy and appreciate them bring their music to us. Also, I was impressed by these two instruments piano and vibraphone they are wonderfully connected to each other, and there is one moment I think piano and vibraphone they are designed for each other. It reminds me my teenage year in middle school, I play trumpet in school orchestra so I can understood them how much they like what they performed it becomes their friend already. But one thing I am curious about is that I was first time saw the vibraphone and I don’t know it can make the sound so special, it feels like I am in another world with that sound only. Such powerful and pure. At the same time, I realized that if I want to learn well on these two instrument how difficult it is, I have to memorize every beat and practice as many times as I can in order to prevent making mistakes. Especially, vibraphone every sing mistake will ruin the whole song due to its specialty. I like the part they played “Waltz for Tomorrow”, the tune of the song is my...
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...The Beatles are not typically associated with orchestra music, but due to George Martin and the North Carolina Symphony’s performance, I was able to experience the classical side of The Beatles live. In Raleigh’s Memorial Hall, Saturday, April 23rd, I attended the Classical Mystery Tour, which was accompanied by the North Carolina Symphony. The performance featured the Classical Mystery Tour, which is a cover band for The Beatles, that played over thirty revolutionary songs. The North Carolina Symphony performed the symphonic background that was implemented by George Martin, the Beatles producer, who is considered by many to be “The Fifth Beatle”. Although the concert was not solely an orchestra, I believe that the North Carolina Symphony...
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