Personal Narrative: My First Jazz Concert
On September 3, my boyfriend and I attended the 38th Chicago Jazz Festival in Millennium Park. This was my first jazz concert. My boyfriend and I headed towards the Jay Pritzker Pavilion; its stage looked like a steel version of the Sydney Opera House. As we looked for a place to sit, I noticed that the audience’s demographics consisted of Indian, Asian, some African Americans, and Caucasians. We sat near the stage in the plastic orange seats because the grass area was extremely packed. However, this was the best thing that happened to us because we could see how the musicians were so enthralled with playing their instruments. At around 5 p.m. the whole audience stood up for the opening of the National Anthem. I was taken back because I was not expecting that. Going to live shows: R&B, hip-hop, rock, indie, etc.. there was typically an opener. I was aware that soccer,
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They began strumming traditional large-sized drums called the taiko drums. Tatsu and his bassists began playing and created a harmony, and soon the jazz component took the lead. I knew the style was now saturated with traditional Jazz instruments which focused on the saxophone, bass, clarinet, piano, violin, and congas. They began alluding to mezzo-forte and the taiko drums diluting its dynamics to pianissimo, and the musicians of these drums left after this transition. The congas set a certain tempo that each instrument then followed. At one point, each musician has their own solo. It was very intriguing seeing and hearing one of the clarinet players play a traditional wind instrument: didgeridoo. It was dissonant to the ear because he altered the sounds coming from his mouth from the pipe with his hands. It was something unreal and something I have not heard before. The sounds coming from this instrument gave me goosebumps because it wasn’t harmonious with the background tempo of the
They began strumming traditional large-sized drums called the taiko drums. Tatsu and his bassists began playing and created a harmony, and soon the jazz component took the lead. I knew the style was now saturated with traditional Jazz instruments which focused on the saxophone, bass, clarinet, piano, violin, and congas. They began alluding to mezzo-forte and the taiko drums diluting its dynamics to pianissimo, and the musicians of these drums left after this transition. The congas set a certain tempo that each instrument then followed. At one point, each musician has their own solo. It was very intriguing seeing and hearing one of the clarinet players play a traditional wind instrument: didgeridoo. It was dissonant to the ear because he altered the sounds coming from his mouth from the pipe with his hands. It was something unreal and something I have not heard before. The sounds coming from this instrument gave me goosebumps because it wasn’t harmonious with the background tempo of the