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    Jazz Concert Review

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    more out of the performances than the casual listener. The concert was entirely jazz music‚ performing hits by Tommy Wolf‚ Duke Ellington‚ Mike Tomaro‚ and on. The ensembles varied in exact composition‚ but both contained: alto‚ tenor‚ and baritone saxophones; trumpets and trombones; drums‚ bass‚ piano‚ and guitar. A performer of every instrument had a solo and one point or another in the various songs‚ which provided not only a great chance to hear individual musician’s talents‚ but also a great opportunity

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    People changed their tastes in music. They got more interested into more new and modern music. Smooth Jazz is like a combination of jazz and smooth R&B. In Smooth Jazz‚ the piano‚ guitar‚ saxophone‚ trumpet‚ clarinet‚ bass guitar and percussion instruments are played. You will usually be able to hear the saxophone and trumpet the most. You can also hear the guitar and piano. If you pay close attention‚ you can hear some percussion instruments. A percussion instrument is an instrument you play by either

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    with Zino Park at Maum”. Before the concert began‚ the band members introduced themselves to the audience. The names of players were: Acoustic guitar by Jerry‚ vocal & piano by Zino Park‚ bass guitar by Clay Luna‚ vocal & guitar by Zen‚ guitar & saxophone by Dan Stark‚ drum by Skip Mccain‚ and harp by Monica. Name of the first song was “Be my love”. They started a song with very bright tone and middle fast tempo. This song created very lively feeling and gave audiences little bit information

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    involved in this song are; a piano‚ a standard drum set most likely a five piece with a standard 2 toms maybe 3‚ bass drum‚ snare‚ ride symbol‚ and a two crash symbols‚ an acoustic guitar‚ a banjo‚ a ukulele‚ a mandolin‚ an electric base‚ an organ‚ a saxophone‚ and last of all Van Morrison’s drunken voice. The form of this song is extremely simple yet very interesting and not common among popular song structure‚ ABCAB. The first verse is introduced by a piano being played softly in a staccato fashion

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    Breathing and Living Jazz For my Extended Project‚ I will be composing a Jazz and Blues inspired piece. Jazz is a style of music that originated in the United States of America and was used as a way to express one’s emotions. The syncopated rhythms and simple understructure have led to some of the most influential songs and musicians of the 20th century. The room to improvise is endless. It is often said‚ “in jazz there is no wrong note”. Since I am producing a jazz piece as my artefact‚ I thought

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    A Night of Music A night of Music at the Dunham theatre‚ the first piece played at the venue was a wonderful piece by Gustav Holst called Second suite in f. Starting off very subtle and with a sequence that continues throughout the whole piece. As the brass and percussion make entry the pitch of the winds dim down while the others increase making the dynamics of the music vary from a very delicate to very strong when the percussion and brass sections start playing. It’s melody had a very folk tune

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    jazz tenor saxophonist‚ Lester Young led a revolution that changed the way the saxophone is played until this very day. He Inspired through his bright and airy tunes that sharply contrasted the loud and boisterous sounds of his counterparts (Pener 121). Young was known for many of his groundbreaking tunes such as “All of Me”‚ and “Lester Leaps In”. As a result of his very different approach to playing the tenor saxophone‚ he influenced many future musicians including Charlie Parker and Sonny Rollins

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    But when they started it was just the right volume‚ you could still talk to the person in your table. The band was formed by four musicians‚ Rodolfo Zuniga on the drums‚ Dave Fernandez on the Saxophone‚ Dave Siegel on the Piano and Josh Allen on the bass‚ later another musician joined in with his

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    Earnest Bailey reflected the big band jazz style since the musicians were part of a jazz ensemble. I like the drum solo because it was very catch. The brass section showed confidence particularly the trumpet and saxophone. The next piece is I’ve Got You Under My Skin by Cole

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    the evening. The event was casual; however‚ I chose to wear khaki pants and a button down shirt because I was not certain as to what the dress code would be. The performers’ names and their respective instruments were Mike Korson- Saxophone‚ Garrett Wingfield- Saxophone‚ Luke Wingfield- Trumpet‚ Alex Neal- Guitar‚ Edo Frenkel- Piano‚ Will Gilstrap- Bass‚ Russell Wharton- Drums‚ and Tanner Webb- Trombone. During the concert they played various jazz compositions written by some of the very performers

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