Examples Of Jazz Concert

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Robel Haile
10/09/2017
MUS 114
Professor Richard Armandi
Concert Writing Assignment
On Monday, October 09, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. the UIC Jazz Ensemble’s performance highlighted the music of two giants of the big band tradition, Count Basie and Thad Jones. The concert lasted about one hour. It started at 7:30 p.m. and went on till about 8:40p.m. There were seven songs that were performed. Every song was around ten minutes long. Some were a little bit shorter, about five to six minutes in length, and a couple songs were a little over ten minutes. The concert seemed to be well organized time-wise and well timed. Before the concert started, the director of the UIC Jazz Ensemble introduced the names of the performers: Samantha Aviles, Soprano and alto …show more content…

In their last song, the saxophone played a huge role. From the beginning of the song, they kept playing the same melody line repeated and saxophone was moving a wide range of notes and pitch. The rhythm and the tempo of the drums changed as the saxophone changed rhythm and the tempo. The guitar helped the drums to follow the saxophone’s rhythm and tempo. The saxophone style was kind of similar with the how Louis Armstrong was playing a solo. There was one guitar, but the saxophone dominated the other instruments, and it was difficult to hear the other instruments. Attending this concert made me more aware of the diversity style and compositional techniques inherent in jazz songs. I particularly enjoyed on how Chris Madsen was leading the group, as he could combine the different sounds of the ensemble in an effective manner. This was my first time attending a Jazz concert. Consequently, I had no idea what kind of jazz music to expect or any music that I was acquainted with. This concert was the latest occurrence for me. It was faraway surprising from a rap concert held in certain big place. The reason for this concert was to give people a taste of the UIC Jazz Ensemble. The inheritance or the contextual of this

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