Analysis Of BFA Recital By Berta Moreno Jazz Suite

The on-campus concert I attended was called BFA Recital by Berta Moreno Jazz Quartet. The concert occurred on November 23, 2015, at 12:00pm, in Shepard Hall 95 (City College). The name of the composer and conductor was Berta Moreno. The titles of the pieces being played were Little Steps, Spooky & Monroe, Broadway Bells, Mind the Gap, Lullaby for Radical and Option A. The type of group performing was a jazz band or specifically bebop. There were four musicians in the concert overall. Berta Moreno played a tenor saxophone, Kelly Green played a piano, Massimo Perepelica played a double bass, and Ruben Steijn played the drums. The concert also introduced Steven Wilson who played a soprano saxophone. The interesting parts of Mind the Gap and Lullaby

Moreno continuously played different holes and keys on the saxophone, the music continued with a free melodic harmony while some of the minor accents move away from the major accents. These varied accents brought a vibrant and more flexible feel to the audience where it showed the band’s own expression. For the other musicians to follow her cue and remember the tempo of the piece, she began to snap her fingers and called out one two, one two beat out loud. Then Perepelica adds deep, low pitches of the double bass while playing a moderate motion of drawing the bow back and forth. Throughout the piece ,Steijin played simultaneously by tapping the edge of the cymbal and maintaining the tempo even though there were a few pauses and variations. Towards the end of the piece, the continuous trembling sound of the cymbals reminded me of me finishing a worship song at my own church. The section where I heard a Latin form was when a form was introduced. The saxophone played a spontanouesly melody by playing through a and a form while the low pitches of the double bass , the tapping of the

I was able to a familiar tune from the A Charlie’s Brown Christmas. I appreciated that specific, short tune because it brought past Christmas memories back to life. Throughout the piece, the tenor saxophone is heard as a dominant figure where the free melody is played in an allegretto tone while the double bass created slightly high and low pitches when gracefully plucking the strings. The piano and the tapping of the cymbals’ edges and the drums’ top continued to play in the background. As the trembling of cymbals quietly ended the first development and went on to the next stage, the double bass had deep, low pitches which played at an allegro style. It brought a chilled and relaxed tone in the room where the audience was able to move their heads as they follow untraditional tune. While Perepelica played his solo with accompaniment of the piano’s peaceful touch of angelic sound, he started to close his eyes, start plucking the strings in short periods on top or the bottom of the strings, and tapped his left foot. I felt as if he was becoming one world with his instrument and was showing to the world how he expresses his passion for music. I even noticed that the sweet, crescendo accompaniment of the saxophone and the continuous