Essay On Jazz Concert

Concert Report This semester I attended a jazz concert put on by Truman State University’s Department of Music. It was on December 5th at 8 pm, in Ophelia Parrish Performance Hall. The university’s Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Lab band both performed. Both bands were directed by Tim AuBuchon. The bands drew in a decently sized crowd. I was able to recognise several of my peers sitting in the audience alongside of me. I pleasantly surprised by the size of the bands and the level of skill they had. Both bands had eighteen musicians playing, give or take one or two. The Jazz lab band was the first band to perform that night. I was excited when I looked down at the hand out and noticed that one of the performers had gone to my high school. The Jazz Lab Band included these instruments: a multitude of saxophones, trombones, trumpets, and a rhythm section. The rhythm section was made up of a guitarist, piano player, bass, and drums. After the wonderful performance by the Jazz Lab Band the Jazz Ensemble took the stage. They had a more diverse instrumentation. Their band had more woodwind instruments than just saxophones. One of their clarinetists brought a lot of flair to the band. Both Bands played
The first one was titled The Wiggle Walk and it was composed by Benny Carter. The second was Greasy Sack Blues composed by Don Rader. The third piece was written by composer John Lewis and arranged by Mike Tomaro and was titled Django. Next was another piece arranged by Mike Tomaro but this was composed by John Carisi and its title is Israel. Last but definitely not least was the song Mambo Inn composed by Mario Bauza and arranged by Michael Mossman. Many different instruments had several solos throughout the Jazz Lab Band’s performance. My favorite solo was the electric guitar solo at the beginning of Greasy Sack Blues. There were several trumpet solos, in my opinion the best was in the first song The Wiggle