From the first video, performed by Pat Metheny’s group, I can feel that they cooperate very well to each other with a tacit mutual understanding with music. Also, even though the music in the video was very complex and without lyrics. We still can feel the great atmosphere from this performance. But compare to Kenny G’s live performance in Pramabanan Jazz, I think I like Kenny G’s performance better. I have a feeling that I have listened to his music before but I just couldn’t think of the name of it, it sounds really familiar with the style he played in this video. In Kenny G’s performance, I can never find the discontinuous when he blew his saxophone, that was just amazing to me. They are both great modern musicians, both have gone very far and successful in their career. …show more content…
It would really surprise me if even he disagreed with that statement.” Personally, I don’t know why Pat Metheny would Judge Kenny G harshly like this, but I would strongly disagree with his words on Kenny G. From a non-professional perspective, Kenny G may out of tune sometimes, but not horribly, at least in our Kenny G fans eye. Also, there are many great sax players in the world, of course some of them are better than Kenny G, but what I want to say is, there is no one is the best in the world, it would really surprise me if Pat Metheny will say he is the best musician in this world. But if not, from what angle, from what perspective that Pat Metheny can judge Kenny G like that. I feel really unfair for Kenny G, at least in my ear, I like Kenny G’s music better than Pat Metheny’s
The great trumpeter Miles Davis once said that the history of jazz can be summarized in four words: “Louis Armstrong. Charlie Parker.” There is no doubt that the former is held in the highest regard with respect to jazz and its origins in the 20th century. Parker was a much different figure, yet he is still known to be one of the greatest jazz improvisers and innovators of our time. Charlie Parker was a jazz alto saxophonist who, through his work in bebop and his immense talent as a musician, inspired many performers and composers throughout the years.
I enjoyed this concert. It was my first real experience with jazz music. To be honest, I didn’t know what to expect, but I left satisfied that I attended. However, there was one thing I did not enjoy. The narrator between songs was not very effective and actually took away somewhat from the concert. He failed numerous times at trying to be humorous and rambled on. My favorite piece was 88 Basie Street. It gave me that easy and relaxed feeling. This piece started softer, and then seemed to pick up with more energy. With my lack of knowledge of Jazz music, I certainly enjoyed this piece the best. I learned how exciting and fun listening to jazz being played live can actually be. I found it very interesting. Like I said earlier, the only thing I would change to make the concert more effective would be to have the narrator speak less.
Armstrong is not only a trumpet player, as a singer, he is also very successful. For many years, jazz lovers tried in ecstasies to imitate his unique voice and scat singing, which was nonsense but with a rhythm. Armstrong was the first to successfully use scat singing, which eventually became a major feature of jazz concerts. His singing method affected almost every jazz singer, including Coypin Crosby in the 1940s, the most charismatic singer in jazz history Billie Holly and Frank Sinatra. Of course, Armstrong's achievements in jazz music could not be summarized by the above description.
The two concerts that I chose to go see were Stanislaus State Wind Ensemble and Jazz Ensembles & Combos Concert. These two concerts are both very similar yet different in their own ways. Each piece also has many attributes to contribute and it was fun being able to watch two very different genres.
...onal attention. He held this widely held regard until his death in 1971. His performances in Jazz showed how beautiful the music was, and how compelling the msucial experience was through his sense of structural logic and combined superior instrumental skill. Armstrong’s music was sophisticated, virtuosic, and emotionally expressive. As a soloist, he was able to test his creative instrumental abilities, well establishing his musical identity. Armstrong stands out from the rest of the Jazz musicians in that he has “superior choice of notes and shape of his lines, incomparable basic quality of tone, incomparable sense of swing, and the subtly varied repertory of vibratos and shakes he embellishes individual notes.”
Louis Armstrong, without a doubt, influenced the genre of music we all know as jazz. “Armstrong, to a greater extent than any other early jazz musician, transformed a regional folk music into an international art form through the virtuosity of his playing as the first great jazz soloist” (Oxford). From his not-so-easy childhood to his massive success, I will inform you about this musician’s life, career, and the legacy he leaves behind.
I think as we move further into popular music, more of this incredible improvisation is going to emerge in music. Unfortunately, it is more common to see the act of coming up with melodies on the spot in person or at an actual concert, rather than on the radio or on an album. Although the performance was amazing, this particular style of music certainly fits a particular niche of both the performers and listeners. In a way, I think that listening to jazz like this takes some getting used to, especially if the listener is not used to listening to jazz in the first place. Jazz can be a very rewarding experience, but it also offers itself as something totally different from nearly all other music. Just getting used to listening to music in different scales, using minor chords, and hitting all sorts of dissonance offers plenty to work with, but Thelonious Monk’s style of playing has been just so different that it takes some practice and work to fully understand or appreciate what is going on in the music. Overall, I think this is just one of Monks many important contributions to the music of today, and a very great performance and
The band played together in such harmony and joy, and they exchanged looks as if they're talking to each other and understood by looks. As it turns out the guest go the nigh George Gazone was the professor who taught the band members music. Garzone Played the Saxophone like no other, he’s solos were magical it was fascinating watching him and the admiration his student have for him. The music sounded beautiful, yet seems the band are not well prepared for the evening. There was a lot of improvisation and as if every band member wanted to show off his skills which was really good. Improvisation is an element of jazz I was looking for, also, there were a lot of call and response between the band members different ones at each piece they played.
I really like how the saxophone soli sounded both times it was played because they balance was nice. Jeremy’s solo was good during this song too and the end of the song with Jeremy sounded cool. The final song was “I Wanna Be Just Like You” and I really like the energy the song had. All of the solos were great, I especially enjoyed Kevin’s solo. This song is definitely the best one because it always has so much energy.
This piece was filled with improvisation and you could feel the creativity following from the musicians. The combo didn’t have a conductor like the big band and was significantly smaller. Although, the combo was smaller and less formal it wasn’t any less of a performance. The piece started out with a phenomenal alto sax solo by Kevin Clements of Lamar, Missouri. Kevin is a talented musician, with his dark, rich sounding solo, he hit it out of the park. Ivan Vazquez of Garden City, Kansas performed another great solo on the trombone. Maddy Beasley, Kearney, Missouri followed Ivan with a tenor saxophone
Constance Meyer states in the Los Angeles Times, “It [the saxophone] was invented in the 1840s by the Belgian Adolphe Sax for military bands and orchestral use.” Although the saxophone is still used in orchestras and military bands, today most people associate the saxophone with jazz music. The saxophone is one of the many symbols of jazz and has become popular through jazz. Players such as Charlie Parker and John Coltrane became famous playing jazz music on the saxophone. Saxophones are used in many types of music because they produce a sound that goes well with other instruments and can be played with any style of music. Saxophonist and composer Tommy Smith states in his own words the extent of a saxophone’s musical range. “The saxophone's sonic possibilities are limitless, like an aural kaleidoscope. Its sound inspires sensuality but it but [sic] can rock out and scream with anger and frustration.”
In this “my heart” music piece, Louis Armstrong also solos with his cornet leading and is followed by other musicians with clarinet, trombone and piano. At 00:01-00:43, Louis solos with his cornet using improvision technique, creating a very warm, beautiful and slow melody and creating a beautiful swing rhythm. With his beautiful voice, Armstrong was able to contribute to the history of Jazz with another art called scat singing. Louis Armstrong was not only perfect at inventing beautiful melodies and rhythms with his trumpet, he was also able to compose wordless vocal sounds on his music.... ...
I noticed he constantly switched from the synthesizer to the keyboard, and this was to change the tune and make it sound layered as I mentioned before. I also noticed that at times he played the keyboard slowly and other times he would play extremely fast. So rapidly that I even questioned how a man can first not only move his arms so fast but also play so beautifully at such high speeds. A tune he played even sounded like a swish-swashing sound, and I was amazed by how a synthesizer and keyboard can possibly make such sounds. I also noticed that for this song that both Lionel Loueke and Dave Holland played the guitar, and I think this was to match the fusion electric instrument style. Overall, the entire band did a great opening for their performance; everyone looked like they were doing their own thing and were very content.
According to Ellison (2013), identity is a construction that incorporates the way we think about ourselves and our part in bigger social situations. Identity also describes who the person is and how the person presents themselves to others or in a simple word, self-presentation. One way of understanding self-presentation is the information that people choose to show others on their blogs or social network sites such as on their Facebook profile or photo sharing sites such as Instagram biography. Moreover, Marwick (2013) said that identity can be expressed through communicating with others by using email or any instant messengers. Identity is achieved through social interactions with others and relationship with them such as the way we communicate
Final Evaluation Overall I think our showcase went great and all of our hard work paid off. They food tasted great and the flavours were elaborate and added a lot to the dishes. The flavour that stood out in the main was the ginger as it tied the meal together. When the apples where fried the apple flavour was really brought out in the dish.