Essays on Jazz Concert

Mus1104 Concert Review A Night of Jazz with the University Jazz Bands The concert I chose to attend was the University Jazz Bands’ Student Ensemble Concert on Wednesday, March 6, 2013. The concert featured two ensembles, both the Virginia Tech Jazz Ensemble and the Jazz …

Attending a live concert is always a unique experience, and for the writer of this review, it was an opportunity to delve deeper into contemporary jazz. Accompanied by friends, the concert featured the four-time Grammy winner Diane Reeves, renowned for her excellent vocal abilities and …

Despite living in Memphis for more than ten years, I had never been to a concert at the Levitt Shell. So, I was excited to attend the Dee Dee Bridgewater event as part of the Rhodes Night at the Levitt Shell series. When I arrived, …

Jazz is considered to be the culmination of black ethnic music and is one of the defining music genres of the twentieth century (Sarath ix). Its rhythm inspired many black people to change their lives during the “Jazz Age” in the 1920s (Bearden and Henderson …

I attended the “Jingle Jazz Jam” on December 2nd, which proved to be quite different from the other jazz jam I went to at the Firehouse Stage. The venue was much more intimate and energetic, and had a younger crowd, although there were people of …

I attended the Jazz Ensembles Concert, which consisted of 5 pieces of the composer Charles Mingus’s music. All of the songs were lively and bright, and I felt as if they embodied the streets of a downtown city while the sun shines bright on the …

Throughout human history, music has been an integral aspect of our existence, resonating with individuals on a deep emotional level. Avishai Cohen, a renowned jazz musician, held a mesmerizing performance in Switzerland in 2011 titled “Seven Seas”. The band consisted of three members, with Avishai …

In 2012, on December 7th at 9:00 p.m., I attended the jazz concert featuring Kurt Elling with the WDR Big Band at the Philharmonic in Koln, Germany. The performers included Kurt Elling on vocals, John McLean on guitar, Laurence Hobgood on piano, Clark Sommers on …

The Three Way Jazz concert at X College on October 1, 2014 was one groovy show! Before the concert, I didn’t really know what to expect from a jazz show at a community college, but I was in for an amazing surprise. All three bands …