Jazz Concert Critique

The concert that I viewed was Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Jazz Center Orchestra at the BBC Proms in 2004 on recorded and posted on YouTube. The title of the concert is called "Out here to swing!" performed by the incredibly talented Lincoln Jazz Center Orchestra, including the director of Jazz at the Lincoln Jazz Center, Wynton Marsalis. The combination of all the musicians form what is called a Jazz Orchestra, which is a large jazz band with improvised soloist within the group of musicians. I chose to view and listen to this specific concert because of my love for jazz music, which is the genre being played throughout the concert. These amazing musicians are professionals and have a passion for playing music, especially jazz within their …show more content…
Since it is a jazz orchestra, the genre being played for this specific concert and with this specific group was Jazz song. It also included many solo instrument pieces within the concert while the piano and drums kept the beat, with piano dynamics, by playing “background music”. This didn’t take away from the solos being played by specific instruments and band members but added to them to keep it exciting and appealing, as it would not be conveyed in the best way if it was just only the solo with no “background music” …show more content…
In addition, every player played their parts, including solos, with balance and very well articulation with it being jazz. Furthermore, they interpreted the music very well, playing in jazz style and not a concert style, which includes jazz articulation, balance, and improvisation. The piano player played musically and rhythmically throughout his parts, which is very hard for a piano player since it is jazz and most of his parts is to accompany the melodies ad solo and requires much skill for balance. Ultimately, the performers were very skilled, as they are professionals, and played with much consideration for the type of music and represented the jazz community with