Jazz Concert At The Club Heritage Faculty Showcase

For my jazz performance event, I had the opportunity to attend the Club Heritage Faculty Showcase. This showcase was a part of the jazz series. The group that performed was called Jeremy Long Quartet. At the concert, Jeremy Long Quartet preformed some Jazz classics as well as some original songs. The concert showcase was on Tuesday, October 2016 at 7:30pm Shriver Center, Heritage Room. There were several performers that participated in the showcase. One of the performers, Jeremy Long, played the Saxophone. He is the professor of Saxophone at Miami University. Phil DeGreg was another performer who played the Piano. He is a professor of Jazz studies at the University of Cincinnati. One of the other performers was Aaron Jacob who played …show more content…
During the showcase, it felt as though I was part of a movie. The lights were dimed very low and gave off an enchanting, calming vibe. Many of the other people who attended the showcase sat towards the front and were seated around round tables. The concert was very crowded. In fact, so many more people attended that the staff had not prepared enough tables and chairs. Many of the unexpected guests had to stand in the back of the room. The feeling of the environment and the soft lighting allowed everyone to relax and enjoy the music without very few distractions. The musicians preformed songs that crossed different jazz styles. One of the songs the preformed was “You and The Night and The Music,” by Frank Sinatra. Sinatra’s song had a fast tempo compared to some of the slower, smooth jazz songs that were performed earlier in the showcase. The fast tempo was a nice change of pace in the concert. Many people would categorize a lot of Frank Sinatra’s music as lounge …show more content…
After Jeremy Long Quartet performed Sinatra’s “You and The Night and The Music,” the proceeded to perform a song titled “Changed.” The song, “Changes,” incorporated a lot of Saxophone. During this song, Anthony Lee got to play throughout the entire song. “Changes” had a slow tempo and sounded smooth and flowing. Overall, I enjoyed attending the Club Heritage Faculty Showcase. All the musicians were very talented. I enjoyed the fact that you could tell that the musicians were really feeling the music. Even when the group played the classic Jazz songs, they were still able to add a bit of their own style by adding some improvisation into their performances. I was fond of the fact that all of the musicians got to shine during their solos. In this way, the audience was able to get a feel of their individual jazz