Jazz Concert Review Essay

Since I was unable to find a Jazz concert near my hometown, I decided to view a full concert available on YouTube. The Jazz concert consisted of 6 songs, they all sounded different though. I have never sat down and listened to a Jazz concert, and I have been to more than 50 concerts in my time (Incubus, Apartment 26, Cold Chamber, econoline wine crush, Rob Zombie, chevelle, Orgy, Deadsy, Korn, Days of the new, The Chemical Brothers, just to name a few). The concert was label to be of the Jazz genre, I usually listen to Classic Rock, and Electronic, so this was a huge change for my taste, a whole new world. Each song had an individualized style to it, which was very interesting to me, it helped keep me interested in it. The band was made up of 3 different players: Paul Meyers, the guitarist and composer, Andy Eulau, the bassist, and Dave Rataczak, as the drummer. …show more content…
Song number 1: “Love for Sale” a constant tempo, very steedy. The sound was slow, with a slight funk to it, very relaxing to senses. I would categorize it as blues. There seemed to be a lot of improvisation by the guitarist while he performed his solo. It was my favorite part of the song; it was really cool to see it. Another interesting aspect of the tune was the drummer; he used the cymbals and the high hat, while serving as the timekeeper for the song.
Song number 2: “Once I Loved” had a Brazilian sound to it. It had the same tempo and feel as the first song. The main difference between the two was the bass, there seemed to be a pizzicato technique over the arco technique that was used during the first