History Concert Report Sample

Jazz History Concert Report II For my final concert writing critique, I decided to attend the live Ball State Student Jazz Combos on Tuesday, November 8; this event took place in Choral Hall inside of the university’s Music Instruction Building. The wooden hall was smaller than I thought it would have been, but it gave the concert setting a more intimate feel. There were three groups presenting that day, each under a different director. Because each group did not have a specific name, I had to label them based on the order in which they performed. The group that I will be reviewing in this paper is the student combo that I enjoyed most of all, the group that performed first and was directed by Dr. Routenberg. The group consisted of Andrew Fiorini on the trumpet, Noah Johnson on the trombone, Meghan Walls playing the piano, Andrew Moser on the electric bass, and Collin St. Mary on the drums. Regarding the music …show more content…
The song is from the Bebop era, and I believe it is a 12-bar blues, but I am unsure because the chord progression seemed to be longer than just 12 bars. The first thing that I noticed about this piece was how the band played slightly louder and that there was more emphasis on the trumpet compared to the last two songs, which emphasized the trombone a bit more. The syncopated rhythm, combined with the trombone’s harmonics, helped promote a swinging sensation during the main theme. Also, when the solo improvisations started with the piano, which sounded a bit simplistic, I noticed that the piano had rarely done anything noticeable since its other solo in “Doodlin’,” and continued to be so unused that the pianist had her right, non-playing hand on her lap for most of the performance. Otherwise, I thought that the piano and drum solo at the end were very powerful. The drum solo was an especially wonderful way for the first student combo to