Jazz Concert Reflection

On December 11th, a Sunday night, I went to Les Joulins Jazz Bistro to listen to Bill “Doc” Webster and his band Jazz Nostalgia. Me and my friend were seated at a table for two, fairly close to the stage. The stage was not elevated and the musicians stood close to the tables and interacted with the audience in between songs. It made the overall feeling of the concert very laid back and non formal. The restaurant was not very crowded, but of the people that were there there was a wide mix of people attending. A few couples my age, and group of elderly, two families with teens. Everyone seemed to come from different age groups, but there weren’t any kids even thought the restaurant welcomes all ages. I think most people are here for drinks, …show more content…
I haven’t been at a restaurant with live music before so this was actually a first for me. Although I’m not sure how I would feel about going to concert of this genre just to listen to music. I think it was the combination of the food, the music and overall laid-back atmosphere of the restaurant made the experience pleasant. This is definitely not my preferred genre and I think without food or company the experience would’ve been a bit boring. Other than for education purposes, or just to have some background music for my dinner I wouldn’t seek out this kind of music. I cant say I had any favourite song or song that I disliked in particular, but I enjoyed that fact that even thought it’s not a style I usually listen to, I still recognised quite a few of the songs. “Route 66”, “Hallelujah I love her so”, “Anything goes” by Cole Porter and “The girl from Ipanema” (which was a supposing contrast from the black american music they played) are all song that I have heard or played in the past. I also heard a lot song I hadn’t heard before, for example: “My foolish heart” by Nat King Cole, “I got a woman” by Ray Charles, and “There’s a man going round taking names” by Lead