Reflection Of Jazz Music

Register to read the introduction… high by Dizzy Gillespie, Koko by Charlie Parker, Misterioso by Monk, and Jeru by Miles Davis. All these songs were played with instrument such as trumpet, saxophone, drums and bass. Therefore, I expected the musicians with saxophone and trumpet. However, Ron Eschete Trio only had guitars and drums. I have only seen those guitars from the rock musicians. So, I was very curious to hear what kind of sound electronic guitar would make to play jazz music.

As they started to play the music, I was surprised that electronic guitar could make such a sound. Especially, Ron Eschete was amazing how he could make various sounds. He was playing guitar but it sounded like sometimes tenor saxophone and sometimes piano. Overall, their music sounded very mellow and tender. And it was very fast tempo. Although it was very mellow and tender, the fast tempo made …show more content…
They weren?t talking to each other and did not give even eye contact to each other. One thing I noticed was that they were feeling rhythm of the song with their body by nodding their head and tapping their foot. They also seemed to listening to each other?s music. Like the band that played in the discussion session, they started from the similar note when they played solo. Therefore, it had the feeling of connection for each solo part.

The Ron Eschete Trio?s concerts had some characteristic of bop bands. The band was small, only consisting of two guitarists and a drum player. Also, like bop music, it had a fast average tempo and the drummer (Paul Humphrey) played his timekeeping rhythms mostly on suspended cymbal. On contrary, the songs they have performed were more close to cool jazz which rhythms are much more smooth and connected whereas the rhythms in bop are more apart and varied. Moreover, the band played songs with guitars, which are rarely played in