Judy Davis

CONCERT ATTENDANCE REPORT My taste of music varies from rock to pop, but mostly I gravitate towards rap music. So have a strong taste in rap I have attended a few shows and also seen many live instrument performances as well. Not until I took this class have I considered attending a jazz concert. When I looked on the pages given to us on events nearby, there wasn’t any that seem to catch my attention. Until I heard that CGCC was holding a small jazz comb. I thought I’d give a shot and plus it…

On Monday evening, September 21, 2015, I had the pleasure of watching University Jazz Combos. The performance was held at the University of Louisville School Of Music in the Bird Recital Hall. These three combos consisted of the Mark Turner Combo directed by Tyrone Wheeler, Illinois Jacquet Combo directed by Ansyn Banks, and Michael Brecker Combo also directed by Ansyn Banks. I wasn’t for sure what to expect when coming to this concert. Different from the other jazz performance I attended, this…

I didn’t choose the tuba, the tuba chose me. I feel like this is how all tuba players started off. The tuba is the largest but one of the youngest members of the brass family. It is not the hardest instrument to play but it is not the easiest either. I did not expect to play the tuba at any point in my life, however due to certain circumstances, I ended up playing the tuba for the Barlow band. The journey first started my freshman year of high school. I was playing the trumpet at the time.…

The Brubeck Brothers Quartet was an exceptionally fascinating occasion. My purpose for my statement is that I have never really been to a live jazz performance and it was a new experience for me. My immediate thought upon entry was that the presentation was going be exhausting and long. In spite of the fact that it lasted quite a while it was justified regardless of my while in light of the fact that I really wound up liking the performance. I think the Brubeck Brothers Quartet was amazing and I…

Bunny Briggs always said that he was born dancing and “When [he] finally faced the world [his] legs were kickin’. Bunny was a prodigy who performed all over Harlem then on Television and Broadway. He started dancing after seeing his aunt perform with Bill Robinson. He was able to reproduce the steps that Robinson had performed with ease. Bunny said he “couldn't believe how graceful [Robinson] was, and how calm. To move like that and smile. That's when [Bunny] decided.” He began performing with…

Iconic vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson [1941-2016] was honored in a musical celebration colored by great performances of dearest fellows from different generations. In addition to an incredible instrumentalist, Hutcherson was a master composer who left an indelible mark over the course of a rich five-decade career. Classic records like Dialogue, Components, Oblique, and Cirrus will be forever in my heart. At the time we arrived at the packed St. Peter’s Church, vibraphonist Joe Locke was reading…

The jazz musician charlie parker was born on August 29,1920 in kansas city. His father was an african american stage entertainer and his more Addie was a maid chair woman of a native heritage. As an only child charlie moved with his parents to kansas city, missouri he was seven years old. At that time the city was lively center for african american music including jazz and the blues and some gospel charlie was always around music as a kid because of of the town he lived in they always played…

Parker Chinn Class 708 Now and Always It’s mine. It suits me. Parker. It reminds me of some of the things I like to do, writing music, and acting. This is because I was named after famous jazz musician: Charlie Parker! I was also named after actress: Parker Posey! This makes me feel special because I can look up to these people. But writing music and acting aren’t the only things I like to do! I also like to bake, teach, read, write, and paint! To me, my name means smooth jazz on…

Synthesis Essay: David Ake analysing Ornette Coleman Ornette Coleman was a jazz saxophone player who started his career in the 1950s by defying cultural, and musical standards. David Ake, composer, performer, and musicologist, analysed how Ornette Coleman created dramatic change in the jazz realm by defying the bebop era standards. Ake brings up many points of the standards that Coleman defied, such as: jazz virtuosity and masculinity, jazz performance and sex, and cultural perceptions of…

Ever since jazz was born in 1895. Everybody started to have their own taste what jazz is the person that listens to it. Now jazz has evolved into a culture where we can play jazz the way we like it. The real timeline of jazz style development has evolved so much its spanned or stretched for 3 centuries. When it comes to different styles of jazz, people might tend to think which style they would enjoy the most between these categories of jazz. For example, ragtime, classical, hot jazz, Chicago…