Jazz Brass Band Concert

At the jazz brass band concert on November 4, the band consisted of instruments such as the clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, tuba (specifically, a sousaphone), snare drum, and bass drum. There were seven performers in the ensemble, with one person alternating between the clarinet and saxophone, four people playing brass instruments, and two people playing percussion. The percussionists remained in the back, while the brass sections were in the front filling out the left and right side of the performance space, and the leader of the group moving freely around the front but remaining mostly to the right side. The performance started out with the musicians entering the room one by one as they played and opening song, and settling down in their positions. I really enjoyed the movement and the energy they brought with them into the room because it seemed to wake most of the audience up, as some had been waiting for a while. One of my favorite sounds to hear within the music was that of the tuba, which provided the bassline heartbeat. It
In between sets, the performers would speak about jazz history and how the purpose of jazz back in the day was to get everybody dancing and happy, and in being told that, it allowed me to listen closer to the music and try to feel what that was like. Looking around the room during the performance, I would see a number of people nodding their heads or tapping their feet along to the music. Even people who didn’t initially seem interested in the performance upon arriving looked genuinely interested in the performance because the music sounded so inviting. It made me curious to see what it would be like to watch a jazz band perform in a real venue where you can get up and actually dance. I would really consider attending another performance in the future just to feel that same intense atmosphere that was created that