Jazz Concert Reflection

Upon first glance at the Guzman hall I was filled with anxiety as well as excitement as to what was to come. Prior to this semester I had not listened to any jazz music and I was unaware of any artists or songs. Therefore going to a jazz concert was a rare experience that I now cherish. When I first entered the hall I was greeted by a group of musicians called ‘The Stamps Jazz Quintet’, there were 4 musicians at the front of the hall and they were taking place. The musicians included Sam Hart who played the saxophone, Aidan Lombard who played the trumpet, Quinn Sengupta who was on the piano, Bob Bruya who played the bass and finally Marcelo Perez who was proficient at the drums. They played 4 records, the first of which was ‘Played Twice’ by Thelonious Monk, from our classes I was aware that Thelonious monk was a piano player who was really influential in creating the Be Bop era of jazz, he was a band leader at Minton’s playhouse in Harlem, so I therefore assumed ahead of time that the song itself would consist of a lot of fast tempo as well as some complex harmonies and a unsingable melody and a strong sense of piano since he was a piano player. The second record was called ‘Dance Cadaverous’ by Wayne shorter
This was apparent from the beginning as he started and was the single consistent player during the whole piece. He also had a lot of nice solos that were loud and very technical and as the piece went on he picks up the pace and delivers a strong ending. The song had a very slow start where they each slowly began to play; this was a dramatic start to the piece and threw me off a bit, as I was not expecting it. As the piece went on, the members picked up pace slowly and slowly until they were completely submerged and going at it. I found this confusing at first but the affect made sense to me after and was very