Jazz Concert Review Essay

I saw The Santa Fe Big Band 22nd, Annual Evening of Jazz Concert. The band was dressed up all matching. The men were wearing black dress shirts and pants, with dress shoes. The women wearing black formal dresses with red shoes. They all looked very professional and when they started playing it immediately took me back to the 1930s, the big band era.
Most of the songs were of long length and with many solos through the songs. The instruments used to create the songs were: saxophones, trombones, trumpets, the piano, guitars, and the drums. The band played eight songs and had vocals in two of those songs along with the band. The second song played was, Love is Here to Stay by George and Ira Gershwin. This was the first song with vocals. The song started with both the singer,
They all worked very well together you could see the relationships they had built when they played together. Their music was elegant and smooth, their tones and notes were all within the same range. There were a few mistakes the band members made that I could tell. They were able to keep going strong and not let the mistake slow them down though. Everyone in the band had solos to be able to show off their individual talent, although most of the solos were by the saxophones and the trumpets. The second song with vocals had two men and one girl. The men did very well and had ranges of notes that were very low, while the girl only sang when there were high notes that needed to be reached. In the last song there was the most solos, nine in total. This was my favorite song to watch the band perform while some of the others were my favorite to listen too. In the last song the band let loose and I could tell they were having fun. They were all moving around while playing their instruments. They really embellished their solos and they all looked happy while