Concert Review Essay

The rhythm, which was continuously steady seemed to get fast-breaking like a heart beat by the climax of the vociferation. It was withal at this point that the kinetics of the song were increasingly getting louder until all instruments met at the top with a bang and then changed the dynamics again to a moderate level until the song concluded. Waltz for Debby, written by Bill Evans and set by Don Sebesky, was a consonant, slow-beat waltz. The texture of this piece remained the same through its entirety and the 1,2,3 condition was also actually noticeably throughout the piece as well.The saxoph sensation, trumpet and electric guitar took turns at the melody and did so through this performance in the form of solos. The dynamics throughout this song were soft and then increase to a moderate level before a decrescendo to a softer level once again. The corps de ballet did a fabulous job of keeping with the beat. Ancient Memories, by Fred Hamilton and arranged by Paul Ferguson, was play the night of the concert by guest trumpeter, Darryl White. Mr. White played this song because it is the title track on his 1999 album, also called Ancient Memories.Mr. White is a professor of trumpet at the University of Nebraska. This piece began by having very dissonant tones at heart the harmony with the introduction of a piano and drums. The song then changed into a to a greater extent consonant harmony, which remained throughout the rest of the song. The texture of this song was polyphonic between the trumpet and the piano. The melody of this song was bright and happy in some places within the song and more cool and relaxing in other parts as the tempo changed and the keeps of the trumpet were held for emphasis.There were many dynamics used within this song. The song began with a crescendo from very soft to very loud and then remained in this pattern until the end when the pattern was reversed. Fly Me to the Moon was for me a song of romance from the time the first note began. The song was passionate and sexy and displayed dialogue without using any words. The ensemble played this piece with resoluteness and the solo by Cassi Lee provided the extended dialogue that sounded like dancing and twirling in the moonlight.This song reminded me of My optic Will Go On in that the instrumental nature of it tells a story, just as a good deal as when Celine Dion is singing the lyrics. I found listening to this song a worthwhile experience and it was a fantastic beginning to the jazz concert in that it was familiar to the audience. Waltz for Debby made me wonder who Debby was and wherefore someone would write such an old-sounding song for someone they loved. The song was very pretty, but it was of a divers(prenominal) genre than that of the other pieces within the concert.It is honestly hard for me to recommend this song to anyone, for I thought it was become flat and lacked the depth of the other songs throughout the evening. Ancient Memories was a beaut iful piece. I am not surely what I enjoyed more, the fact that Mr. White played with such passion and made the song his own disembodied spirit force or that this piece reminded me of my childhood. This piece reminded me of something Bill Cosby would have on the Cosby Show in one of the jazz clubs.The song was fun and although the song had a lot of repetition, I loved listening to the changes all over and over again. The Jazz Ensemble concert at Tarleton was an enjoyable evening full of great unison and intellectually stimulating experiences of music that I would not have listened to if not for this assignment. Diversification is an important lesson to gip when viewing music because all music has roots from another genre and recognizing this makes you more diversified as an individual.