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Jazz Concert Report Sample

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Last Thursday I attended the Jazz Concert with guest artist, Tony Miceli. For the first song five guys came out on stage. The five instruments being played were the piano, drums, trumpet, -----. They were all positioned very close together, I assume for the best sound. The song was called Secret Love and it last a very long time, about 10 minutes. During the duration of the 10 minutes I thought that the song was very similar the whole time. It was all fast paced and when all five guys seemed to play the song the same through. The only time it changed was when an instrument stopped or started playing. The instrument I noticed the least in this piece was the ----- because of its low sound and the other four instruments could be played with high pitches/sounds. For the second song three of the guys left leaving the piano and the ---- to play. This song was a lot slower and quieter. I enjoyed it a lot more because it was very peaceful in the beginning and it was soothing. Although towards the middle/end the ---- …show more content…

It was louder and fast pace again. Some of the parts sounded really familiar, especially when the trumpet took over and played louder than the rest of the instruments. I once again did not catch the name of the piece being played. When the five men were over with their songs, the UMD jazz band came out. There was a lot more instruments for the next songs that were to be played. Some of these instruments included shakers or markas, gongs-------. I wasn’t a fan of the songs that they played because there was so much going on at one time. Some instruments would play and go in and out but when they all played at once I liked that the best. The first song they played was carribean like and very upbeat. Something I thought that was very cool was when they used a bow on the end of the --- . I didn’t notice that before and thought it was cool because it’s almost like two instruments in

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