My taste of music varies from rock to pop, but mostly I gravitate towards rap music. So have a strong taste in rap I have attended a few shows and also seen many live instrument performances as well. Not until I took this class have I considered attending a jazz concert. When I looked on the pages given to us on events nearby, there wasn’t any that seem to catch my attention. Until I heard that CGCC was holding a small jazz comb. I thought I’d give a shot and plus it was free to attend. This concert had been different than any others I attended before, the performers were students at CGCC and couple of them were fellow classmates. The concert was held outside performing art building on October 19, featured students at CGCC. I got there around the time it started and the band was still setting up. Which was great for me because this gave me time to pull out my materials and take pictures of the setting. I took notes of the instruments used in the jazz combo and recorded some part of the session I attended. As band did their finished discussing their arrangement and finished setting up. I observed the crowd and who gathered to watch. At first there were few people from students, couple parents and what to seen to be professors eager to listen to jazz while eating lunch. Kind of the atmosphere that I was expecting at a …show more content…
This event was amusing. I enjoyed seeing the band playing for the sake of music, we do have some skilled individuals on campus. I can see there are different styles of jazz, some people seemed to prefer slow jazz, others a funky and yet other fast-paced. A fusion of both is appeals more to me. Yet I still lack musical knowledge in jazz. I was able to follow along and know the different structures of songs and pick up on various sounds and techniques. I do believe to have an appreciation to hip hop, its starts by appreciating