The
junior college here in this small Texas town has started its concert
series and last night was the jazz concert. 'Jazz' seems to be a loosely
defined term and I think that's what they call it because the band is
made up of mostly brass...trumpets, trombones, and saxophones. They
also had a drum set, a keyboard, and a bass guitar. The young woman
who played bass guitar had black hair with a big shock of magenta
right in front. And the drum kit had two drummers who switched off.
What
they play is not exactly what I think of when I think of jazz and
their song selection was not what I would call jazz either. I mean,
Stairway to Heaven?
I
kid you not.
Stairway to Heaven
Along
with a Blues Brothers medley, a King of Pop medley, Thriller, and Old
Time Rock and Roll.
Old
Time Rock and Roll had all us old farts rockin' an' a boppin'.
But
Stairway to Heaven? I still can't get over that one. The middle
part was fairly upbeat but the beginning and end was a dirge. Like
what they play on their way to the funeral.
The
program was blessedly short, about an hour, but all in all, an
enjoyable outing. The kids are all right.
Sounds like you can enjoy it for what it is. Sure don't see any jazz classics in that playlist. Then again, Basie and Duke were dead before most of these performers were even conceived, right? Like the post. EFH
ReplyDeleteIts hard to tell what may be on the program unless you go. Sometimes a gem and sometimes one in the rough.I have had fun with music and plays here, in a small town you take what you can get for cultural events.
ReplyDelete:-)
ReplyDeleteJazz ain't what it used to be.
Pearl
Jazzy or not, it's nice to read about young college kids actually getting together and playing music. Rocking out, jazzing it up, it's all good :)
ReplyDelete"stairway's" like a rite of passage for high school kids - especially when the old fart conducting them happens to be from the era (when the only way you could get through that piece of music by the way was if you were huffing back on something good or making out!) steven
ReplyDeleteNo classics there, sounds like fun anyway though. take care. hope you have been well.
ReplyDeleteBe grateful for small mercies, it's probably all they had rehearsed and learned to play adequately.
ReplyDeleteAt least you had a concert to bop along with.
That is weird!! But hey...live music!! Woot!!
ReplyDeleteSounds cool
Hugs
SueAnn
Sounds like our experience with the polka band playing the Electric Slide :)
ReplyDeleteYou don't ever really know what you're gonna get in a jazz concert, never. Hubbie is a jazz musician & one week can be a world away from another, depending on who he's playing with... but I have never heard Stairway to Heaven, that's true.
ReplyDeleteYeah, that is not jazz, nope. Sounds fun though.
ReplyDeleteÇok Güzel Site. :)
ReplyDeleteHa! Well, perhaps they billed the show in a, um, creative manner, but it's a good thing when you can get out and see local talent. And the price tag is usually pretty painful.
ReplyDeleteTook the kids to see their teacher's perform a murder mystery/comedy last night at the school. It was very funny and the faculty was terrific! What I loved was seeing the kids' jaws drop when one of their English teachers came out dressed as a woman. They had their eyes glued to the stage the entire time and it was nearly a three hour production.
Sometimes you get a so-so show, but I'm often amazed by the local talent we have around here and elsewhere.