Going to a Jazz Club can be expensive. Sometimes there is a cover charge to get in and often they make you buy a minimum of two drinks...not cheap drinks either. Ping-Fang told me all about her trip to a club in Portland and said she was glad Gatto's was affordable.
Several of the conversation groupies chilled with pizza, soda, and FREE jazz last week to hear the small groups from the music department strut their stuff. I wanted to thank you guys for coming to hear me sing a solo song. My teacher noted the audience that filled my table and said, "I didn't know you were an internationally renowned singer." 'I'm famous," I told her.
Seemed like there were several people in the group that actually listen to jazz music. If you liked that event, there are tons of concerts that happen on campus each quarter. Friday, March 14th, for example, the choirs--both classical and jazz--have an evening performance at the Recital hall at 7:30. Again, this is a FREE event. Keep your eyes and your ears open and you can hear all kinds of music on campus! Also, check out KEWU--the campus radio station. They play a lot of jazz. Check out 89.5 FM http://www.ewu.edu/x5082.xml
What did you guys think of it? What do you know about jazz music? What other kinds of music do you like?
2 comments:
I'm sorry I missed the show due to illness. I like jazz, even though the time signatures are strange. I like the big names in jazz like Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Theolonius Monk, and Charles Mingus. A couple newer jazz ensembles I like our Medeski, Martin, and Wood, and the Bad Plus. Jazz has influenced modern, experimental bands (known as "Prog Rock") such as Battles and The Mars Volta. It's fun to listen to, though challenging at the same time.
If I have my druthers, though, I like electronic music, full of bloops and bleeps. Many electronic instrument composers leave mistakes in their songs - "glitches" - that give an organic feel to the songs. I like this genre because it is DIY right now...a punk attitude for a very non-punk form of music.
Can you tell me, the picture you used for this post...I selected it to paint as a mural. Could you tell me where you got it from, or whom originally did it? Thanks
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