Yesterday on May 16, 2017, we saw the Gotham Jazzmen perform at the Bruno Walter Library. We took the Path train and then the Subway to go the Library. The Library was in the same building as the as the Lincoln Center. The Gotham Jazzmen were playing Traditional Jazz or New Orleans Jazz. The band was made of six men with six different instruments. The instruments played were the cornet, clarinet, piano, drums, Trombone, and the Acoustic base. While the drummer did play a normal Drum set, instead of using sticks, he used a brush for the drums.
For each song, there was a general format/order. The band would always start together with a melody playing; eventually, have each instrument player would play on their own as a solo after the melody. The drummer did not solo for each song, but only had about one. The drummer’s solo was not as long as the other solos for the other songs. The singer who was also the pianist was growling his voice as he was trying to imitate the way Louis Armstrong sang. Of the songs, I would have to say my favorite song was When The Saints Go Marching In. The concert ended because there was an event set to happen in the Library, which meant they had to end the concert earlier. My overall reaction of the music was that music can be so varied from classical music to jazz and even to modern day pop.
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