On Tuesday, May 16, 2017, we went to the New York Public Library for Performance Arts to watch a jazz band play for free. The name of the group is The Gotham Jazz Men. The style of jazz that they played is commonly referred to as New Orleans Jazz or Dixieland Jazz(though people don’t like when you refer to it as that). There are six musicians in the band, playing the piano, upright bass, drums, cornet, clarinet, and the trombone respectively. The drummer had an unusual set-up, as he did not have a bass drum and he played with brushes instead of normal drum sticks.
The drummer didn’t solo on every song like the other players. When he soloed, it was shorter than the other instruments as well. The singer made his voice sound gravely, as a way to imitate Louis Armstrong. My favorite song was “Your Feets Too Big”, followed by “Who’s Sorry Now”, “When The Saints Go Marching In”, “Sweet Sue”, “Sunday”, “What a Little Moonlight Can Do”, “Rosetta”, “Sometimes I’m Happy”, “Up a Lazy River”, and “It’s Wonderful”. The concert ended with a lady walking in and telling the band they had to stop playing, because it was time to prepare the room for another event that would be happening in that room.
I liked some aspects of the concert, but I didn’t enjoy it how I thought I would. Some of the songs didn’t hold my interest much. I loved the piano in most of the songs, along with the cornet and upright bass. But when “When The Saints Go Marching In” was played at the end I was ecstatic. I enjoyed the trip as a whole, and really hope there’s at least one more trip.
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