Juilliard Jazz Quartet

Waiting on line for the jazz quartet I was really excited because I love live music. The moments building up to the performance only added to the suspense and excitement because I had never listened to any jazz live and I didn’t have much experience with it either for that matter. As it began, it was really soothing. I agree with my peers from class discussion that when you opened your eyes during the performance you only paid attention to the one instrument you were drawn to but when you closed you took the whole sound of the performance in and it became one. That’s why I decided to enjoy the show in the beginning with my eyes open so I could see the work into playing these instruments which is part of the beauty of the music they played. One thing I wasn’t expecting when I was watching the performance was the way they were all in sync and just looking at each other and giving off good vibes to each other and the audience. I would catch them smiling at each other when a part would get really good and that only added to the experience of listening to the piece; knowing that they were having a good time and that they were sharing it with us. The second half of the show I closed my eyes because I wanted to concentrate on the music. Every piece had something unique about it. I loved when the only instrument played was the bass. It captivated my attention to the point where that was the only instrument that I wanted to hear throughout the whole show, it had such a strong hold on me. But there was this one piece that was so beautiful that I found myself grinning the entire time it was performed. It was Frank Kimbrough’s (the pianist) piece “For Duke”. It was flawless. Just the dynamics of the song and how it would build up and go down just had me slowly shaking my head along to the piano and saxophone which were the star instruments of the piece. On my way home I found myself humming the song, so naturally I had to download it. Unfortunately I couldn’t find it anywhere that night. But the next day it was still stuck in my head so I decided to look for it again and I found it! I bought it for 99 cents on Amazon. Best dollar I ever spent.