Concert Jazz BandThe Maneater 2024
The Concert Jazz Band performed at the Shack in the Student Center at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 15. The concert paid homage to jazz trumpet players, with five of the six songs performed written by trumpet players. Admission was free and the performance lasted an hour, featuring solo improvisation sequences. The theme of the concert centered around the music of trumpet player Roy Hargrove. Photos taken for The Maneater.
On Monday, April 15, 2024 at the
Shack, Concert Jazz Band members tune and warm up instruments before the
concert begins. Family and friends of musicians came to the concert, as
well as guests attracted by the music coming from the Shack.Sophomore drummer Olin Guillotte
looks toward his band director during the melody of trumpet player Tim
Hagans’ “Buckeyes.” The Concert Jazz Band has two drummers, and
Guillotte played the first half of the show.Junior Greyson Smallen plays
drums through “Tiger Rag,” a New Orleans groove by trumpet player
Nicholas Payton. The piece comes from Payton’s 2001 album “Dear Louis,”
tributing Louis Armstong. “It’s nice to make every song your own,”
Smallen said.Concert Jazz Band Director Dr.
Sam Griffith conducts the band through the end of their first piece,
“Moontrane,” by Woody Shaw. The jazz band celebrated trumpet players
with their song selections, using pieces from trumpetists Shaw, Tim
Hagans and Roy Hargrove.
Robyne Sieh plays the keyboard
during the band’s fourth song, “Palt Seanuts” by Tim Haganas. Earlier in
the show, Sieh performed an improvised solo and later accompanied other
soloists by playing chords.The band and audience watch as
senior saxophone player Ian Prinster takes an improvised solo. Soloists
took turns playing, accompanied by the rhythm section and occasional
backgrounds from the rest of the band.
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