Jazz Band Concert showcases students’ musical talents
Jazz Band Concert showcases students’ musical talents
On April 29, the Jazz Band showcased students’ musical abilities, highlighting the skill of improvisation. The concert was live-streamed through Vimeo from the St. Charles Borromeo Convocation Hall, and the band performed a total of four pieces.
The four songs belonged to the standard jazz repertoire, which included “Now’s the Time,” a blues piece by Charlie Parker, and “Oleo,” a composition based on a standard song from the American Songbook: “I Got Rhythm” by George Gershwin. The remaining two songs consisted of “Manhã de Carnaval” from Black Orpheus by Luiz Bonfà, which is a bossa nova, a Brazillian style of music that influenced jazz, and “Killer Joe” by Benny Golson, which played in a Latin style called “Cha-Cha”.