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"And All That Jazz"

On Monday, December 4, 2006, I attended a Jazz Ensemble Concert at NJCU, directed by Dr. Edward Joffe. The evening featured special guest Peter Erskine, solo drummer, accompanied by the NJCU Jazz Ensemble. Jazz, by far, is not as pleasant sounding as, for example, orchestral music. However, it does have its own dissonant, perhaps even atonal qualities.
The program began with The Brazilian Combo, directed by Prof. Paul Meyers, on guitar, Pablo Rodriguez on bass, Alex Canales on saxophone, Benjamin Guadalup on Latin percussion, and finally vocals by Hye Jin Ancho. The Brazilian Combo's second performance, the "Wave" featured the only vocal that evening. The melody was sweet sounding, until Hye Jin Ancho put a little spice to it by scatting. The notes fluctuated and modulated in certain areas, as if bounding on a trampoline. By the end of the piece, the notes were reaching high to the sky, building tremendous tension, causing me to have goose bumps.......

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