2008 Woodie Awards
Jazz series starts Friday
Ashley Holloway
Issue date: 11/7/07 Section: Campus Life
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Friday's concert is about more than playing music. The band is going to give the audience jazz.
"People should know jazz is about feelings. It's about expressing yourself," said Chance Alquest, music junior.
This concept is a lot different than the kind of music played on the radio.
"Jazz has spontaneous composition and it's always unique," said Alquest.
Jeff Sadler, music senior, said, "The pieces we are going to play are like Miles Davis, Cannonball Adderly, and Duke Ellington. It's definitely not Glenn Miller stuff."
What they will be playing is "Syeeda's Song Flute" by Scott Williams and the famous "A Night in Tunisia" by Miles Davis.
Alquest said, "It's a very challenging piece with lots of accidentals and runs. One measure is sax only with low notes that don't speak well."
Although difficult, this piece is set to feature guest jazz mallet artist Jerry Tachoir from Hendersonville, Tenn.
Alquest said, "We've never played with him before. I'm sure he'll be entertaining the mixture of him on the xylophone and piano accompaniment."
And don't forget about the improvised parts that will also be performed.
Sadler said, "The music has structure but a large part of it is on the spot improvisation."
The jazz series presented by the community music band will begin at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Richardson Auditorium.
Alquest said, "The band displays the talent not only at the college, but also in the community. We've got eye doctors and whatnot playing jazz."
Ashley Holloway is a junior majoring in journalism. You may e-mail her at ashley.holloway@sckans.edu.
"People should know jazz is about feelings. It's about expressing yourself," said Chance Alquest, music junior.
This concept is a lot different than the kind of music played on the radio.
"Jazz has spontaneous composition and it's always unique," said Alquest.
Jeff Sadler, music senior, said, "The pieces we are going to play are like Miles Davis, Cannonball Adderly, and Duke Ellington. It's definitely not Glenn Miller stuff."
What they will be playing is "Syeeda's Song Flute" by Scott Williams and the famous "A Night in Tunisia" by Miles Davis.
Alquest said, "It's a very challenging piece with lots of accidentals and runs. One measure is sax only with low notes that don't speak well."
Although difficult, this piece is set to feature guest jazz mallet artist Jerry Tachoir from Hendersonville, Tenn.
Alquest said, "We've never played with him before. I'm sure he'll be entertaining the mixture of him on the xylophone and piano accompaniment."
And don't forget about the improvised parts that will also be performed.
Sadler said, "The music has structure but a large part of it is on the spot improvisation."
The jazz series presented by the community music band will begin at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Richardson Auditorium.
Alquest said, "The band displays the talent not only at the college, but also in the community. We've got eye doctors and whatnot playing jazz."
Ashley Holloway is a junior majoring in journalism. You may e-mail her at ashley.holloway@sckans.edu.
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