{"id":432,"date":"2023-11-05T11:43:50","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T19:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theredlandsbulldog.com\/?p=432"},"modified":"2023-11-05T11:43:52","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T19:43:52","slug":"u-of-rs-studio-big-band-jazzed-up-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theredlandsbulldog.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/05\/u-of-rs-studio-big-band-jazzed-up-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"U of R\u2019s Studio Big Band Jazzed Up Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Oct. 17, the University of Redlands Studio Big Band made up of a mixture of undergraduate and graduate students held its first performance of the year in the Casa Loma Room. The concert featured old jazz classics like George and Ira Gershwin\u2019s \u201cHow Long Has This Been Going On?\u201d to an oddity in Bob Seibert\u2019s \u201cJazz Suite.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group played with the outstanding vocal talent of Macy Ritchie \u201824 on \u201cAngel Eyes,\u201d composed by Earl Brent and Matt Dennis, and \u201cHow Long Has This Been Going On?\u201d <\/em>composed by George and Ira Gershwin. The vocalist\u2019s rendition of the latter may remind some people of the great jazz singers from the old days like Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, and Billie Holiday, to modern singers like Mavis Staples. Her voice was full of emotion and soul, and it had a profound impact on the audience. One audience member after the concert concluded had this to say, \u201cI thought that the singer\u2019s voice was just beautiful, I thought she did amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Macy Ritchie ’24 (front) performs “How Long Has This Been Going On?”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The band deferred from a more traditional jazz repertoire and played two pieces that were rather surprising as they are far from the normal music one would expect to hear. One was a cover of Steely Dan\u2019s \u201cPeg.\u201d It was well-received by the audience and was suggested to be played by a trumpet player in the ensemble. The other was Bob Seibert’s \u201cJazz Suite.\u201d It was arranged into three movements like a classical sonata, with Movement I being \u201cQuick and Nasty,\u201d Movement II being \u201cSlow Blues,\u201d and the final movement being \u201cSwing Easy.\u201d The audience was encouraged to clap between movements, as the conductor noted beforehand, \u201cIt\u2019s not a classical performance. Feel free to applaud between movements if you\u2019d like.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When asked his thoughts on the performance, the conductor David Scott said, \u201cIt was a good performance. There were a few things that were (pause) not as good as they have been in rehearsals.\u201d Regarding the brass section who had the most solos by far, Scott remarked, \u201cI thought the brass played really well, the sax section too. The rhythm section was where we had most of the problems, but overall I thought it went very well!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Audience members had similar feelings, with comments such as, \u201cI liked all the performances, but I thought that the vocalist was the best,\u201d and \u201cI really liked the Steely Dan song. I wasn\u2019t expecting that and I thought they did a really good job with it!\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photos by Lane Eppenberger.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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