Regina Carters Jazz Concert - Assignment Example

The attended jazz concert was the one of Regina Carter and her band. Regina Carter is a famous American jazz violinist, whose discography is comprised of more than twenty albums. These days, she is on the tour presenting her new album titled Southern Comfort. During the concert, all the eleven pieces included in the album were performed, such as Miner’s Child, Trampin’, Shoo-Rye, I’m Goin’ Home, Honky Tonkin’, Cornbread Crumbled in Gravy, See See Rider, I Moaned and I Moaned and others. The ensemble Regina Carter performs with consists of four musicians: Marwin Sewell (guitar), Will Holshouser (accordion), Jesse Murphy (bass), and Alvester Garnett (drums).    With her album, Regina Carter pays tribute to her grandfather who worked as a coal miner in Alabama and whom he never saw (“Violin Virtuoso Regina Carter”).    In the piece titled See See Rider Regina Carter used elements of country music. It was the melody that reminded me of some rural song. The main thing that defined the piece as jazz was the rhythm. More specifically, the piece was characterized by syncopation and swung notes. However, the most notable was the second part of See See Rider because of the soloist’s masterful improvisation.  Trampin’ was the piece that impressed me most of all. It was so because of its funky and greasy character. It is possible to say that there were two lines in the piece. The first line was comprised of the parties of drums, guitar, and recorded vocal party, and the second was the actual party of the soloist. The piece was also energetic because of the great number of syncopations and swung notes characteristic of blues.    Overall, the jazz concert was the best I had ever attended. First of all, the music itself was so sophisticated and full of emotional honesty. Secondly, the performance was amazing as well. Not only the soloist, Regina Carter herself, but other musicians as well were at their best as it felt like they lived in the music they performed. As the group was small, there was no conductor; they would not need a conductor because they were able to listen to each other and perform as a team, including the soloist. The entire concert was held under one idea which was the recurrence of one’s roots, homecoming. I liked the concert, and I would buy Southern Comfort by Regina Carter.  Read More