SANTA ROSA JAZZ ENSEMBLE

LAST NIGHT I ATTENDED A 15 PERSON ENSEMBLE. THERE WERE 15 PEOPLE AT EACH ENSEMBLE. THE FIRST HAD SEVERAL YOUNG STUDENTS. ONE WAS PLAYING A PIANO, ANOTHER ONE WAS ONE PLAYED DRUMS, TWO ELECTRIC GUITARS, AND ONE PROFESSIONAL SLIDING TROMBONE AND A SAXOPHONE, AN ELECTRIC CLARINET AND TRUMPET. THE JAZZ SONGS WERE VERY FAST. THE NEXT GROUP WAS A VERY INTERESTING ONE. IT INCLUDED TWO SLIDING TROMBONES, A PIANO AS ELECTRIC BASS TWO TO THREE ELECTRIC GUITARS TWO SLIDING TROMBONES, A XYLOPHONE AND A GOOD DRUMMER. THEY PLAYED VERY FAST AND EACH PLAYER GOT TIME TO EMPHASIZE THEIR TALENTS AS THE OTHER PLAYERS STOOD BACK. ONE TUNE REMINDED ME OF THE CARRI BEAN AS IT HAD A RHYTHM LIKE THOSE WE HEARD IN THE CARRI BEAN, THERE WERE MANY MUSIC STUDENTS TAKING NOTES ONE STUDENT LOOKED LIKE MY SON. THE DIRECTOR KEPT GOING IN FRONT OF THE PLAYERS AND CLAPPED MEANING A SIGNAL FOR US TO CLAP AS WELL.