Jazz

Jazz Double-Time On November 13, I went to GHM to see the CU Jazz Combo Showcase. It encased three different jazz combos, which played different 3-4 arrangements a piece. The three bands, in the order in which they played, were the Andy Nevala Combo, The CU Early Jazz Combo, and Pagan Rhythms. Each group had only one female and the rest were men, which made the women stand out in a brave bold way. The Andy Nevala Combo started the night off with their six-piece group. They had Katie Glassman, the violinist, dead center with the two saxes on either side. I haven’t heard much violin in Jazz so I thought it added a spectacular flavor to the music. The Guitar, Bass, and Drums were in the back mixing it up doing their own thing. In there first song Donna Lee, by Charlie Parker, each instrument soloed, except bass and drums, starting with the tenor sax. The guitarist, Scott Hall sounded a little off sometimes, but when he was on WOW! The CU Early Jazz Combo kept things rolling along with seven instruments and five songs, instead of four like the Nevala Combo. group, combo, jazz, pagan, one, off, nevala, different, cu, bass, songs, song, rhythms, played, middle, kept, instruments, female, early, drums, two, three, started, stage, seven, out, order, night, musicians, music, heard, five, except, each, back