The 2016-17 Jazz Series concluded this past Saturday, May 13 with trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis and his quintet. An apt way to end the series and send the various jazz ensembles off to their final performances of the year, Marsalis and his bandmates got to the core of enjoying oneself while playing jazz and making…
Meditations on Music: Bryan Nichols Quintet
This concert was a calming and pensive way to end the reading period. From start to finish the music was relaxing, but with so much going on, it was also impossible not to get lost in my own thoughts on what the quintet was creating. The Minneapolis-based group took to the stage in Harper this…
Meditations on Music: Levels
“It felt natural and easy,” shared junior Sam Genualdi, guitarist of the chamber group Levels, speaking with me and the rest of the group the day after their first performance. The statement, while simple, really captured their first concert for me as well as the performers. Even at its most tense and chaotic moments, I…