Blog 37

As I walked up to mirror lake to listen to this performance I remember thinking what a wonderful idea it was that someone thought up to put a jazz concert in the outdoor auditorium. Such a pretty setting is so relaxing and listening to music while sitting in the grass under the trees and with the fountain in the background I have personally decided is the way to listen to a jazz concert. Granted the only other jazz concert I have ever listened to were the ones attended in a high school gym, theatre, or auditorium and my knowledge on the topic of jazz music isn’t the strongest I can say that it was very nice to sit outside and listen to the music it made me thankful that the thunderstorm planned for that evening didn’t happen. And I was very impressed that the time was taken to move all of the rather larger instruments outside just for our viewing pleasure. Aside from the setting itself the music was very good. Obviously if you have made it to the collegiate level in any instrument I would hope that you know how to play it. All the solos done by my fellow buckeyes blew me away especially the ones done on the saxophones. At one point it was going back and forth between two boys that were battling it out during one song and it literally gave me chills and made my arm hair stand on end at how talented those two musicians were. It made me want to learn how to play the alto sax though I never have been musically talented in any way.