It seems since our first decision as an ensemble to take on the phenomenon of jazz there has been mixed views and support. The band itself seems to be falling down this route, still struggling to decide on a strong research view to choose from. At the moment the choice lies between “pioneers of Jazz” and “Songs from The Cotton Club (New York)” however now that we have an efficient and fast way to communicate with each other it shouldn’t be too hard to put together a set list for next week’s rehearsals. In practice I already feel we are improving significantly and beginning to understand the style better with each chosen track. This week our lecture came in and filmed our progress and enquired into our song choice. For the video we played the popular Bossa Nova “Girl from Ipanema.” And overall played well and used dynamics extensively to our advantage. Although this song is significantly under our belt I have a feeling that with our alteration in research we may have to scrap it! Even if this is the case “The Take Five” are hopefully soon to be a gigging band outside of college and so the more tracks the better to add to our repertoire! That’s about it for this week but I shall keep all 0 followers up to date on what the chosen research project will be!
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