Miss had told us that we were gonna be treated to a performance by some of the best jazz musicians in Sydney (she wasn't wrong) and that we would then have a improvisation course. She was half off.
We did see some of Sydney's, nay, Australia's best jazz artists but we didn't get the improvisation couse. Mind you, I'm not really complaining although I should start working on improvising, I'm really not that great. I just don't have the guts...
Anyway! So, the fifteen of us got to see the Sandy Evans Trio and the Phil Slater Quartet, how exciting! They were really brilliant, the skills that they have. Sandy Evans is absolutely amazing. The things she can do on that saxophone just blow my mind. Same goes for all the musicians there. We had question/answer time after their performances, and someone asked if they had had any classical teachings before they moved to jazz, and surprisingly only Sandy Evans had.
Most of them had no classical background, but Sandy had started off with classical flute and then moved to saxaphone in highschool.
Oh to be a cool jazz musician!
The Phil Slater quartet was also just as incredible and, in a way, fascinating. They were so tight and together and never swayed away from the beat. It wasn't a solid beat, and I think that was the main thing for their quartet, that a group of people can stay so together but still be improvising over a tripppyyy bass line. Phil had the most unbelievable chops ever ever ever, and that comes from a fellow trumpeter. My dad's friend was the bass player, which I reckon is pretty cool. But then again, the Jazz Community is much more tight-knit than those of indie or hip-hop, if you get my drift.
It was pretty special, going to see them. Front row seats aswell. I only wish I had the skill and the stamina and the patience to become who they are now, that would really be something now, wouldn't it?
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