for saying this is a high school band, its fantastic!! Loved the piano solo and the sax soli was pretty tight too, well done guys you're clearly talented and very hard working to get to this level!
Still room for improvements, yes the trumpets do sometimes split or miss but thats easily sorted. The saxes need a better balance within in their section and also in the band; they sometimes get a little lost against the brass. But overall a solid performance, Well done!
Yeah. First trumpet player was kinda meh. He was OKAY, but the high E's were off and he didn't get the F#. I'll cut him some slack on that one though, because the F# is optional. (However I can play it just fine...)
Considering this is a high-school band doing a grade 5 piece, I think this is definitely not bad.
I will say that the drummer, though definitely not weak, is not anything special either. As far as tone quality in the shout chorus, it's probably very difficult to preserve it on those high trumpet hits. Clearly none of these saxes are particularly amazing, and as such, I give them lots of credit for playing the soli as well as they did.
Grade 5 pieces are considered "advanced high-school; typical college ensemble" level pieces. Grade 6 is "advanced college and professional," and I think that's as high as it goes.
@Djangolulu Grade 5 is the highest difficulty in most states. Some states use the word group, and others have grade 1 as the hardest, it just depends.
Glad to see all the negative feedback here... I for one thought this is damn good level for a hgh school big band, omit the first trumpet (kidding, kidding!!!).
I was actually hoping to hear the way the last chord was phrased, but that seems to be one of theonly things that the Cherokee BB decided to change... could anyone with a worthy set of ears or just the score enlighten me with which instrument is playing the lead (G, a 7th above A=440) in that final G-9 add11?
p.s. vibraphone was fab too!!
EmeraldEli 2 months ago
for saying this is a high school band, its fantastic!! Loved the piano solo and the sax soli was pretty tight too, well done guys you're clearly talented and very hard working to get to this level!
Still room for improvements, yes the trumpets do sometimes split or miss but thats easily sorted. The saxes need a better balance within in their section and also in the band; they sometimes get a little lost against the brass. But overall a solid performance, Well done!
EmeraldEli 2 months ago
Yeah. First trumpet player was kinda meh. He was OKAY, but the high E's were off and he didn't get the F#. I'll cut him some slack on that one though, because the F# is optional. (However I can play it just fine...)
AMurphy002 4 months ago
The first trumpet couldn't hit the high E's and definitely not the high F#.
psychokineticlizard 8 months ago
The trumpets were a little squeaky. They probably should have had more practice time on this piece.
psychokineticlizard 1 year ago
Fantastic bell player!
Djangolulu 1 year ago
Considering this is a high-school band doing a grade 5 piece, I think this is definitely not bad.
I will say that the drummer, though definitely not weak, is not anything special either. As far as tone quality in the shout chorus, it's probably very difficult to preserve it on those high trumpet hits. Clearly none of these saxes are particularly amazing, and as such, I give them lots of credit for playing the soli as well as they did.
My personal favorite bit was the vibe solo.
RedRussianRage77 2 years ago
By Grade 5 piece, I hope you are not insinuating that 5th graders could play this.
Djangolulu 1 year ago
Haha, nooo, definitely not.
Grade 5 pieces are considered "advanced high-school; typical college ensemble" level pieces. Grade 6 is "advanced college and professional," and I think that's as high as it goes.
RedRussianRage77 1 year ago
@Djangolulu Grade 5 is the highest difficulty in most states. Some states use the word group, and others have grade 1 as the hardest, it just depends.
SupahflyJazzguy 6 months ago
Glad to see all the negative feedback here... I for one thought this is damn good level for a hgh school big band, omit the first trumpet (kidding, kidding!!!).
I was actually hoping to hear the way the last chord was phrased, but that seems to be one of theonly things that the Cherokee BB decided to change... could anyone with a worthy set of ears or just the score enlighten me with which instrument is playing the lead (G, a 7th above A=440) in that final G-9 add11?
phileejazzlocks 2 years ago
I am a sex player, and i couldnt agree more. These guys are very week. Not the best sound either. And yeah, the drummer is so good!
Moysauce22 2 years ago
no he isnt, his time is all over the place and he is too loud,
SUNSNARE06 2 years ago
the piano player has very interesting finger technique..
rwethryet 2 years ago
The sax section is so bad its ridiculous
minicannonball13 2 years ago
i couldn't agree more
evergreach2346 2 years ago
Drummer appears to be feeling it rather than just reading music, which is awesome
Reinocerous25 3 years ago 5