York College presented a beautiful jazz performance on March 17, 2003. Sue Terry, the great saxophonist player visited and participated with the most talented college professors and students. Prof. Tom Zlabinger is the director of the program and it was such a great performance of him playing the upright bass. Not only him but his students rocked as well.
Sue Terry is an alto and soprano saxophonist. She started her career in Hartford, Connecticut and then after she pursues her degree in saxophonist, she moved and settled in New York in the year of 1982. Her mentors named her “Sweet Sue.”
Sue Terry was the main guest at jazz concert. She played her saxophone with the jazz group and she seemed to be exited and surprised with the York College’s jazzgroup. She corrected minor mistakes that the songs they were playing and gave excellent instructions to the jazz group.
I was very excited about visiting this concert. This is my first time watching a jazz show in my whole life and I totally enjoyed the entire concert. The jazz group were about 20-25 people. The instruments that were used at this concert were the woodwinds (not so sure of the name) which I believe that there were five players on it. This was the most players in one category of instruments. I think the woodwind players were seated in the first row. Not only woodwind instruments, there were trombones, trumpets and all kinds of horn instruments that definitely is best suitable to an appropriate jazz concert. Other instruments used were the piano, bass and drums. I believe trombone players and trumpet players were sitting behind the woodwind players. The piano, bass, and the drums were on the left side of the stage. Prof. Tom Zlabinger was playing the bass and he was enjoying the most out of everyone. He was rocking with his ‘precious’ bass like he would pass and win a Nobel price on a difficult bass competition.
This concert changed me to listen more jazz. Jazz music has got a certain element to it that no other type of music that I have heard of. This concert was a wonderful experience for me. I found a passion for listening to jazz music. The concert held about 2 hours. It started at 7:00 p.m. and went on till about 9:00 p.m. There were about 6 or 7 songs that were performed. Every song was around ten minutes long. Some were a little shorter about five to six minutes in length and a couple songs were a little over ten minutes. The concert seemed to be well organized time wise and convenient wise. The concert was free admission and general seating. The audience participated throughout the concert. None of the audience members seemed to be bored at their presence at the concert. Nobody was being disrupted during the performance. Everyone was seated throughout the entire concert and seems enjoying the jazz performance. Most of the people in the audience were people from outside of college. There were some college students and many older adults. The audience did not dress as formally as the performers. They were dressed more casually. However, they seemed to be thrilled and enjoying the jazz, especially Tom Zlabinger’s bass and Sue Terry’s saxophone performance. We were surprised as the two played very difficult music that shocked the audience.