Friday, July 25, 2008
Tim Zimmerman and the King's Brass
Wow! I thought I was going to be bored, sitting at a concert with a brass ensemble dressed in tuxes. Well, they were dressed in tuxes (for part of the concert) and they were a brass ensemble (yet with no French horn players....) but it was ANYTHING but boring!! In fact, it was a BLAST! The group was Tim Zimmerman and the King's Brass. The group consists of a pianist, a drummer, three trumpets, three trombones, and a tuba. They had a few classical pieces, and several religious pieces, but almost everything was done with a touch of jazz and lots of humor and exceptional musicianship! They had the most amazing arrangement of Yankee Doodle (no kidding ... a whole variations-on-a-theme approach ... it was amazing!) and played jazz standards like Somewhere Over the Rainbow and In the Mood. In several of their songs they worked in several different related melodies. It was just so much fun! If you ever hear that they're in your town, you MUST see them. Here's a clip (it's Christmas music, but it was the best video that YouTube had....) Enjoy!
Comments:
Post a Comment
