PCJB

I had...the STRANGEST experience last night...in a good way.

We were at the jazz show and a band came on and, well first off they all looked like adults, and secondly, they were AMAZING. Totally beyond anything you'd expect out of high school students...better than any high school I've ever heard. And they were fun to watch too, cause their saxes got really into it and were practically dancing and bouncing in their seats. Very entertaining. ;D

But anyway...their second piece was a Duke Ellington, I think? And there was an alto sax solo. I LOVE when alto saxes solo. Like...I don't mind tenors, and an occasional bari is pretty cool, and I like those trumpets who got attitude, and the trombones with the swagger, but NOTHING is better to me, than a good alto sax solo. I guess just cause it's what I play.

So in the second song, it featured their first alto sax player.

...I'm like sitting here right now, trying to figure out how to convey what it was like listening to it...I can't figure out if I should a bunch of adjectives or just nothing at all...

I'm going with nothing at all, cause there's no way to describe it. I was like...I dunno how to explain...ok, so think about if you see a movie you really really like, and it takes like ALL the emotion out of you, whether it's crying (The Notebook), laughing (What's Up Doc?), anger (Avatar) or anything like that. That's kinda what it was like for me to listen to it. It just yanked all the emotion out of me. Hah...that sounds like harsh or something but I can't figure out how else to say it...

So I was sitting there, body shaking unvoluntarily, stomach flipping, heart racing, and feeling like I should cry because it was just so OVERWHELMING.

Now David's gonna be all upset with me for posting this cause he's gonna be like "You're fawning over the dude who played it..." but I'm not. I'm not all hyped up about HIM. Just the music and the SOUND.

I have NEVER reacted to music in that way EVER. It was one of the best music experiences I have ever had.