Name of leader or Ensemble
Jennifer Leitham was the leader of the trio that was scheduled to play at the remnants of humanity on October 20, 2017. Leitham has more than 40 years’ experience in her music career. She majors in the bass, vocals, producing, composing, lyricist and educating. Her exceptional bass has been used in many movies and TV shows. More interestingly, she is left-handed thus making her a unique artist when it comes to bass playing.
Name of sidemen/group members and their instruments
Andy Langham is a member of the trio majoring in piano. He has studied jazz performance at the University of North Texas. He has worked and toured with great names such as Poncho Sanchez, Jennifer Leitham, New York Voices, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, among many others. He was poised to bring out a fantastic performance at the remnants of humanity.
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Randy Drake is the final member of the trio who deals with the percussions. He is responsible for the groovy or upbeat touch to the entire performance. He has received a B.M. in jazz studies at the University of North Texas as well as his M.M. on the same at California State University.
Name of the Performance venue
The venue for the “Remnants of Humanity” featuring the Jennifer Leitham Trio was at Boston Court Performing Arts Center Pasadena. The venue is well suited for jazz performances as its art oriented. This venue has a reputation for presenting creative, bold and daring works in an intimate set up.
Date and time of the performance
The date and time for the performance was on Friday, October 20, 2017, at 8 pm. This was a great time as most people are free during Friday evenings. After enduring a whole week at work, a jazz performance at such a day and time is a perfect way to unwind and welcome the weekend.
Number of sets you heard
I was able to listen to eight sets performed by “The Jennifer Leitham Trio”. All of them were outstanding and had an impact on me.
Your subjective impression of the venue and audience
The venue was a perfect place for such a great performance. This is because the venue was suited for arts and performance. Therefore, the sound was very clear and crisp. The audiences who visit such venues are real lovers of art. While Jazz is no exception when it comes to art, the audience appeared to be engrossed in the music suggesting that they followers of jazz music.
Future Christmas by Jennifer Leitham Trio
Future Christmas was a song performed by Leitham Trio and composed by Jennifer Leitham. The piece was so powerful, and a lot of jazz elements were filled in there. Its style was a little bit groovy with a lot of percussions, wobbly bass and repetition of riffs by Langham, the pianist. The tempo was a little bit fast supposing it was danceable for the audience. The composers had given it the eighth swing notes to make it groovy. Jennifer Leitham was the soloist, and she was also playing the bass. Her vocals transformed the entire performance as most people sung to her popular songs.
Effective tools used
Improvisation was highly used in the performance especially in works that were involved with other musicians. Therefore, Drake and Langham had to improvise to fit with certain Leitham’s songs. Percussions were very monumental in the performance as they gave it a groovy feeling which kept the audience mesmerized and spell-bound. Langham also repeated a lot of riffs in the piano especially to “Future Christmas” to make the song more memorable in the minds of the audience.
