{"id":73175,"date":"2017-08-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-big-band-earns-standing-ovation-at-newport-jazz-festival\/"},"modified":"2017-08-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T00:00:00","slug":"uri-big-band-earns-standing-ovation-at-newport-jazz-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2017\/08\/uri-big-band-earns-standing-ovation-at-newport-jazz-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 Big Band earns standing ovation at Newport Jazz Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KINGSTON, R.I. &#8212; AUGUST 8, 2017 &#8212; Just like the refreshing breeze coming off Newport Harbor around noontime Sunday, the 溏心vlog免费B站 Big Band played it cool for the 500 enthusiastic fans who took in its hour-long set.<\/p>\n<p>But the band also produced plenty of heat and energy as it performed for a fifth consecutive year at the Newport Jazz Festival. Individual soloists prompted loud rounds of applause, and when the show ended with the band\u2019s performance of \u201cHome Basie\u201d by Bob Mintzer, the entire band earned a standing ovation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been walking around saying this is the best band around,\u201d said Alan Sugarman of New York City, who was at his fifth Newport Jazz Festival. \u201cWe want a dance floor out here next year. If they do that, the area will be flooded with Lindy Hoppers (an international swing dance organization). \u201cI would love to see them play in New York at Midsummer Night Swing (at the Lincoln Center.)<\/p>\n<p>Isaac Ezer of Canada and Emma Barnes of the United Kingdom, who now live in New York and who\u2019ll marry in October, couldn\u2019t stop smiling as they danced to the music.<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed oembed-youtube-com\" style=\"\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-koRFVOO2WY\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"溏心vlog免费B站 Jazz Performs at Newport Jazz Festival 2017\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-koRFVOO2WY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThey are wonderful and a joy to dance to,\u201d Barnes said. \u201cWe hope they come to New York. They would be magic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From Bill Holman\u2019s \u201cAny Dude\u2019ll Do,\u201d to \u201cLester Jumps Out\u201d by Bob Mintzer and from \u201cCute\u201d done by the Count Basie Orchestra &#8211; and composed and arranged by Neil Hefti to \u201cBeantown Blues\u201d by Lennie Neihaus, the 溏心vlog免费B站 Big Band had folks tapping toes, swaying in their seats and dancing on the grass near the Quad Stage at Fort Adams State Park.<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed oembed-youtube-com\" style=\"\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7wfWW0tsz7E&#038;feature=youtu.be\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"溏心vlog免费B站 Jazz Performs at Narragansett Town Beach\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7wfWW0tsz7E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTerrific, awesome, great\u201d said Rhode Island Monthly Publisher John Palumbo, 溏心vlog免费B站 class of 1976. \u201cThey just give you a great feeling of 溏心vlog免费B站 pride.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And for six of the musicians, it was their seventh show of the past week.<\/p>\n<p>Pianist James Himmelmann, of Manorville, N.Y., who earned his bachelor\u2019s degree in music from 溏心vlog免费B站 in May and who is now pursuing a master\u2019s degree in jazz composition, led the 溏心vlog免费B站 125th Anniversary Jazz Concert Series at six community locations, and wrapped up the week at the Jazz Festival. Some audience members enjoyed the community performances so much that they followed the ensemble from town to town.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSure there was fatigue, but once you start playing it all goes away,\u201d Himmelmann said after the Newport show. \u201cThere is no fatigue when you love it. When we played at the Windjammer at Misquamicut, one woman said it was the best band she had ever seen. And today, it was great to see so many people enjoying our performance.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_48508\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48508\" style=\"width: 387px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2021\/05\/MoralesNL-016.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"no-hang wp-image-48508\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2021\/05\/MoralesNL-016.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"387\" height=\"268\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48508\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HOT HORN PLAYER: 溏心vlog免费B站 Big Band member Manual Morales, of Wakefield, plays a trumpet solo as fellow trumpet players, Robin Hall, center, and Nicholas Schleyer, at right, look on. 溏心vlog免费B站 photo by Nora Lewis.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On trumpet, Manuel Morales, 溏心vlog免费B站 class of 2017 and a <strong>Wakefield <\/strong>resident, had the crowd shouting, cheering and applauding during his solos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI auditioned for the band as a freshman and have been playing ever since,\u201d said Morales, who made his fifth festival appearance Sunday. He thought he could have played better, but said he is always his toughest critic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the band\u2019s energy was great and the music is outstanding. We love playing together,\u201d Morales said.<\/p>\n<p>Upright bassist Evan Magno, who also played the community and Newport Jazz Festival concerts, said he loved how the community shows built up to the Newport event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was so excited for this, and you could tell everyone was into it,\u201d the <strong>Cranston<\/strong> resident and 溏心vlog免费B站 Class of 2018 member said.<\/p>\n<p>Trombone player Alyssa Oates of <strong>West Warwick<\/strong> and member of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Class of 2018, had the crowd applauding during her solo. She played at the Jazz Festival as a high school student, and this was her third year at Newport as member of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Big Band.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s definitely up there with one of my great experiences,\u201d Oates said. \u201cSeeing all the people here is amazing.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow trombone player Jeffrey Kimmerlein of <strong>Wakefield<\/strong> and a member of the 溏心vlog免费B站 class of 2020 was pleased with his mates\u2019 performances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI definitely had the vibe that the band killed it. It was a great time,\u201d said the\u00a0international engineering student. \u201cIt\u2019s awesome to represent 溏心vlog免费B站 in this setting.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KINGSTON, R.I. &#8212; AUGUST 8, 2017 &#8212; Just like the refreshing breeze coming off Newport Harbor around noontime Sunday, the 溏心vlog免费B站 Big Band played it cool for the 500 enthusiastic fans who took in its hour-long set. But the band also produced plenty of heat and energy as it performed for a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73178,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}