Jazz Live Review

Live Music Review

For my live music review I went to BB Kings in downtown Nashville to see the contemporary jazz band Burning Las Vegas. This band is known well in the South for their explosive performances. They have three female vocalists with very powerful voices and exquisite dance moves. Backing up these singers is a band consisting of guitar, trumpet, saxophone, piano, and drummer.

The bands explosiveness and funky style got me to get off my seat and dance, which rarely happens. They provide a powerful good vibe, which creates an energetic atmosphere that gets you off your seat and makes you dance. Although I was amongst elderly people and it wasn't too packed I still enjoyed the music. The three female vocalists where superb dancers and all had powerful voices. I specifically liked the blonde artists voice and was lucky enough to talk to her briefly at the end of the show. She told me she was on American Idol and made it pretty far into the show and that she's a part time student at Belmont getting her degree in teaching music. My favorite song by them was 'work it out" because I felt the song revealed the great chemistry that the band has between the musicians and singers. The band grew up listening to the best performers of the sixties and seventies such as The Temptations, Tina Turner, Stevie Wonder, and Smokey Robinson. These artists can definitely be heard in their playing style and have significant influences on their music. They use several different techniques from these performers and bands and incorporate it in their music with a more contemporary style. Their music almost seems like a mesh of funk, rock, rhythm and blues. The band was also very engaging with the audience and tried to get everyone out and moving. They counted how many people were in the room and told us if half went to the dance floor they would play any song requested. Some people went to the stage and danced with some of the vocalist. There was a great connection between the audience and the performers. During breaks they would talk to people and it seemed like they knew some of them on personal bases. They were very friendly and I didn't feel hesitant or uncomfortable talking to them. Overall, this was an eye opening experience and I am definitely going to go out to BB Kings and see other Jazz bands play.