#jazz band

[aestheteasteria]

[semioticapocalypse]

Anonymous. A jazz band performing from the back of a flat bed truck. Moore County, North Carolina. 1920's

I Am Collective Memories   •    Follow me, — says Visual Ratatosk

[huariqueje]

Thursday Night Jazz - Onelio Marrero , c. 2012.

Cuban-American , b. 1958 -

Oil on canvas , 12 x 16 in. 30.5 x 40.6 cm.

[love-board]

the band room

When I first stepped into the place that we call

“the band room,”

I didn’t like it at all.

There was paint peeling

off the walls

and there were stains

on the carpet.

The room smelled like wet socks after it rained,

and instrument cases hung out of the cubbies.

But that was when the room was empty.

When my fellow band kids stepped inside

the stains on the floor magically disappeared.

When music filled the air 

no one cared about how much paint was peeling off the walls. 

When we came back in after a long marching practice

no one cared that they were sweaty or cold 

because the room felt like a warm hug.

After we came back from a long competition,

the band room was still waiting for us.

It always seemed to have that effect 

when the people I cared about most were in it.

On the last day I stepped into that room with my friends

they told me that the carpenters had finally painted over the off-white walls.

The old crusty carpet had been replaced with clean, gray fuzz.

I didn’t notice because to me

it had always looked that way with my friends in it.

When it was finally time to leave,

I stopped at the door

and smiled at the one place that had been a constant

when everything else in my life had seemed to change.

I guess that’s the thing about the band room.

It tricked me into thinking

four years

was a very long time.

[newyorkthegoldenage]

The Orphanage Jazz Band, Harlem, 1940.

Photo: Otto Hagel via MoMA

[royal-cupidity]

I wear a Senku on my pants

And during some jazz festival, I COMPLETELY FORGOT! Sooooo sorrry miss unnamed band teacher!

Senku officially made it into all of our pictures…

tteeehheee!

[gachacatt]

Werehog warmup sketch 🌙🦔

[flamingpen18]

I did it!

My youngest had her school's Winter Concert this evening. A friend lent me a wheelchair, so I was able to go. This was the first school event I have ever been able to go to since moving here in 2020.

My daughter plays the trumpet in both jazz band and concert band. She was amazing as was everyone in both bands. The steel drum band was also exceptional.

I'm in a lot of agony now and will be for the next few days, but it was worth it

@helly-watermelonsmellinfellon

[jareaau]

Luvcat in Dinner @ Brasserie Zédel Music Video (2024)

[boxedsyrup]

Under the Deku Tree was taking $2 requests and you knowwww we had to get them to play H.T from Trigun 98.

They were really Hornfreaking out there.

Also, go and support them because they're cool AF. Instagram | YouTube

[pipsqueak317]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I MADE IT INTO ALL COUNTY AND MY EX DIDN'T HE'S GONNA BE SO PISSED WHEN HE FINDS OUT HE DIDN'T EVEN MAKE IT INTO THE JAZZ BAND LMAOOOOOOOO MY GIRLBOSS VIOLINIST ERA STARTS NOW I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL ADJUDICATION TO SEE IFTHE ORCHESTRA GETS BETTER SCORES THAN THE BAND

[xanderisbraindead]

I was tryna be sentimental ab how this is my last jazz festival before i graduate but thank all that is holy bc i am NOT having a good time

It rained, its windy asf. My fringe got frizzy

Now it’s sunny (but still windy)

[nyoaeuikhoudu]

sorry for the radio silence these last few days, but my band did get first at comp and I performed two solos at district jazz so uhhh

[fidjiefidjie]

Bon Matin💙🎙🎺🕺💃

The Glenn Ambassadors big band

(Gead Mulheran et musiciens)

[of-fear-and-love]

Louis Armstrong in Paris Blues (1961)

[mote-historie]

Armand Vallée, Ce Qu'on Ne Verra Jamais ... (What We Will Never See), La Vie Parisienne, 1921.

Today there is a strike by the dancers and no-one dances.