Jazz Festival

Tonight we went to the "all star jam session" at the Stanford Jazz Workshop. It was fun. It was a jam session for the most part, so there was a lot of fast playing that neither Larisa or I have a musical capacity to really appreciate. Larisa made a good observation: Jazz is like poetry that doesn't rhyme. But we did enjoy it. I was very impressed with the abilities of these musician, and a few times they really stuck the right cord for me. It did make me want to get out my saxophone and play a little more.

One of the musicians who played and sang a beautiful ballad was Dena DeRose. We hadn't heard of her before, or any of those guys for that matter, but we're listening to her music on Yahoo! Unlimited right now.

The concert cost us $16 for each ticket (student price). We also split the baby-sitting cost with some friends which ended up being $20 from us. Unbelievable, huh.