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In attempting to attend something out of my demographic, I wound up finding and attending a senior recital that was being held in the Columbia music center theater. It was here that I was able to experience a performance of some music that I typically would not have exposed myself to. With in this senior recital performance there were many songs that were performed, and many different genera's of music that had been covered. Everything from traditional jazz and blues to “All Night Long” written by Rick James and originally recorded by the Mary Jane Girls in 1983 and later rerecorded by Erykah Badu, to some classic Afro-Latin derived songs. It was some of these that had caught my attention the most, and made the largest contribution to my attendance of this show. Having the accompaniments of a full band which consisted of a full percussion section that consisted of a drum set and large alternative percussion section which is how they were able to grasp some of the true Latin feels to the songs performed. Just within this percussion section there were bongos, a guerra, and timbales, and many other traditional Latin percussive instruments. Aside from the percussion section in the band there was a full horn section which consisted of trombones, trumpets, and saxophones. Also in the band were a bass player who switched between electric and upright bass and two guitar players who played a verity of guitars to fulfill the requirements of the songs and genres. There was also a piano player who had a few electric keyboards allowing him to access different sounds of pianos and organs. One of the first songs played was “Mas Que Nada” which is a samba from Brazil. The Samba which has its origins as a couples danced in Brazil was well represented here even though there was no dancing due to the seating arrangements. However the samba was well represented in its traditional style here keeping true to the origins of samba. They also performed “Corcovado” which is a bossa nova song, which the musical style actually evolved from samba but is more complex harmonically and is less percussive. This was also well represented within its musical style. Over all this was a great experience to see a large variety of music yet such different demographics of music the styles within this performance that really caught me were the styles that derived from Brazil, Portugal and Cuba. After attending this performance and learning a little about some of these musical styles and cultures I will definitely search out some more performances of this genre, and I recommend the same to everyone else.