Detour

by Jetset0099

All That Jazz

The drummer came in with an uptempo swing rhythm. Then the trumpet line screamed their way in. When they stopped, the trombones responded. This went on three times before the melody came in.

Everyone in the crowd was clapping along, and some ponies standing around the bar were moving to the music.

A saxophonist came down to the front of the stage and started a solo. He moved through his notes quickly and effortlessly.

When he was done, a trumpet came up and started to solo. He held a long high note as his intro, then started flying through notes. He swayed back and forth to the beat, and hit more high notes, causing an eruption of cheering from the audience.

The band all came back in and finished off the song with the melody again. The trumpets went up an octave, and the lead was wailing over them. They paused on a single chord while the conductor held his hoof up high, then swung it down, cuing the last note. It rang over the club, and a loud applause started just as he gave them the cut off.

Noteworthy looked over to Twilight.

"So, what'd you think of that?!"
She stopped applauding and faced him.

"It was amazing! This type of music is so diverse and unique. Thank you so much for making me come here!"

"No problemo."
Jake eyed them curiously for a moment.

"Ok elephant in the room, I'll say it. Are you two dating?"
There was a short pause before the two both broke out in laughter. Noteworthy caught his breath and took a quick swig from his drink.

"No Jake, we're not. Me and Twilight have known each other since high school. Even though she was the Princess' student, she still went to normal school as well. We met there, and have been great friends ever since."

The unicorn nodded in agreement.

"Oh, shhh, the conductor is about to speak."

He went over to a microphone and tapped it once to test it.

"Hello everypony, it's great to be here tonight. My name is Clef. That first tune was entitled Won't Stop For Nothin', an original song written by Sticcato Marx, our lead trumpet player. I'm glad everypony was able to make it tonight. If you have to get out of this torrential downpour we're experiencing, you might as well do it here. While we're on the subject of rain and clouds, why don't we introduce our singer for tonight. She'll be performing an original tune called Kicking Clouds All Day. So put your hooves together for the one and only, Melanie Harmonic!"

A light green pegasus came out wearing a black dress that trailed off the back and down onto the stage. Ponies started applauding. A stallion at the next table whistled, followed by a swift punch in the arm from his wife.

The bass and drums started playing a medium tempo intro. The hi-hat tapped the two and four of the measure, and the piano started playing little blues riffs over them.

Melanie started to sing in a medium pitched voice. She had a jazzy rasp to it that made it perfect for the type of music she was singing.

"Kickin' clouds all day."
She paused for a measure before repeating herself, but with a little more embellishment.

"I said I'm kicking clouds all dayYyYaaaay. I've got no place to stay. No bed in which to lay, so I'm just gonna keep kickin' clouds all day."

The band came in for the bridge. It was low and moody, and the saxaphones were the main voice. They stopped, leaving nothing but the bass, drums, and piano again for about five bars before Melanie came back in.

"Well I once had it all."
A trumpet with a plunger mute filled the gaps between phrases.

"Thought I would never faaaaall!........I thought wrong baby yeah I thought wrong, cuz you left me high and dry so I could sing my song."
The entire band came in behind her for the chorus.

"Ooooooh well I got no place to stay!"
The trombones stopped playing and sang, echoing her voice.

"She's got no place to stay!"

"Not a bed in which to lay!"

"Not a bed in which to lay!"

"So I think I'm just gonna."

"So she thinks she's just gonna."

"Keep kickin clouds."

"Keep kickin clouds."

"Aaaaaaaaallllllll day."

"Aaaaaaaaallllllll day."
They resumed their playing and left her to finish up the song. She repeated the phrase but with higher notes and more variation.

"AaaAAaaaAAlllll dayyyy!"
The band cut out, leaving the rhythm section once again. She echoed her self, getting quieter each time for the outro.

"Aaaaalll day."
The trumpet with the mute came in between the first two gaps very quietly.
"All day baby all day."
She stopped singing and spoke the next line.

"Oooh yeah I'm gonna be kickin them clouds all day you know that's right."
She laughed lightly before singing her last line, fading out at the end.

"Kickin' clouds all day........ooooh ohoohoohoo yeaaaaaahhhh..."
A light crash cymbal was the last thing that could be heard as everything faded out.

Once again, an applause rang out through Trios. Melanie bowed.

"Thank you! Thank you very much. I'll be back out in a little bit. Don't go nowhere."
With that she walked off the stage.

Jake finished off his Manehattan and looked over to Mac.

"Good call coming here tonight. This is the best entertainment I've had in years!"

"Ahm glad we came here too. Like ah said b'fore, a'hve always been fond of jazz music. It's nice to see it live like this."

They sat back to listen to the next song. It was called Canterlot Class, and was an uptempo funk tune. It featured many soloists, and the band danced along to the music as they played.

After they were finished and the applauding had ceased, Clef made his way back to the microphone.

"Ok before we go any further, I'd like to do my favorite portion of the night: Free Jam! Anypony who's got some musical blood in them, come on up to play with us. The music isn't hard, and it doesn't matter what you play, just have fun with it! Any takers?"

Noteworthy looked across to Jake.

"C'mon dude! You can play trumpet, and I can play saxophone. It'll be awesome!"

"Uhh, I'm not sure Notewor-"
He was cut off by him standing up and waving his hoof in the air. Clef saw them and pointed. A spotlight came down on their table. Jake was trying to look as small as possible, but the musician went over to him and raised his hoof up with his. The conductor laughed.

"Well it looks like we have our volunteers! Come on up here you two."

Ponyville was a small town, so everybody knew everybody, which caused the crowd to start cheering Noteworthy's and Jake's name as they made their way up to the stage.

After walking up the side steps, they were standing next to Clef. He spoke off the mic to them.

"Ok so what's your names and what do you play?"

"I'm Noteworthy, I play saxophone. And Jake here plays trumpet."

"Glad to meet you both! Lets get you set up then."

Five minutes later found the two set up in the band. Noteworthy was on the end of the sax section, and Jake was in the trumpet line standing next to Sticcato Marx, the lead trumpet. He looked over to him.

"Hey buddy, just relax. It's easy stuff. You've played jazz before right?"

"Oh yeah plenty of times. I just usually had time to practice."
Sticcato laughed and picked up his instrument.

"It's gonna be fine, I assure you. Ok here we go."

Clef started counting off. Jake smirked and looked at his music. The first note was a high D on the staff, but he thought he'd have some fun. On the downbeat, he wailed a note two octaves up, drawing a loud cheer from the crowd. They had ten measures of rest before the trumpets came back in. Sticcato looked over to Jake who was laughing.

"I don't get it. You looked so nervous before we started."
He smiled and sighed.

"What can I say. I'm in my natural element I guess. Ok we're about to come back in. Lets do this!"

Comments

[Bread Shot]

Have him bring a boombox one time and sing along to Sympathy For the Devil by the rolling stones or as most people know it, it was the song used while on the river mission on Call Of Duty: Black Ops.
Here's the song :P

Also heres the LYRICS:

The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil Lyrics
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long years
Stole many a man's soul and faith

And I was 'round when Jesus Christ
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game

I stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain

I rode a tank
Held a general's rank
When the blitzkrieg raged
And the bodies stank

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
Ah, what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah
(woo woo, woo woo)

I watched with glee
While your kings and queens
Fought for ten decades
For the gods they made
(woo woo, woo woo)

I shouted out,
"Who killed the Kennedys?"
When after all
It was you and me
(who who, who who)

Let me please introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
And I laid traps for troubadours
Who get killed before they reached Bombay
(woo woo, who who)

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
(who who)
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah, get down, baby
(who who, who who)

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But what's confusing you
Is just the nature of my game
(woo woo, who who)

Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners saints
As heads is tails
Just call me Lucifer
'Cause I'm in need of some restraint
(who who, who who)

So if you meet me
Have some courtesy
Have some sympathy, and some taste
(woo woo)
Use all your well-learned politesse
Or I'll lay your soul to waste, um yeah
(woo woo, woo woo)

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, um yeah
(who who)
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, um mean it, get down
(woo woo, woo woo)

Woo, who
Oh yeah, get on down
Oh yeah
Oh yeah!
(woo woo)

Tell me baby, what's my name
Tell me honey, can ya guess my name
Tell me baby, what's my name
I tell you one time, you're to blame

Oh, who
woo, woo
Woo, who
Woo, woo
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Oh, yeah

What's my name
Tell me, baby, what's my name
Tell me, sweetie, what's my name

Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Oh, yeah
Woo woo
Woo woo

[BlockBreaker911]

Hold up hold up hold up, Jake played the trumpet when he was human, so far so good. But now he's able to play the trumpet, as a pony, without using fingers or any sort of magic, without any confusion. Care to explain? Is it like some dimensional travel magic, where your talents carry over, somehow?

I need an explanation!

[Falinov]

CONFUSED happy but confused how does he play if he's a earth pony? O_o not being rude but how!?!

[Jetset0099]

How can Jake play the trumpet you ask? They live in a world with physics that are screwed up anyways. How can Rainbow Dash fly at Mach speed? How can Pinkie Pie stop herself in mid jump and just hover? It's all for the fun of it.

[TangoForce141]

Ya I was kinda question that too but I question the sax and trumpet I know they can do keyboard drums and trombone and they can move thier hoofs fast especially the trumpet soloist

[Bread Shot]

2344208 Actuly you did :/

I'm going to be technical here:
AREA 51 DOESN'T EXIST.

Thats what you said :/

[TangoForce141]

2446050 well actually it does just under a different name

[Bread Shot]

2446237 Dammit i was Quoting another guy after he said that it didnt and i was saying it does dammit! Y U NU READ OTHER COMMENTS!?
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CUSTOM MEME!

[TangoForce141]

I will bet that his cutie mark if he has one I've forgotten if he does then its a plane but if he don't then it's gonna be like a trumpet behind a treble clef or something like that

[Jetset0099]

For anyone who's interested, the opening song of the next chapter should sound like this. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjLW3Rn0xyA

[BureYaAkili]

Since your on jazz, bring in Louis Armstrong!!

[Jetset0099]

Sorry about the delay in chapters. Ill have it up tonight. It took me awhile to decide where I wanted the story to go, but I think you're going to like it.