EXCELLENT SHOW, SOUND NOT SO MUCH
by DUKE on 11/4/25New Orleans Jazz Market - New OrleansRating: 3 out of 5Norman put on a great show, as usual! However I found the sound stage to be too bright and unnecessarily loud! Jazz sets should be more acoustic, warm and easy to listed to. The 1st 3 songs were entirely too loud for the venue!! I nearly left because of it, couldn't hear Norman's playing as he was drowned out by the drums. Don't know why mics were even needed for the drummer. The vocals were also not clean, couldn't understand what Norman was saying or singing most of the time, maybe his mic needed to be turned up a bit. The venue is cosy and I expected the sound to match, IT DID NOT! I'm hoping the jazz market will address these concerns as many of my friends that attended felt the same way. I love the facility, world class but please correct the sound stage for the most enjoyable evening of Jazz and Blues music. Drinks were a little expensive for my taste but I under they have to cover some of the cost for keeping the ticket prices so reasonable!
I plan to attend another show in December, Lindsey Webster, and I hope that her set is more intimate. I'm sure the sound engineer will make adjustments. ...just my opinions :)