Jazz from different regions will obviously have differing sounds, so it’s therefore pretty interesting to analyze pieces from both New Orleans and Kansas City. While listening to the list of songs from New Orleans, I right away noted the huge role brass instruments play. The New Orleans style has a heavily improvised feel, yet the instruments all flow well together. The melody will have quick pick-ups throughout the piece, being represented by dramatic steps in the melody and a change in the pitch of the notes. Because New Orleans style jazz is the “original” style, it also seems to be more simplistic than the jazz style from Kansas City. Although both styles are intended to make the audience dance, the Kansas City style seems more upbeat; the pieces from Kansas City, to me, more resemble Swing. The music from Kansas City is also more modern, being produced with better technology leading to an increased sound quality. The instruments in the Kansas City style also seem to flow, however in my mind the instruments blend together instead of in the New Orleans style, where one instrument complements the other instrument. Even in the solos of Kansas City style pieces, instruments in the background seem to be constant and somewhat take away from the soloist who is expressing his emotion. I personally like the New Orleans style of jazz better as the harmony of the instruments is perfect, creating depth through music even where no lyrics are present.