Jazz Arts Group’s “An American Classic: Big Band Jazz 89-90” concert series continued the tradition of presenting the world’s leading guest artists to Columbus while preserving the special atmosphere of the band’s performances in the Battelle Theatre. From the striking sounds of Maynard Ferguson to Byron Stripling’s genius tribute to Louis Armstrong and the annual Stan Kenton tribute infused with the timeless music of West Side Story, this season was not one to miss!

 

RICHARD ROGERS ROARS – COLE PORTER SOARS

Featuring Eddie Daniels, Michele Horsefield Carney, and Bobby Floyd

Big Band Jazz Series
October 19-22, 1989 | Battelle Auditorium

Concert Sponsor: Jack Schmidt Oldsmobile

Grammy Award winning clarinetist Eddie Daniels joined JAG for a marvelous evening featuring our own exciting Big Band version of “Slaughter on 10^th Avenue.” Selections included: Blue Room, Easy to Love, This Can’t Be Love, Everytime We Say Goodbye, Just One of Those Things, My Funny Valentine, Love For Sale, Slaughter on 10^th Avenue, Thou Swell, Have You Met Miss Jones, You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To, In the Still of the Night, Begin the Beguine, and Lover.

 

Performers:

Artistic Director – Ray Eubanks

Saxophones
Burdette Green, Jim Gallagher, Sonny McBroom, Jim Carroll, Steve Genteline

Trombones
Tom Dale, Ola Hanson, Gary Carney, Pat Lewis

Trumpets
Wes Orr, Bob Birkhimer, Bob Everhart, Jerry Kaye, Stan Gilliland

Rhythm Section
Hank Marr – Piano | Al Berry – Bass | Bob Breithaupt – Drums | Steve Grier – Percussion

BIG BAND TODAY STARRING MAYNARD FERGUSON

Featuring Tia Harris

Big Band Jazz Series
November 30-December 3, 1989 | Battelle Auditorium

Concert Sponsor: WBNS 10TV

Maynard led one of the great bands of the modern era from 1959-1980. We drew on the repertoire of those bands featuring the high voltage playing of Mr. Ferguson. Selections included: How Insensitive, Come Rain or Come Shine, We’ll Be Together Again, This Will Be, Everyday I Have the Blues, Mercy, Mercy, Mercy, Puka, Puka, Earth, Wind, Fire & Jimmy C, Honeysuckle Rose, Medley (Saving All My Love, Teach Me Tonight), Blue Birdland, Night in Tunisia, In a Mellow Tone, Gellar’s Cellar, But Beautiful, Gonna Fly Now, Hit Medley (McArthur Park, Chameleon, Maria, Hey Jude, Gonna Fly Now), Stay Loose With Bruce, and Three More Foxes.

Performers:
Artistic Director – Ray Eubanks

Saxophones
Burdette Green, Jim Gallagher, Sonny McBroom, Jim Carroll, Steve Genteline

Trombones
Tom Dale, Ola Hanson, Gary Carney, Pat Lewis

Trumpets
Wes Orr, Bob Birkhimer, Bob Everhart, Jerry Kaye, Stan Gilliland

Rhythm Section
Hank Marr – Piano | Al Berry – Bass | Bob Breithaupt – Drums |
Steve Grier – Congas

THE COUNT AND THE DUKE

Featuring Harold Jones, Marshal Royal, and Bill Moore

Big Band Jazz Series
February 1-4, 1990 | Battelle Auditorium

Concert Sponsor: Nationwide Insurance

Harold Jones on drums and Marshal Royal on alto sax guaranteed another unforgettable evening as we performed our annual tribute to Count Basie and Duke Ellington. We promised plenty of new music from the libraries of these great orchestras. Selections included: Perdido, Ring Dem Bells, Ellington Medley (Lush Life, Take The ‘A’ Train, I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good), It Don’t Mean A Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing), Prelude to a Kiss, Medley (Moon Mist, Duke’s In Bed), Cottontail, Jumpin’ At The Woodside, Shiny Stockings, I Can’t Stop Loving You, Cute, The Midnight Sun Will Never Set, 9:20 Special, Moon River, and South of the Border.

Performers:
Artistic Director – Ray Eubanks

Saxophones
Burdette Green, Jim Gallagher, Sonny McBroom, Jim Carroll, Steve Genteline

Trombones
Tom Dale, Ola Hanson, Gary Carney, Kevin Peters

Trumpets
Wes Orr, Bob Birkhimer, Bob Everhart, Jerry Kaye, Stan Gilliland

Rhythm Section
Hank Marr – Piano | Al Berry – Bass | Bob Breithaupt – Drums | Steve Grier – Congas

SATCHMO – AN AMERICAN GENIUS

Featuring Byron Stripling, Jeanette Williams, and Mary McClendon

Big Band Jazz Series
March 15-18, 1990 | Battelle Auditorium

Concert Sponsor: Garlikov & Associates, INC, David J. Glimcher Company, and Richard L. Bowen and Associates INC.

Byron Stripling was Satchmo. You heard the Armstrong hits plus a recreation of his wonderful “Porgy and Bess.” Selections included: West End Blues, Mack the Knife, Music from “Porgy and Bess” (Overture, Summertime, I Want To Stay Here, My Man’s Gone Now, I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’, Buzzard Song, Bess, You Is My Woman; It Ain’t Necessarily So, What Do You Want Wid Bess?, There’s A Boat Dat’s Leavin’ Soon for New York, Oh Lawd, I’m On My Way), Struttin’ With Some Barbecue, Hello, Dolly, On The Sunny Side Of The Street, What A Wonderful World, Dinah, Medley (Sleepytime Down South, Just A Closer Walk With Thee), Shine, Back Home Again In Indiana, I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead, You Rascal You, I’m Confessin’, and When The Saints Go Marching In. 

Performers:

Artistic Director – Ray Eubanks

Saxophones
Burdette Green, Jim Gallagher, Sonny McBroom, Jim Carroll, Steve Genteline

Trombones
Tom Dale, Ola Hanson, Gary Carney, Pat Lewis

Trumpets
Wes Orr, Bob Birkhimer, Bob Everhart, Jerry Kaye, Stan Gilliland

Rhythm Section
Hank Marr – Piano | Al Berry – Bass | Bob Breithaupt – Drums  | Steve Grier – Congas

KENTON X – WEST SIDE STORY

Featuring Kelly Crum Delaveris

Big Band Jazz Series
April 26-29, 1990 | Battelle Auditorium

Concert Sponsor: Kroger Co.

Three years previously, we premiered this exciting Kenton Classic. John Harner returned with his soaring rendition of Send in the Clowns. Selections included: Artistry in Rhythm, Opus in Chartreuse, Come Back to Sorrento, Send in the Clowns, Pennies From Heaven, The Morning After (The Night Before), I Got Rhythm, No Moon At All, It’s A Wonderful World, Granada, But Beautiful, Darn That Dream, Jump For Joe, Limehouse Blues, Spring is Here, Dynaflow, Laura, Misty, Waltz of the Prophets, “West Side Story” (Prologue/Overture, Something’s Coming, Maria, America, Tonight, Cool, Officer Krupke, Taunting Scene, Somewhere/Finale).

Performers:
Artistic Director – Ray Eubanks

Saxophones
Burdette Green, Jim Gallagher, Sonny McBroom, Jim Carroll, Steve Genteline

Trombones
Tom Dale, Ola Hanson, Gary Carney, Pat Lewis

Trumpets
Wes Orr, Bob Birkhimer, Bob Everhart, Jerry Kaye, Stan Gilliland

Rhythm Section
Hank Marr – Piano | Al Berry – Bass | Bob Breithaupt – Drums  | Steve Grier – Congas

Additional Musicians
Joel Johanson – Tenor Saxophone | Craig Orr – Percussion | Mark Flugge – Piano  | Kevin Peters – Bass Trombone  | Dave Sykes – Mellophonium | Chris McCormick – Mellophonium | Tim Swinehart – Mellophonium  | Larry Shafer – Tuba