The sound is “Big Band Jazz” and the atmosphere is electric! The excitement is building!! Great artists combine with Columbus’ own fabulous Big Band, Ray Eubanks and the Jazz Arts Group including

Season Sponsors: Scottish Rite, Valley of Columbus, Jack Schmidt Oldsmobile/Peugeot,  AT&T, Huntington Banks, David J. Glimcher, Garlikov & Associates. Inc., Kroger

MARGARET WHITING & KAY STARR

Featuring Frank Ortega and Tex Arnold

Big Band Bash Series
September 8, 1990 | Palace Theatre

Concert Sponsor: Nationwide Insurance

Program selections were announced from the stage.

Performers:
Artistic Director – Ray Eubanks

Saxophones
Burdette Green, Jim Gallagher, Sonny McBroom, Byron Rooker, 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

 

EDDIE DANIELS & THE WIZARDRY OF HAROLD ARLEN & JEROME KERN

Featuring Michele Horsefield Carney

Big Band Jazz Series
October 24-28, 1990 | Battelle Auditorium

Concert Sponsor: Jack Schmidt Oldsmobile

Selections included: The Way You Look Tonight, Yesterdays, Pick Yourself Up, Out of This World, I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues, We’re Off To See The Wizard, Old Man River, Blues in the Night, Medley (Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, They Didn’t Believe Me, Long Ago and Far Away), This Will Be My Shining Hour, I’m Old Fashioned, Dearly Beloved, Look for the Silver Lining, It’s Only a Paper Moon, Ill Wind, Get Happy, Come Rain or Come Shine, All The Things You Are, Old Man River, and Somewhere Over the Rainbow.

Performers:
Artistic Director – Ray Eubanks

Saxophones
Burdette Green, Jim Gallagher, Sonny McBroom, Byron Rooker, 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

A JAZZ TRIBUTE TO NAT ‘KING’ COLE

Featuring Monty Alexander

Big Band Jazz Series
November 28-December 2, 1990 | Battelle Auditorium

Concert Sponsor: AT&T

Selections included: Basically Blues, The Entertainer, I Write the Songs, Alexander’s Ragtime Band, Shadrack, Whim, Make Your Dreams Come True, Bulbous Garlic Blues, The Days of Wine and Roses, Route 66, Nature Boy, Walking My Baby Back Home, S’Wonderful, I Love You For Sentimental Reasons, To the Ends of the Earth, Straighten Up and Fly Right, Unforgettable, Sweet Lorraine, Moonlight in Vermont, and Honeysuckle Rose.

Performers:
Artistic Director – Ray Eubanks

Saxophones
Burdette Green, Jim Gallagher, Sonny McBroom, Byron Rooker, 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

 

AN EVENING WITH ROSEMARY CLOONEY

Featuring Dick Mackey

Big Band Bash Series
January 12, 1991 | Palace Theatre

Concert Sponsor: Chase Bank (previously Bank One)

Program selections were announced from the stage.

Performers:
Artistic Director – Ray Eubanks

Musical Director – John Oddo

Saxophones
Burdette Green, Jim Gallagher, Sonny McBroom, Byron Rooker, 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
Jim Rupp – drums | Doug Richeson – bass | Jim Luellen – piano

 

THE COUNT & THE DUKE

Featuring Harry “Sweets” Edison, Harold Jones, and Norris Turney

Big Band Jazz Series
January 30-February 3, 1991 | Battelle Auditorium

Concert Sponsor: Huntington Banks

Selections included: April in Paris, Avenue “C”, Cute, Duet, I Can’t Stop Lovin’ You, Jive At Five, Li’l Ol’ Groovemaker, One O’Clock Jump, One O’Clock Out, Blues In Frankie’s Flat, The Blues Machine, Taps Miller, Easy Living, The Second Time Around, I’ll Never Smile Again, Battle Royal, Cottontail, East St. Louis Toodle-oo, Caravan, In A Sentimental Mood, The Star-Crossed Lovers from “Such Sweet Thunder”, Take The “A” Train, Harlem Airshaft, and Daybreak Express.

 

 

Performers:
Artistic Director – Ray Eubanks

Saxophones
Burdette Green, Jim Gallagher, Sonny McBroom, Byron Rooker, 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

AN EVENING WITH LOUIE BELLSON

Featuring Kelly Crum Delaveris

Big Band Jazz Series
March 6-10, 1991 | Battelle Auditorium

Concert Sponsor: Garlikov & Associates, INC.

Selections included: Tangerine, Don’t Go To Strangers, All My Tomorrows, Night and Day, Easy to Love, Ultrasonic High, Samba de los Me, Coyote Woman Blues, One Man Band, Mr. Smoke, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, Airmail Special, Don’t Be That Way, Cherokee, Prelude To A Kiss, East Side Suite, Parts 1,2,3; If I Were A Bellson, La Bande Grande, Quiet Riot, Bye, Bye, To All Birds; Intimacy of the Blues, and Easy Time.

 

Performers:
Artistic Director – Ray Eubanks

Saxophones
Burdette Green, Jim Gallagher, Sonny McBroom, Byron Rooker, 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

A KENTON ROADSHOW

Featuring The Four Freshmen

Big Band Jazz Series
April 24-28, 1991 | Battelle Auditorium

Concert Sponsor: Kroger

Selections included: Artistry in Rhythm, Opus in Turquoise, A Little Minor Booze, Eager Beaver, Malaguena, Artistry in Boogie, Opus in Pastels, Dynaflow, Intermission Riff, My Old Flame, Route 66, In This Whole Wide World, You Are The Sunshine of My Life, She Was Too Good to Me, April in Paris, Angel Eyes, There Will Never Be Another You, After One, Opus One, Day By Day, Graduation Day/It’s a Blue World, and Sophisticated Medley.

Performers:
Artistic Director – Ray Eubanks

Musical Director – John Oddo

Saxophones
Burdette Green, Jim Gallagher, Sonny McBroom, Byron Rooker, 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
Michael Cox – saxophone | Peter Larson – piano

 

A SOLUTE TO THE DORSEYS

Featuring Bill Tole and the New Pied Pipers

Big Band Bash Series
May 18, 1991 | Palace Theatre

Concert Sponsor: Scottish Rite Masons, Valley of Columbus

Selections included: I’m Getting Sentimental Over You, Song of India, Boogie Woogie, Comin’ Thru the Rye, I Get A Kick Out of You, Alexander’s Ragtime Band, Front Page Rag, Don’t Worry About Me, The Music of Tommy Dorsey, Oh! Look At Me Now, I’ll Never Smile Again, The Music of Jimmy Dorsey Bows, The Music of Glenn Miller, and Trolley Song.

Performers:

Artistic Director – Ray Eubanks

Musical Director – John Oddo

Saxophones
Burdette Green, Jim Gallagher, Sonny McBroom, Byron Rooker, 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