In their 21st season, Jazz Arts Group presented concerts both at the Palace Theatre and the Battelle Auditorium. The Palace Theatre concerts featured Freddie Cole, Jack Jones and the Four Freshmen, and Maureen McGovern. The Battelle series featured Diane Schuur, Jiggs Whigham, Arturo Sandoval, Benny Golson, and concluded the season with an encore performance of the Stan Kenton/West Side Story tribute concert.

Season Sponsors: Ohio Arts Council, Greater Columbus Arts Council

A SALUTE TO NAT KING COLE

Featuring Freddie Cole, Tom Hubbard, and Jerry Byrd

Palace Theatre Series
September 18, 1993 | Palace Theatre

Concert Sponsor: Nationwide Insurance

All of those wonderful songs with that incomparable style came soaring to life when Nat’s brother Freddie took the stage for our Palace series opener. Freddie inherited that great Cole family sound and combined it with his own individuality, style, and presence. You heard Orange Colored Sky, Sweet Lorraine, and many, many more. An unforgettable night! Program selections were announced from the stage.

Performers:
Artistic Director – Ray Eubanks

Saxophones
Michael Cox, Steve Genteline, Burdette Green, Sonny McBroom, Byron Rooker

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

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

Rhythm Section

Hank Marr – piano | Al Berry – bass | Bob Breithaupt – drums

 

AN EVENING WITH DIANE SCHUUR

Featuring Roger Hines and Jim Rupp

Battelle Series
October 27-31, 1993 | Battelle Memorial

Concert Sponsor: Infiniti of Columbus

What an opener! The premier vocal talent in jazz joined JAG for five, yes, five big nights!! In the intimacy of Battelle Auditorium, you had your chance to see and hear a superstar up close. Roger Hines on bass and Jim Rupp on drums were very special guests. Selections included: To Bop Or Not To Bop, Carnival, Lunceford Special, Stella By Starlight, Paper Moon, Get Happy, Deedle’s Blues, Love For Sale, Easy To Love, Deed I Do, Sweet Georgia Brown, Travelin’ Light, Caught A Touch Of Your Love, We’ll Be Together Again, Every Day (I Have The Blues), Come Rain Or Come Shine, Louisiana Sunday Afternoon, and Climbing Higher Mountains.

Performers:
Artistic Director – Ray Eubanks

Saxophones
Michael Cox, Steve Genteline, Burdette Green, Sonny McBroom, Byron Rooker

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

Trumpets
Bob Birkhimer, Bob Everhart, Jerry Kaye, Wes Orr, Ben Huntoon

Rhythm Section
Hank Marr – piano | Al Berry – bass | Bob Breithaupt – drums | Steve Grier – congas

 

 

IN THE MOOD FOR SWING

Featuring Jiggs Whigham and Kelly Delaveris

Battelle Series
December 1-5, 1993 | Battelle Memorial

Concert Sponsor: Grange Insurance

Jiggs Whigham has spent most of his adult life becoming a jazz superstar in Europe. As a trombonist, he has been compared to all of the greats: J.J., Carl Fontana, Bill Watrous, and Phil Wilson. Since JAG had a pair of monsters of its own in Gary Carney and Ola Hanson, this promised to be swing-sational! Selections included: Hank’s Idea, Perdido, Stardust, Bloco Do Prazer, It Don’t Mean A Thing, In A Mellowtone, I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart, Since You Stayed Here, Sugar Box, Love Walked In, Bewitched, You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To, To John, Buckeye Blues, It Could Happen To You, Easy To Love, Big Foot, and I’ll Be Around.

 

 

Performers:
Artistic Director – Ray Eubanks

Saxophones
Michael Cox, Steve Genteline, Burdette Green, Sonny McBroom, Byron Rooker

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

Trumpets
Bob Birkhimer, Bob Everhart, Jerry Kaye, Wes Orr, Dean Congin

Rhythm Section
Hank Marr – piano | Al Berry – bass | Bob Breithaupt – drums | Steve Grier – congas

 

AN EVENING WITH JACK JONES

Featuring The Four Freshmen, Matt Catingub, Jim Blakemore, and Trey Henry

Palace Theatre Series
January 15, 1994 | Palace Theatre

Concert Sponsor: Chase Bank (previously Bank One)

That’s right! The Four Freshmen returned and joined up with one of the most phenomenal voices in modern music history. Both Jack Jones and the Four Freshman have their share of awards and accolades. Millions of fans still hear Jones singing the immensely popular theme to The Love Boat. Program selections were announced from the stage.

 

 

Performers:
Artistic Director – Ray Eubanks

Saxophones
Steve Genteline, Burdette Green, Sonny McBroom, Bill Mulligan,Byron Rooker

Trombones
Tom Dale, Ola Hanson, Pat Lewis, Jim Masters

Trumpets
Bob Birkhimer, Dean Congin, Bob Everhart, Jerry Kaye, Wes Orr

Rhythm Section
Peter Larson – piano | Al Berry – bass | Bob Breithaupt – drums

 

FROM HAVANA WITH JAZZ – A SALUTE TO DIZZY GILLESPIE

Featuring Arturo Sandoval and Jeanette Williams Brewer

Battelle Series
February 16-20, 1994 | Battelle Memorial

Concert Sponsor: HSBC (previously Household Bank)

Put Freddie Hubbard, Doc Severinsen, and Harry James together and you get the man Dizzy called “The greatest trumpet player in the world today,” Arturo Sandoval. Sandoval has been electrifying audiences from Japan to Germany and from North to South America since leaving “Castor’s Cuba” several years ago. From high flying afro-cuban rhythms to be-bop and ballads, no one in the world can top this! Selections included: One Man Band, Samba Con Carney, Perdido, Stardust, Just In Time, If I Could, Drink Muddy Water, Just Friends, I Remember Clifford, Fire Dance, Groovin’ High, A Mis Abvelos, Milestones, Cherokee, A Night In Tunisia, I Can’t Get Started, Secret Love, and Frankie and Johnny.

Performers:
Artistic Director – Ray Eubanks

Saxophones
Michael Cox, Steve Genteline, Burdette Green, Sonny McBroom, Byron Rooker

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

Trumpets
Bob Birkhimer, Bob Everhart, Jerry Kaye, Wes Orr, Dean Congin

Rhythm Section
Hank Marr – piano | Jeff Halsey – bass | Bob Breithaupt – drums | Steve Grier – congas

BENNY AND BASIE

Featuring Benny Golson, Harold Jones, and Tia Harris Roseboro

Battelle Series
March 23-27, 1994 | Battelle Memorial

Concert Sponsor: Huntington Bank

Benny Golson that is!!! A chance to see and hear one of the all-time great legends of the saxophone. Golson had recently returned to playing after 25 years of Hollywood success composing for such great TV shows as Ironside, Mannix, M*A*S*H, and Mission Impossible. He became very close to JAG as a guest artist on our new recording that was released that fall. Harold Jones returned on drums as the JAG explored the endless legacy of Count Basie. Selections included: Chicago, A Fine Romance, Mambo Inn, Shiny Stockings, Pleasingly Plump, April In Paris, The Midnight Sun Will Never Set, Cute, Moon River, It’s Only A Paper Moon, God Bless The Child, Avalon, 9:20 Special, Along Came Betty, All The Things You Are, Time After Time, Hip Shakin’, One O’Clock Jump, Vas Simeon, New York, and You.

Performers:
Artistic Director – Ray Eubanks

Saxophones
Steve Genteline, Burdette Green, Sonny McBroom, Byron Rooker, Gene Walker

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

Trumpets
Bob Birkhimer, Bob Everhart, Jerry Kaye, Wes Orr, Dean Congin

Rhythm Section
Hank Marr – piano | Jeff Halsey – bass | Bob Breithaupt – drums | Derek DiCenzo – guitar

 

 

 

KENTON XIV – WEST SIDE STORY

Featuring Jon Von Ohlen and Michele Horsefield Carney

Battelle Series
April 27-May 1, 1994 | Battelle Memorial

Concert Sponsor: Kroger

Encore!! Encore!! You heard our version of heavy metal, as JAG performed Stan Kenton’s 1961 Grammy Award winning album complete with mellophones. You had been asking for this one again since we gave the world premiere four seasons ago! John “the Baron” Von Ohlen joined us on drums. Selections included: Artistry In Rhythm, Limehouse Blues, Laura, Mellophobia, Ruben’s Blues, Tico Tico, Young Blood, Swing House, Four Of A Kind, Fitz, How High The Moon, Midnight Sun, Just One Of Those Things, The Big Chase, Suite From “West Side Story” (Something’s Coming, Maria, America, Tonight, Cool, Somewhere/Finale), Cuban Fire Suite-Part II.

 

Performers:
Artistic Director – Ray Eubanks

Saxophones
Steve Genteline, Burdette Green, Sonny McBroom, Byron Rooker, Michael Cox

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

Trumpets
Bob Everhart, Larry Everhart, Wes Orr, Dean Congin, Jack Schantz

Rhythm Section
Peter Larson – piano | Al Berry – bass | Bob Breithaupt – drums | Steve Grier – congas

Mellophones
Todd Stoll, Tim Swinehart, Ben Huntoon, Dave Sycks

 

GERSHWIN AND MORE

Featuring Maureen McGovern, Lee Musiker, Allan Schwartzberg, and Dick Mackey

Palace Theatre Series
May 14, 1994 | Palace Theatre

Concert Sponsor: Wolfe Associates, Inc.

One of the most versatile performers of her generation, she is best known for her #1 gold records The Morning After and We May Never Love This Way Again. She is considered by many to be the world’s foremost interpreter of the music of George Gershwin. She remains one of New York City’s favorite singer-actresses, having performed in Joseph Papp’s production of The Pirates of Penzeance, Nine, and opposite Sting in Three Penny Opera. This was an evening with JAG to remember! Program selections were announced from the stage.

Performers:
Artistic Director – Ray Eubanks

Saxophones
Michael Cox, Steve Genteline, Burdette Green, Sonny McBroom, Byron Rooker

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

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

Rhythm Section
Hank Marr – piano | Al Berry – bass | Bob Breithaupt – drums | Stan Smith – guitar