Spring to Jazz, featuring the WU Jazz Big Bands and Advanced Jazz Combos

Program:

Combo I

Cherokee (1938) Ray Noble (1903 - 1978)
Voyage (1986) Kenny Baron (b. 1943)
I Fall in Love too Easily (1944) Jules Styne (1905 - 1994)
          Tucker Hirsch, tenor saxophone
          Matt Galik, piano Jonah Babitz, alto saxophone
          Jeff Anderson, bass
          Steve Davis, drums

Monday Night Jazz Band
Cotton Tail (1940) Duke Ellington (1899 - 1974)
I Got it Bad and That Ain’t Good (1941) Music by Duke Ellington (1899 - 1974)
Rouge (1954) (from “Birth of the Cool”) (1920 - 2001) arr. Mike Tomaro
Attitude Dance (1991) Stephen Kupka (Recorded by Tower of Power) 

Combo II

Hopscotch (1999) Ralph Moore
Witch Hunt (1964) Wayne Shorter
          Matt Galik, piano
          Kevin McCann, tenor saxophone
          Jeff Anderson, bass
          Steve Davis, drums

 Wednesday Night Jazz Band

Voyage (1986) Kenny Barron
Four Brothers (1948) Jimmy Giuffre (1921 - 2008)
Night and Day (1932) Cole Porter (1891 - 1964)
          Hannah Gilberstadt, vocal

I Could Write a Book (1940) Music by Richard Rodgers (1902 - 1979)
          Vocal Jazz Quartet:
          Michelle Schrier, soprano
          Hannah Gilberstadt, alto
          Ben Vance, tenor
          Andrew Senol, bass

 15 Minutes Late (1991) John Clayton (b. 1952)
Cruisin’ for a Bluesin’ (1989) Andy Weiner
Someone to Watch Over Me (1926) George Gershwin (1898 - 1937)
           Hannah Gilberstadt, vocal

 I’m Gonna Live Till I Die (1950) Al Hoffman (1902 - 1960)
          Hannah Gilberstadt, vocal

Armando’s Rhumba (1976) Chick Corea (b. 1941)