Studying and performing in a small jazz combo is a significant part of every student’s education and is a requirement for performance majors. Enjoy an evening of jazz performed by small combos of students from the Jazz Studies department.

Program

Jazz Combo III
Gene DePaul; lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Teach Me Tonight

Cole Porter
It’s Alright with Me

Stevie Wonder
Master Blaster (Jammin’)

Oscar Levant; lyrics by Edward Heyman
Blame it On My Youth

Dick Jurgens and Eddy Howard
If I Knew Then

Aliyah Jones, vocals
Elio Wijaya, piano
Joey Ranieri, acoustic bass
Alejandro Salazar, drums & cymbals
Abigail Riccards, coach

Jazz Combo I

Jimmy Farace
Orange Lilac

Joseph Kosma
Autumn Leaves

Joe Henderson
Caribbean Fire Dance

Henry Carpender
The Day We Turn Blue

Teddy Meyers, trumpet
Jimmy Farace, baritone saxophone
Henry Carpender, trombone
Adam Kastler, piano
Carmani Edwards, acoustic bass
Tommy Sagins, drums & cymbals
Scott Hesse, coach

Jazz Combo XI

Randy Weston
Hi-Fly

Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein
It Might as Well Be Spring

Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner
I’ve Grown Accustomed to His Face

Bobby Hutcherson
Little B’s Poem

Sam Jones
Del Sasser (If You Never Fall in Love with Me)

Julia Smulson, vocals
Stephen Kuhn, guitar
Miles Richey, piano
Joey Ranieri, acoustic bass
Charlie O’Neill, drums & cymbals
Kathryn Sherman, coach

View complete concert program here. 

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