Jazz Concerts
Jazz Program Performances
The April 26th, 2024 Spring SAU Jazz Program Showcase with performances from the SAU Jazz Lab and Jazz Ensemble.
Program Notes
0:00 Beginning of the video
4:08 How High the Moon – Morgan Lewis
9:08 Honeysuckle Rose – Fats Waller
14:08 Agua De Beber – Antonio Carlos Jobim
22:14 Straight, No Chaser – Thelonious Monk
32:26 Sandunga – Arturo Sandoval
42:50 Boplicity – Miles Davis
48:55 Moon Over Cuba – Juan Tizol
54:37 Here’s That Rainy Day – Bob Curnow
1:05:47 Chronometry – Fred Sturm
The March 8th, 2024 Southern Arkansas University Jazz Festival.
Featuring performances from Guest Artists:
Erica von Kleist, woodwinds
Oscar Passley, trumpet
Steve Haines, double bass
Program Notes
0:00 beginning of the video
1:55 Koobism – Chris Mertz
11:04 Stolen Moments – Oliver Nelson
23:24 Lush Life – Billy Strayhorn, arr. Mike Tomaro
33:25 Things Ain’t What They Used to Be… – Duke Ellington
44:11 Michelangelo – Astor Piazzolla, arr. Fred Sturm
57:51 Three and One – Thad Jones
1:13:02 High and Flighty – Hank Mobley, arr. Mark Taylor
The November 4th, 2023 Jazz Band Concert. Featuring Guest Artist, “Blue” Lou Marini.
Program Notes
0:00 Beginning of the video
4:15 The Groove Merchant – Thad Jones
11:58
17:13 Shot Gun Blues
25:20 The Peanut Vendor – Duke Ellington
31:28 Hey Bartender
50:53 New Rochelle – Bob Mintzer
1:03:19
1:11:55 God Bless the Child – Billie Holiday
1:19:55 Speak No Evil – Wayne Shorter (arr. Mike Tomaro)
1:31:11 Sweet Home Chicago
November 21st, 2022 Performance by the Southern Arkansas University Jazz Ensemble
Program Notes
0:00 Beginning of the video
5:04 Struttin’ with Some Barbecue – Louis Armstrong
11:22 Mack the Knife – Dave Wolpe
17:30 I Remember Clifford – Benny Golson
23:30 La Llama Azul – Bob Washut
43:51 Winds Out of the East – Mike Tomaro
50:55 The Blues Walk – Clifford Brown
57:46 Body snatchers – Radiohead, Fred Sturm
1:06:19 Magic Flea – Sammy Nestico
April 26th, 2022
2nd Annual SAU Jazz Festival Finale Concert, performance by the SAU Jazz Ensemble
Featured Guest Artists: Jessy J, Saxophone
Nathan Warner, Trumpet
Program Notes
0:00 Beginning of the video
12:20 First Piece
19:15 Hot Sauce – Jessy J
26:09 El Abrazo – Alan Baylock
35:32 Tropical Rain – Jessy J
43:02 A Child Is Born – Thad Jones
48:21 Tequila Moon – Jessy J
53:54 Corner Pocket – Count Basie
1:06:41 Rainbow Gold – Jessy J
March 15th, 2022
Program Notes
0:00 Beginning of Concert
3:06 Joy of Cooking – Sammy Nestico
15:06 I Left My Heart in San Francisco – Count Basie, Quincy Jones
20:44 Waltz of the Flowers – Bill Liston
28:58 Overjoyed – Bill Liston
44:06 Hunting Wabbits 3 – Gordon Goodwin
SAU Jazz Ensemble Concert Featuring Guest Artist Trevor Davis
Program Notes
0:00 Beginning of the Concert
0:45 On Green Dolphin Street – Don Schamber
8:43 Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise – Kris Berg
17:48 Samba Del Gringo – Gordon Goodwin
26:05 Cute – Neal Hefti
35:43 Wyrgly – Maria Schneider
48:02 Don’t Git Sassy – Thad Jones
56:45 Disney Salute – Sammy Nestico
April 22nd, 2021
SAU Jazz Ensemble Concert Performances by the SAU Jazz Ensemble and Trumpet Ensemble.
Program Notes
0:00 Beginning of Concert
3:01 Fired Up – David Roth
7:19 Two O’clock Jump – Harry James
14:05 I’m Beginning to See the Light – Mark Taylor
18:34 My Lament – Maria Schneider
24:52 Critical Mass – Jeff Jarvis
35:05 I Can’t Stop Loving You – Quincy Jones
March 21st, 2021 Concert Performance by the SAU Jazz Ensemble
Program Notes
0:00 Start of Video
5:17 Take the “A” Train – Don Schamber
14:48 Satin Doll – Sammy Nestico
22:40 Is There Life After Bebop – Tom Kubis
28:16 St. Louis Blues – Sammy Nestico
39:44 Sir Gawain & the Green Knight – Lyle Mays
October 22nd, 2020 Concert Performance by the SAU Jazz Ensemble
Program Notes
0:00 Beginning of the Video
7:57 Come Fly With Me – Count Basie
14:22 Samba Dees Godda Do It – Tom Kubis
20:05 Promise of Dreams – Bob Curnow
25:19 Computer – Bob Mintzer
41:50 Hay Burner – Sammy Nestico
47:07 Fly Me to the Moon – Frank Sinatra
51:00 Spain – Chick Corea
59:08 A Little Minor Booze – Stan Kenton
