Roseville Big Band Concert in Central Park, July 4, 1991, 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Directed by Glen Newton

Proud Mary by J. C. Fogarty (1968), arr. by Dave Wolpe
(featuring the dueling (and wandering) trumpets of Phil Holm and Glen Newton)

In the Mood by Joe Garland (1939), arr. by Glenn Miller
(featuring solos by Scott Harris on tenor sax, Kay Foster on alto sax, and Jim Chamberlain on trumpet)

All of Me by Seymour Simons and Gerald Marks (1931), arr. by Billy Byers; as recorded by Count Basie
(featuring pianist Sue Nelson)

All the Things You Are by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II (1939), arr. by Mark Taylor
(featuring alto horn soloist Glen Newton and trumpet soloist Jim Chamberlain)

It Had to Be You by Gus Kahn and Isham Jones (1924), arr. by Peter Blair
(featuring vocalist Rob Kleinendorst, with a piano solo by Amy Feldkamp)

So Much In Love by William E. Jackson III, Roy Straigis, and George R. Williams
(sung a capella by the RAHS Doo-Wop Group, in their own arrangement based on the 1960's recordings by the Four Preps and the Tymes)

The Lion Sleeps Tonight by Solomon Linda (1939), with English lyrics by George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti, and Luigi Creatore
(sung a capella by the RAHS Doo-Wop Group, in their own arrangement based on the 1961 hit recording by The Tokens)

Just the Way You Are by Billy Joel (1977), arr. by Jerry Nowak
(featuring vocalist Rob Kleinendorst and alto saxophonist Kay Foster)

Tequila by Chuck Rio (1958), arr. by John Berry
(featuring guest percussionists from the audience, with solos played from within the audience by Glen Newton and Phil Holm, trumpets, Scott Harris, tenor sax, and Keith Miner, trombone; and onstage by Leigh Anderson, guitar, and Jim Foster, drums)

Sweet Georgia Brown by Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard, and Kenneth Casey (1925), arr. by Sammy Nestico
(with a solo by trombonist Rich Eyman)

Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa (Christmas Day 1896), arr. by Paul Battle and Bill Holcomb

Amy Feldkamp played piano on "It Had to Be You" and "Just the Way You Are"; Sue Nelson played piano on the rest. In addition to the soloists listed above, the Roseville Big Band performers for this concert included Nancy Veerkamp, alto sax; Richard "Doc" Leisen, tenor sax; Bill Pearson, baritone sax; Darrell Thorstenson and Ernie Scheidness, trombones; Milt Warkentien and Dave Anderson, trumpets; and Mike Wobig, electric bass.

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