Roseville Big Band Concert in Central Park, July 4, 1993, 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Seven Decades of Swing

Directed by Glen Newton

Alley Cat by Frank Bjorn (1962), arr. by Paul Cox
(featuring pianist Sue Nelson)

I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter by Joe Young and Fred E. Ahlert (1935), arr. by Dave Wolpe
(featuring vocalist Mary Lou Peterman, with an alto sax solo by Bill Pearson)

It's Only a Paper Moon by Billy Rose, E. Y. Harburg, and Harold Arlen (1932), arr. by Jerry Nowak
(featuring tuba soloist Glen Newton)

Little Brown Jug traditional (1939), arr. by Bill Finegan
(featuring solos by Glen Peterson, tenor sax, and Dan Menken, trumpet)

Do Nothing 'Til You Hear from Me by Bob Russell and Duke Ellington (1943), arr. by Jack Mason
(featuring vocalist Keith Miner, with a tenor sax solo by Glen Peterson)

Leap Frog by Joe Garland and Leo Corday (1941), arr. by Joe Garland
(featuring solos by Glen Peterson, tenor sax, and Jim Foster, drums)

When I Fall in Love by Edward Heyman and Victor Young (1952), arr. by Jerry Nowak
(featuring vocalist Mary Lou Peterman, with an alto sax solo by Bill Pearson)

La Bamba traditional, adapted by Ritchie Valens (1958), arr. by John Berry
(featuring guest percussionists from the audience, with an alto saxophone solo by Nancy Veerkamp)

Manhattan Spiritual by Bobby Troupe (1958), arr. by Bob Lowden

Moon River by Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer (1961), arr. by Joe Reisman, vocal arr. by Glen Newton
(featuring vocalists Mary Lou Peterman and Glen Newton, with an alto sax duet by Bill Pearson and Nancy Veerkamp)
This selection is available on the Roseville Big Band Concert in the Park CD and cassette tape.

All My Life (1971)
(featuring tenor sax soloist Brian Jacques playing from within in the audience)

After the Lovin' by Alan Bernstein and Ritchie Adams (1974)
(featuring vocalist Mary Lou Peterman)

Oodles of Blues by Steve Wright (1983)
(featuring dueling tenor saxophonists Glen Peterson and Brian Jacques)

Starting Now by Julie Stenberg Zeidel (1983)
(featuring solos by trombonist Julie Stenberg, tubist Glen Newton, tenor saxophonist Glen Peterson, and guitarist Carl Berger)

Woodchopper's Ball by Joey Bishop and Woody Herman (1939), arr. by Glenn Osser
(featuring solos by Mike Wobig on electric bass, Brian Jacques on tenor sax, and Glen Newton on trumpet)
This selection is available on the Roseville Big Band Concert in the Park CD and cassette tape.

In addition to the soloists named above, performers for this concert included Richard "Doc" Leisen, tenor sax; Melanie Kleiss, baritone sax; Alex Wilson, Harvey Skow, and Bob Nielsen, trumpets; Fred Christiansen and Rich Eyman, trombones. Keith Miner also played bass trombone, and Glen Newton also played vibraphone.

Director Glen Newton also gave the band showmanship guidelines for this and the other summer, 1993, concerts in the park.

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