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2011-2012

Jazz II

Full Count - Mark Taylor
Fly Me To The Moon - Arranged by Jerry Nowak
Blue Bones - Dominic Spera (Trombone Feature)
Just a Minor Thing - Mike Steinel
Tangerine - Victor Schertzinger, arr. John Berry
St. Thomas - Sonny Rollins, arr. Mark Taylor
I Got Rhythm - George Gerswin and Ira Gershwin, arr. Dave Wolpe
        Featuring Richard Judd on Trombone
Blues for Buster - Tom Molter
Riding on a Blue Note - Duke Ellington, Tran. David Berger
        Featuring: Adrian Gutierrez
My Favorite Things - Richard Rodgers, arr. Roger Holmes 
Good Vibes - Scott Stanton
Featuring: Greg Pollock
Blackbird - John Lennon and Paul McCartney, arr. Mike Tomaro

Swing Night Music:
How High the Moon - Michael Sweeney
A Night in Tunisia - Michael Sweeney
Stompin at the Savoy - Michael Sweeney
A String of Pearls - Bob Lowden
Summertime - Michael Sweeney
Jumpin at the Woodside - Count Basie, arr. Sammy Nestico

Jazz I

Things to Come - Dizzy Gillespie
Hay Burner - Sammy Nestico
Symphony in Riffs - Benny Carter
The Mooche - Duke Ellington
All the things you are - Arranged by John Berry  (Trombone Feature)
Sugar - Arranged by Mark Taylor
Gospel John - Arranged by Andy Clark
Blue Rondo a la Turk - Dave Brubeck, arr. Calvin Custer
Mr. Zoot Suite - Mark Cally, arr. Roger Holmes
        Featuring Vocalist: Mikalha Barem
Everything In Its Right Place - RaidioHead, arr. James Miley
Count Bubba - Gordon Goodwin
Ornithology - Charlie Parker, arr. Roger Holmes
        Featuring: Kevin Felt & Jakob Yansen
Morocco - Russ Freeman, arr. Gordon Goodwin
Nostalgia in Times Square - Charles Mingus, arr. Sy Johnson
Movin’ Uptown - Benny Carter
Polka Dots and Moonbeams - arr. Bill Holman
        Featuring: Emma Eliason, Trombone

Swing Night Music:
Sing, Sing, Sing - arr. Mike Lewis
The American Patrol - arr. Paul Lavender
Blue Skies - arr. Paul Jennings
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - arr. Larry Norred
In the Mood - arr. Paul Lavender
It Don't Mean a thing - arr. Mark Taylor
Little Brown Jug - arr. Paul Lavender
Strompin at the Savoy - arr. Dave Barduhn

2010–2011

Zero Hour Jazz Band

Blue Train- John Coltrane
I Remember Clifford - arranged by Mike Vax
        Featuring: Morgan Simon, Trumpet
Amigo, For “Mo” - Paul Clark
Alright, Okay, You Win- arranged by Sammy Nestico
Carnaby Street - Sammy Nestico
Emancipation Blues - Oliver Nelson, arr. Mike Vax
        Directed by Mannen O’Brien
Early Autumn - Ralph Burns and Woody Herman,             arranged by John Verry
Wah,Wah! - Howard Rowe
        Featuring: Jonathan Cortazar-Garcia

Jazz II

Route 66 - arranged By Michael Sweeney
Fancy Pants- Sammy Nestico
Misty - arranged by Mike Lewis
    Featuring: Dylan Thomas & Chloe Kastelic, Alto
Abracadabra - Larry Barton
Four - Miles Davis, arranged by Mark Taylor
When Sunny Gets Blue- Marvin Fisher, arranged by Dave Barduhn
        Featuring: Chloe Kastelic
Sing, Sing, Sing - Music by Louis Prima, arranged by Mike Lewis
        Featuring Britt Givens
Someone to Watch Over Me: Ira & George Gerswwin
        Featuring: Adina Aaenson
Work Song - Nat Adderley, arranged by Geoff Keezer
Groove Merchant - Jerome Richardson, arr. by Dave Barduhn
Harlem Speaks - Duke Ellington Transcribed by David Berger
Filthy McNasty - Horace Silver, arr. John Labarbera
Prelude to a Kiss - Duke Ellington, arranged by Dave Wolpe
        featuring: Ian Mazzarella & Danny Salgado
Jelly Roll - Charles Mingus, arranged by Sy Johnson
Channel One Suite - Bill Reddie, arranged by Mike Lewis

Jazz I

Let The Good Times Roll - arranged by Mark Taylor
        Featuring – Tyler Johnson, Trumpet
Moanin’ - Bobby Timmons, arranged by Mark Taylor
That Warm Feeling - Sammy Nestico
        Featuring – Clare Glackin, Piano
Moanin’ - Charles Mingus, arranged by Sy Johnson
        Featuring: Gracie Ermi, Baritone Sax
Swingin’ The Blues - Count Basie and Edie Durham,                        arranged by Eddie Durham
The Peanut Vendor - Moises Simons, arranged by Dick Vance
Every Day (I have the blues) - arr. by Ernie Wilkins
        Featuring: Miles Harris, Voice
Perdido - arranged by Duke Ellington
        Featuring: Jonathan Gipaya, Trumpet
Switch In Time - Sammy Nestico
Again Again - Benny Carter
        Featuring: Jakob Yansen
Straight No Chaser - Miles Davis, arr Mark Taylor
Better Get hit in Your Soul - Charles Mingus
Take Five - Paul Desmond, arr. by Dave Wolpe Dave Brubeck
Sophisticated Lady - Duke Ellington
        Featuring: Grace Ermi on Bari
23 degrees north 82 Degrees South - William Russo
        Edited by bob Curnow Stan Kenton Orchestra Library
Saints Alive - arranged by John Berry

2009–2010

Zero Hour Jazz Band

Cozy Toes  - Lennie Niehaus
On Green Dolphin Street  - Bronislau Kaper, arr. Victor Lopez
Fly Me to the Moon - Bart Howard, Arr. Jerry Nowak
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - Don Raye & Hughie Prince
        arr. Michael Sweeney
Orange Sherbert -  Sammy Nestico
The Muggle Jive - Robert Woods
Embraceable You  - George and Ira Gershwin, arr. Roy Phillippe
Hogwart Stop - Robert Woods
Grovin’ Hard -  Don Menza, Arr. Dave Barduhn                
In a Sentimental Mood - Duke Ellington, Arr. Mike Tomaro
        Featuring: Fabian Nieto-Milan on tenor sax               
Cherry Point - Neal Hefti
La Fiesta - Chick Corea, Arr. Victor Lopez

Jazz I

A Night in Tunisia - John “Dizzy” Gillespie, arr. Michael Sweeney
Splanky-  Neal Hefti,Arr. Sammy Nestico
Summertime - George Gershwin, arr. Roger Pemberton
Symphony in Riffs - Benny Carter, Edited by David Berger
Conga  - Enrique E. Garcia ,arr. Steve Mochel
The Queen Bee - Sammy Nestico
Erica - Frank Mantooth
        Featuring: Mannen O’Brien on Trumpet    
Haitian Fight Song - Charles Mingus, arr. Andrew Homzy
Black and Tan Fantasy - Duke Ellington and Bubber Miley
Tall Cotton - Sammy Nestico
        Featuring: Collin Wagner on Trombone
Goodbye Porkpie Hat - Charles Mingus
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