Jazz Ensemble
The Jazz Ensemble is a standard 17-member big band dedicated to the study and performance
of classic jazz and popular music from the 1920s through today. Emphasis is placed
on ensemble interaction and individual improvisation.
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Performances
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The ensemble gives several on-campus performances yearly—at Christmas on the Promenade,
the Wind Symphony Christmas Concert, the School of Music Pops Concert, and a full
concert in the spring. Additionally, the Jazz Ensemble performs at civic functions,
wedding receptions, and other social events in the greater Chattanooga area.
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Conductor's Philosophy
"Along with my deep love of wind concert music, I have a passion for jazz. Even
after directing jazz ensembles for 20+ years, the combination of swinging ensemble
playing and inspired improvisation still energizes me as almost nothing does. It tends
to do that for audiences and players, too!"
-Ken Parsons
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-Ken Parsons
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Auditions
Wind and percussion players are selected by the director from the ranks of the
Wind Symphony, while piano, bass, and guitar players are chosen by audition. The audition
consists of two parts:
Prepare and perform two pieces in contrasting jazz styles, displaying your ability to both comp and play soloistically.
Sight-read several chart excerpts in various jazz styles—swing, ballad, samba, funk, etc.
Results will be discussed at the end of the audition.
Prepare and perform two pieces in contrasting jazz styles, displaying your ability to both comp and play soloistically.
Sight-read several chart excerpts in various jazz styles—swing, ballad, samba, funk, etc.
Results will be discussed at the end of the audition.
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Membership
As the ensemble meets only once weekly, it is a non-credit-bearing ensemble. However,
members are still expected to make a yearlong commitment to the ensemble. Punctual,
regular attendance and outside preparation are conditions of continued membership.
Recent Repertoire
2023–2024
- Deck the Halls With Jingle Bells – Traditional, arranged by Rich DeRosa
- Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! – Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne, arranged by Alan Baylock
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing – Felix Mendelssohn, arranged by Rich DeRosa
- The LIttle Drummer Boy – Katherine Davis, Henry Onorati, and Harry Simeone, arranged by Gordon Goodwin
- That's a Plenty – Lew Pollack, arranged by Les Hooper
- Basin Street Blues – Spencer Williams, arranged by Paul Jennings
- Struttin' With Some Barbecue – Lili Hardin Armstrong and Don Raye, arranged by Mike Tomaro
- Royal Garden Blues – Spencer Williams, arranged by Andy Clarke
- When the Saints Go Marching In – Traditional, arranged by Dean Sorenson
- It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) – Duke Ellington, arranged by Mark Taylor
- Satin Doll – Duke Ellington, arranged by Sammy Nestico
- Mood Indigo – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, and Albany Bigard, arranged by John Clayton
- Allyson Stirewalt, mezzo-soprano
- Cotton Tail – Duke Ellington, arranged by Mark Taylor
- Concerto for Cootie – Duke Ellington, transcribed by David Berger
- Max Shull, trumpet
- In a Mellow Tone – Duke Ellington, arranged by Oliver Nelson
- Don't Get Around Much Anymore – Duke Ellington and Bob Russell, arranged by Billy Strayhorn, transcribed
by David Berger
- Natalie Jensen, soprano
- I'm Beginning to See the Light – Duke Ellington, arranged by Sammy Nestico
- Lush Life – Billy Strayhorn, arranged by Mike Tomaro
- Main Stem – Duke Ellington, arranged by Manny Albam
- Caravan – Duke Ellington and Juan Tizol, arranged by Mike Tomaro
2022–2023
- "Hot Chocolate" from The Polar Express – Alan Silvestri
- Jingle Bells – James Pierpont, arranged by Sammy Nestico
- Winter Wonderland – Felix Bernard, arranged by Jack Cooper
- Joy to the World – Lowell Mason, arranged by Richard DeRosa
- St. Louis Blues March – W.C. Handy, arranged by Jerry Gray
- Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy – Don Rae & Hughie Prince
- Abby Haslam, Natalie Jensen, Vallery Nehvatal, voices
- South Rampart Street Parade – Ray Bauduc & Bob Haggart, arranged by Bob Lowden
- Can't Stop My Leg – Rob McConnell
- One O'Clock Jump – Count Basie
- St. James Infirmary – Joe Primrose
- Max Shull, trumpet
- Almost Like Being in Love – Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Lowe
- Rachel Elliott Magee, soprano
- Nice 'n' Easy – Lew Spence, arranged by Quincy Jones
- Take the "A" Train – Billy Strayhorn
- Boplicity – Miles Davis, arranged by Mike Tomaro
- Oye Como Va – Tito Puente, arranged by Michael Philip Mossman
- Footprints – Wayne Shorter, arranged by Mike Tomaro
- Birdland – Josef Zawinul, arranged by Larry Kerchner
- The Chicken – Alfred James Ellis, arranged by Kris Berg
2021–2022
- Deck the Halls – Traditional, arranged by Ted Blumenthal
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing – Felix Mendelssohn, arranged by Gordon Goodwin
- Everybody's Waitin' for the Man With the Bag – Harold Stanley, Irving Taylor, & Dudley Brooks
- Natalie Jensen
- Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer – Johnny Marks, arranged by Chris Sharp
- Rockit – Herbie Hancock, arranged by Paul Jennings
- East of the Sun (and West of the Moon) – Brooks Bowman, arranged by Dan Keberle
- It's Only a Paper Moon –Harold Arlen, arranged by Billy May
- Alyson Zapara, soprano
- Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, arranged by Tommy Newsom
- Gabe Lajas, trumpet
- Shining Star – Maurice White, Philip Bailey, & Larry Dunn, arranged by Mark Taylor
- Rabble Rouser – Billy Byers
- Sweet Lorraine – Cliff Burwell, arranged by Dave Wolpe
- Invitation – Bronislau Kaper, arranged by Erik Morales
- American Patrol – Frank White Meacham, arranged by Paul Lavender
- Jelly Roll – Charles Mingus, arranged by Sy Johnson
- Haitian Fight Song – Charles Mingus, arranged by Andrew Homzy
- Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered – Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart, arranged by Mark Taylor
- Alyson Zapara, soprano
- Superstition – Stevie Wonder, arranged by Mike Tomaro
- Tiger Rag – Nick LaRocca, arranged by Dean Sorenson
- Sing, Sing, Sing – Louis Prima, arranged by Mike Lewis
- Josh Vollberg, drums
- High Maintenance – Gordon Goodwin
2020–2021
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas – Traditional, arranged by Bryan Kidd
- Santa Baby – Joan Javits, Philip & Tony Springer, arranged by Gordon Goodwin
- The Little Drummer Boy – Katherine Davis, arranged by Joe Jackson
- What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? – Frank Loesser, transcribed by Jon Harpin
- Alyson Zapara, soprano
- Strike Up the Band – George Gershwin
- Ja-Da – Bob Carleton
- On Green Dolphin Street - Bronislau Kaper
- My Baby Just Cares for Me – Walter Donaldson & Gus Kahn
- Janelle Dobson, soprano
- When I Fall in Love – Victor Young
- I Only Have Eyes for You – Harry Warren & Al Dubin
- Nathan Batchelor, tenor
- So What – Miles Davis
- Ya Gotta Try – Sammy Nestico
- Feels So Good – Chuck Mangione
- Gabe Lajas, flugelhorn
- Children of Sanchez – Chuck Mangione
- The Jazz Police – Gordon Goodwin
2019–2020
- Autumn Leaves – Joseph Kosma, arranged by Peter Blair
- Moten Swing – Buster & Benny Moten, arranged by Ernie Wilkins
- Big Swing Face – Bill Potts
- Such Sweet Thunder – Duke Ellington, arranged by Mike Kamuf
- Here Comes the Sun – George Harrison, arranged by Mike Tomaro
- Sweet Georgia Brown - Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard & Kenneth Casey, arranged by Sammy Nestico
- Cute – Neal Hefti, arranged by Calvin Custer
- Li'l Darlin' - Neal Hefti
- Things Ain’t What They Used to Be – Mercer Ellington
- La Fiesta – Chick Corea, arranged by Victor Lopez
- Emancipation Blues – Oliver Nelson, arranged by Roger Holmes
- Brazil – S. K. Russell & Ary Barroso, arranged by Michael Philip Mossman
- I Wish – Stevie Wonder, arranged by Mike Tomaro
- I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm – Irving Berlin, arranged by Alan Glasscock
- Rachel Elliott, soprano
- Angels We have Heard on High –French carol, arranged by Rich DeRosa
- Go, Tell It On the Mountain – Spiritual, arranged by Roy Philippe
- Satin Doll – Duke Ellington &
Billy Strayhorn, arranged by Sammy Nestico - Always and Forever – Pat Metheny, arranged by Bob Curnow
- Joshua Gardner, guitar
- Brazilian Love Affair – George Duke, arranged by Eric Richards
2018–2019
- Sleigh Ride -–Leroy Anderson, arranged by Dave Wolpe
- Silver Bells – Jay Livingston & Ray Evans, arranged by Rick Stitzel
- Alyson Zapara, alto
- The Christmas Waltz – Sammy Cahn, arranged by Lisa DeSpain
- Yo, Tannenbaum! – Gordon Goodwin
- Bugle Call Rag – Jack Pettis, Billy Myers &
Elmer Schoebel, transcribed by Jeff Hest - Come Rain or Come Shine – Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer, arranged by John Ferguson
- Rebecca Elliott, soprano
- Black Hole Sun – Chris Cornell, arranged by James Miley
- Such Sweet Thunder – Duke Ellington, arranged by Mike Kamuf
- Here Comes the Sun – George Harrison, arranged by Mike Tomaro
- Sweet Georgia Brown – Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard & Kenneth Casey, arranged by Sammy Nestico
- Cute – Neal Hefti, arranged by Calvin Custer
- Li'l Darlin' – Neal Hefti
- Belly Roll – Quincy Jones, arranged by Quincy Jones & Sammy Nestico
- Hunting Wabbits – Gordon Goodwin
- Emancipation Blues – Oliver Nelson, arranged by Roger Holmes
- Brazil – S. K. Russell & Ary Barroso, arranged by Michael Philip Mossman
- I Wish – Stevie Wonder – arranged by Mike Tomaro
- La Fiesta – Chick Corea, arranged by Victor Lopez
2017–2018
- Jingle Bells – James Pierpont, arranged by John LaBarbera
- The Christmas Song – Bob Wells & Mel Tormé, arranged by Paul Jennings
- Good Swing Wenceslas – Sammy Nestico
- Joy to the World – Lowell Mason, arranged by Rich DeRosa
- That's A Plenty – Lew Pollack, arranged by Les Hooper
- Pennsylvania 6-5000 – Carl Sigman &
Jerry Gray, transcribed by Jeff Hest - "Somewhere" from West Side Story – Leonard Bernstein, arranged by Roger Holmes
- Savannah Brown, soprano
- Eleanor Rigby – John Lennon & Paul McCartney, arranged by Eric Richards
- Whiplash – Hank Levy, arranged by Erik Morales
2016–2017
- Alexander's Ragtime Band – Irving Berlin, arranged by Dave Wolpe
- Back Home Again In Indiana – James F. Hanley, arranged by Greg Yasinitsky
- Bugle Call Rag – Jack Pettis, Billy Myers & Elmer Schoebel, transcribed by Jeff Hest
- I Ain't Got Nobody – Spencer Williams, arranged by Henry Wolking
- Royal Garden Blues – Clarence & Spencer Williams, arranged by Andy Clark
- Tiger Rag – Nick La Rocca, arranged by Dean Sorenson
- Linus and Lucy – Vince Guaraldi, arranged by Tom Davis
- Still, Still, Still – Paul Clark, arranged by Paul Clark
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Hugh Martin &
Ralph Blane, arranged by Dave Wolpe- Erin Brandon, tenor
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer – Johnny Marks, arranged by Dave Barduhn
- Salt Peanuts – Dizzy Gillespie, arranged by Mark Taylor
- Doodlin' – Horace Silver, arranged by Ernie Wilkins
- Blue Monk – Thelonius Monk, arranged by Mark Taylor
- Well, You Needn't –Thelonius Monk, arranged by Mark Taylor
- Malagueña – Ernesto Lecuona, arranged by Bill Holman
- Lester Leaps In – Lester Young, arranged by Mark Taylor
- In a Mellow Tone – Duke Ellington, arranged by Mark Taylor
- Bye Bye Blackbird – Ray Henderson, arranged by Dave Wolpe
- Stormy Weather – Harold Arlen &
Ted Koehler, arranged by Jerry Nowak- Savannah Brown, soprano
- Spain – adapted from Joaquin Rodrigo by Chick Corea; arranged by Victor Lopez
- Parisian Thoroughfare – Bud Powell, arranged by Mark Taylor
- Living for the City – Stevie Wonder, arranged by John Wasson
- Count Bubba – Gordon Goodwin
- When the Saints Go Marching In – Traditional, arranged by Dean Sorenson
2015–2016
- One O’Clock Jump – Count Basie, transcribed by Jeff Hest
- Take the "A" Train – Billy Strayhorn, arranged by David Berger
- 'Round Midnight – Cootie Williams & Thelonius Monk, arranged by Dave Barduhn
- Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, arranged by Tommy Newsom
- Nathan Warner, trumpet
- Bluesette – Toots Thielemans, arranged by Dave Wolpe
- Manteca – Dizzy Gillespie, arranged by Mike Tomaro
- What's New? – Bob Haggart, arranged by Jack Cooper
- Anthony Burrell, alto saxophone
- Horn of Puente – Gordon Goodwin, arranged by Mike Story
- Oye Como Va – Tito Puente, arranged by Michael Philip Mossman
- One Note Samba – Antonio Carlos Jobim, arranged by Mike Tomaro
- Sing, Sing, Sing – Louis Prima, arranged by Mike Lewis
- Ever Braver Ever Stronger – Gordon Goodwin
- Hot Chocolate – Alan Silvestri, arranged by John Berry
- I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day – Johnny Marks, arranged by Gordon Goodwin
- Home for the Holidays – Al Stallman & Robert Allen , arranged by Alan Glasscock
- Emily Mulder & Erin Brandon, voice
- Adeste Fidelis – John Francis Wade, arranged by Rich DeRosa
- Let it Snow! Let Snow! Let It Snow! – Jule Styne, arranged by Alan Baylock
- Ol' Man River – Jerome Kern, arranged by Dave Wolpe
- You Make Me Feel So Young – Josef Myron & Mack Gordon, arranged by Count Basie
- Summer Wind – Heinz Meier & Johnny Mercer, arranged by Dave Wolpe
- Krystal Morris, soprano
- That's Life – Dean Kay & Kelly Gordon, arranged by Gordon Goodwin
- Fly Me to the Moon – Bart Howard, arranged by Quincy Jones
- Steven Blondo, tenor
- New York, New York – John Kander & Fred Ebb, arranged by Don Costa
- Erin Brandon, tenor
- Let the Good Times Roll – Sam Theard & Fleecie Moore, arranged by Mark Taylor
- Struttin' With Some Barbecue – Lillian Hardin Armstrong & Don Raye, arranged by Mike Tomaro
- Things Ain't What They Used to Be – Mercer Ellington, arranged by Alan Baylock
- Work Song – Nat Adderley, arranged by Erik Morales
- Count Me In – Billy Byers
- Baby Elephant Walk – Henry Mancini, arranged by Mike Tomaro
- Dizzy Atmosphere – Dizzy Gillespie, arranged by Gregory Yasinitsky
- The Goodbye Look – Donald Fagen, arranged by Fred Sturm
- Birdland – Josef Zawinul, arranged by Larry Kerchner
- Cotton Tail – Duke Ellington, arranged by Mark Taylor
- Jump, Jive and Wail – Louis Prima, arranged by Mark Taylor
2014–2015
- Crazy Little Thing Called Love – Freddie Mercury, arranged by John Berry
- At Last – Mack Gordon and Harry Warren, arranged by Glenn Miller
- Megan Mocca, soprano
- Isn't She Lovely – Stevie Wonder, arranged by Mike Tomaro
- We Can Work It Out – John Lennon and Paul McCartney, arranged by John Wasson
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer – Johnny Marks, arranged by Chris Sharp
- Carol of the Bells – Ukrainian tune, arranged by Rich DeRosa
- Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming – Michael Praetorius, arranged by Bob Curnow
- The Little Drummer Boy – Katherine Davis,
arranged by Joe Jackson - One O’Clock Jump – Count Basie, transcribed by Jeff Hest
- Take the “A” Train – Billy Strayhorn, transcribed by David Berger
- What’s New? – Bob Haggart, arranged by Jack Cooper
- Anthony Burrell, alto saxophone
- Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise – Sigmund Romberg, arranged by Dave Wolpe
- Felipe Paccagnella, piano
- Bluesette – Toots Thielemans, arranged by Dave Wolpe
- Manteca – Dizzy Gillespie, arranged by Mike Tomaro
- One Note Samba – Antonio Carlos Jobim, arranged by Mike Tomaro
- Floating Home – Gordon Goodwin
- Pick Up the Pieces – Alan Gorrie, arranged by Mark Taylor
2013–2014
- Deck the Halls – English carol, arranged by Ted Blumenthal
- I’ll Be Home for Christmas – Walter Kent, arranged by Greg Yasinitsky
- Jingle Bells – James Pierpont, arranged by John Clayton
- Krystal Morris, soprano
- Go, Tell It on the Mountain – Spiritual, arranged by Roy Philippe
- I Can’t Stop Loving You – Don Gibson, arranged by Quincy Jones
- I Left My Heart in San Francisco – George Cory and Douglas Cross, arranged by Quincy Jones
- Come Fly With Me – Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn, arranged by Quincy Jones
- Erin Brandon, tenor
- Won’t You Be My Neighbor? – Fred Rogers, arranged by Mike Tomaro
- Make Me Smile – James Pankow, arranged by John Wasson
- Tickletoe – Lester Young, arranged by Dave Wolpe
- It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) – Duke Ellington, arranged by Mark Taylor
- Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? – Louis Alter, arranged by Les Hooper
- Taking a Chance on Love – Vernon Duke, arranged by Nelson Riddle
- Bobby Jepson, tenor
- Stumbling – Zez Confrey, arranged by Dave Wolpe
- You Are the Sunshine of My Life – Stevie Wonder, arranged by Mark Taylor
- Yeshara Acosta, alto
- Blue Train – John Coltrane, arranged by Kris Berg
- Chameleon – Herbie Hancock, arranged by Alan Baylock
- High Maintenance – Gordon Goodwin
2012–2013
- White Christmas – Irving Berlin, arranged by Paul Jennings
- Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! – Jule Styne, arranged by Gordon Goodwin
- Everybody's Waitin' for the Man with the Bag – Harold Stanley, Irving Taylor, Dudley Brooks, arranged by Rick Stitzel
- Krystal Morris, soprano
- Suite from "The Nutcracker" – Peter Tchaikovsky, arranged by Frank Comstock
- Bugle Call Rag – Jack Pettis, Billy Myers, Elmer Schoebel, transcribed by Jeff Hest
- Chattanooga Choo Choo – Mack Gordon and
Harry Warren, transcribed by Jeff Hest- Yeshara Acosta, Erin Brandon, Jordan McKee, Keren Pagan, Josh Martin, vocals
- The Girl from Ipanema – Antonio Carlos Jobim, arranged by Mark Taylor
- Punta del Soul – Dave Grusin, arranged by Gordon Goodwin
- Blue Rondo à la Turk – Dave Brubeck, arranged by Kris Berg
- In the Mood – Joe Garland
- Satin Doll – Duke Ellington, arranged by Sammy Nestico
- Bye Bye Blackbird – Ray Henderson, arranged by Dave Wolpe
- St. James Infirmary – Joe Primrose, arranged by Tom Davis
- Polkadots and Moonbeams – Johnny Burke and
Jimmy Van Heusen, arranged by Dave Wolpe- Josh Martin, tenor
- Afro Blue – Mongo Santamaria, arranged by Michael Philip Mossman
- Bistro Latino – Jeff Jarvis
- Always and Forever – Pat Metheny, arranged by Bob Curnow
- Adam Dunka, guitar
- The Chicken – Alfred James Ellis, arranged by Kris Berg
- Boogie Stop Shuffle – Charles Mingus, arranged by Sy Johnson
2011–2012
- Sleigh Ride – Leroy Anderson, arranged by Dave Wolpe
- You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch – Albert Hague, arranged by Mike Story
- Christmas Time is Here – Vince Guaraldi, arranged by David Pugh
- Hot Chocolate – Alan Silvestri, arranged by John Berry
- I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm – Irving Berlin, transcribed by Alan Glasscock
- Jordan McKee, soprano
- Yo! Tannenbaum – German carol, arranged by Gordon Goodwin
- Mercy, Mercy, Mercy – Josef Zawinul, arranged by Phil Wilson
- Ain't She Sweet – Milton Ager, arranged by Mike Lewis
- Four Brothers – Jimmy Giuffre, arranged by Peter Blair
- Mood Indigo – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills,
Barney Bigard, arranged by John Clayton- Jordan McKee, soprano
- Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars) – Antonio Carlos Jobim, arranged by Mark Taylor
- La Fiesta – Chick Corea, arranged by Victor Lopez
- After You've Gone – Turner Layton, arranged by Mark Taylor
- Josie – Walter Becker and
Donald Fagen, arranged by Mike Tomaro - Better Get Hit in Your Soul – Charles Mingus, arranged by Andrew Homzy
- Peter Gunn – Henry Mancini
- Rockit – Herbie Hancock, arranged by Paul Jennings
- East of the Sun (and West of the Moon) – Brooks Bowman, arranged by Dan Keberle
- Fly Me to the Moon – Bart Howard, transcribed by Jon Harpin
- Steven Blondo, tenor
- Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, arranged by Tommy Newsom
- Michael Pichette, trumpet
- Pennsylvania 6-5000 – Carl Sigman and Jerry Gray, transcribed by Jeff Hest
- Concerto for Clarinet – Artie Shaw, transcribed by Myles Collins
- Tim Mercer, clarinet
- Lassus Trombone – Henry Fillmore
- They Can't Take That Away From Me – George and Ira Gershwin
- Josh Martin, tenor
- Alright, Okay, You Win – Sid Wyche and Mayme Watts, transcribed by Myles Collins
- Josh Martin, tenor
- Just Friends – John Klenner, arranged by Joe Jackson
- Afro Blue – Mongo Santamaria, arranged by Michael Philip Mossman
- The Jazz Police – Gordon Goodwin
2010–2011
- Home for the Holidays – Robert Allen, arranged by Alan Glasscock
- Jordan McKee, soprano
- Carl Reiter, tenor
- Deck the Halls – English carol, arranged by Ted Blumenthal
- What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve? – Frank Loesser, arranged by Jon Harpin
- Jordan McKee, soprano
- Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer – Johnny Marks, arranged by Dave Barduhn
- The Look of Love – Burt Bacharach and Hal David, arranged by Mark Taylor
- Jordan McKee, soprano
- Freddie Freeloader – Miles Davis, arranged by
- Ol‘ Man River – Jerome Kern
- Blackbird – John Lennon and Paul McCartney, arranged by Mike Tomaro
- Peter Gunn – Henry Mancini, arranged by Dave Wolpe
- Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered – Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, arranged by Mark Taylor
- Jordan McKee, soprano
- Bye Bye, Love – Felice and Boudleaux Bryant, arranged by John Wasson
- Better Get Hit in Your Soul – Charles Mingus
- La Fiesta – Chick Corea
- Mercy, Mercy, Mercy – Cannonball Adderley
2009–2010
- Peg – Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, arranged by Mike Tomaro
- Still, Still, Still – Austrian carol, arranged by Paul Clark
- Straighten Up and Fly Right – Nat King Cole, arranged by Myles Collins
- Satara Johnson, soprano
- The Litlle Drummer Boy – Katherine Davis
- Cotton Tail – Duke Ellington, arranged by Mark Taylor
- Night Train – Jimmy Forrest, arranged by Gordon Goodwin
- Shiny Stockings – Frank Foster, arranged by Sammy Nestico
- Floating Home – Gordon Goodwin
- Cry Me a River – Arthur Hamilton, arranged by Jerry Nowak
- Autumn Leaves – Joseph Kosma, arranged by Peter Blair
- Baby, It’s Cold Outside – Frank Loesser, arranged by Alan Glasscock
- Satara Johnson, soprano
- Alex Mejias, tenor
- Bellavia – Chuck Mangione, arranged by Victor Lopez
- Haitian Fight Song – Charles Mingus, arranged by Andrew Homzy
- Go Tell It On the Mountain – Spiritual, arranged by Roy Phillippe
- Night and Day – Cole Porter, arranged by Dave Wolpe
- Satara Johnson, soprano
- The Christmas Waltz – Jule Styne, arranged by Lisa DeSpain
- When the Saints Go Marchin’ In – Traditional, arranged by Dean Sorenson
- Superstition – Stevie Wonder, arranged by Mike Tomaro
- Tickletoe – Lester Young, arranged by Dave Wolpe
2008–2009
- The Christmas Song – Mel Tormé, arranged by Paul Jennings
- Jingle Bells – James Pierpont, arranged by John Clayton
- Gennevieve Brown-Kibble, soprano
- Santa Claus is Coming to Town – J. Fred Coots, arranged by Dave Wolpe
- Sleigh Ride – Leroy Anderson, arranged by Dave Wolpe
- Alexander's Ragtime Band – Irving Berlin, arranged by Dave Wolpe
- Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree – Lew Brown, arranged by Myles Collins
- Satara Johnson, Christina Liem, Lisa Phillips, voice
- So What – Miles Davis, arranged by Mark Taylor
- Blue Bossa – Kenny Dorham, arranged by Mark Taylor
- In a Mellow Tone – Duke Ellington, arranged by Mark Taylor
- It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) – Duke Ellington, arranged by Mark Taylor
- Leap Frog – Joe Garland, arranged by Paul Lavender
- Salt Peanuts – Dizzy Gillespie, arranged by Mark Taylor
- Pick Up the Pieces – Alan Gorrie, arranged by Mark Taylor
- Maiden Voyage – Herbie Hancock, arranged by Erik Morales
- On Green Dolphin Street – Bronislau Kaper, arranged by Dave Wolpe
- Jelly Roll – Charles Mingus, arranged by Sy Johnson
- Emancipation Blues – Oliver Nelson, arranged by Roger Holmes
- Jump, Jive, and Wail – Louis Prima, arranged by Mark Taylor
- Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy – Don Rae, transcribed by Alan Glasscock
- Satara Johnson, Christina Liem, Lisa Phillips, voice
- When I Fall in Love -–Victor Young, arranged by Craig Skeffington
2007–2008
- I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm – Irving Berlin, transcribed by Alan Glasscock
- Christina Liem, soprano
- In the Mood – Joe Garland
- I Got Plenty of Nuttin’ – George Gershwin, arranged by Mike Lewis
- The Man I Love – George Gershwin
- Count Bubba – Gordon Goodwin
- Yo, Tannenbaum! – German carol, arranged by Gordon Goodwin
- Splanky – Neal Hefti, arranged by Sammy Nestico
- Woodchopper’s Ball – Woody Herman & Joe Bishop
- A Child Is Born – Thad Jones
- The Way You Look Tonight – Jerome Kern
- Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans? – Louis Alter, arranged by Les Hooper
- Jingle Bells –James Pierpont, arranged by John LaBarbera
- After You’ve Gone – Turner Layton, arranged by Mark Taylor
- Round Midnight – Cootie Williams & Thelonius Monk, arranged by Dave Barduhn
- Mark Babienko, trumpet
- Libertango – Astor Piazzolla, arranged by Fred Sturm
- Wesley Villanueva, alto saxophone
- Softly, As In a Morning Sunrise – Sigmund Romberg, arranged by Dave Wolpe
- I Wish – Stevie Wonder, arranged by Mike Tomaro