Come early and get a sneak preview of the concert as the band does sound checks and reviews parts of songs!
Dance to the Big Band Swing by
Glen Newton (1999), arr. by Glen Newton; a Roseville Big Band original!
(featuring vocalists Karen Dunn and Glen
Newton, with solos by drummer Dave
Tuenge and tenor saxophonist Glen Peterson)
This selection is a bonus track on the Roseville
Big Band Concert in
the Park (+8) CD.
Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive by Harold Arlen and
Johnny Mercer (1944), arr. by Rob Berry; sung by Bing Crosby in the Paramount
Pictures motion picture "Here Come the Waves."
(featuring vocalist Karen Dunn, with a piano solo by Ann
Booth and a trumpet solo by Glen Newton)
Pennsylvania 6-5000 by
Carl Sigman and Jerry Gray (1940), arr. by Jerry Gray, as played by Glenn Miller
and his orchestra; help us by shouting out this famous telephone number!
(featuring solos by Kari Coad
on trumpet and Glen Peterson on tenor sax, with Glen Newton on the telephone)
I Got Rhythm by George and Ira Gershwin
(1928), arr. by Dave Wolpe; originated as a slow number in the Gershwins' 1928
flop, "Treasure Girl," which closed on Broadway after 68 performances;
its familiar jauntily upbeat version in "Girl Crazy" (1930) featured
23-year-old Ethel Merman making her Broadway debut. It was also featured in
"Crazy for You," the 1992 Broadway Tony Award-winner that was loosely
based on "Girl Crazy." This is the
Roseville Big Band's first performance of this arrangement.
(featuring trombonist Mike Bratlie)
It's Been a Long, Long Time by Sammy Cahn and Jule
Styne (1945), arr. by Tim Altmann; one of Harry James' biggest hits; the Bing
Crosby and Les Paul recording of this song hit #1 on the Billboard charts the
month after World War II ended in 1945.
(featuring trumpeter Kari Coad, vocalist Karen Dunn, and tenor saxophonist
Dan Desmonds)
Straighten Up and Fly Right by Nat King
Cole and Irving Mills (1944), arr. by Stephen Bulla
(featuring vocalist Keith Miner, with
a band vocal and instrumental solos by Ann Booth on piano and Nick
Johnson on guitar)
Amazing Grace
lyrics by John Newton (c. 1772), traditional tune "New
Britain" (c. 1829), arr. by Fairbairn; the association of this tune with
bagpipes is relatively modern; although the lyrics first appeared in print in
Newton's Olney Hymns (1779), it was little known outside church congregations
or folk festivals until Arthur Penn's film Alice's Restaurant (1969), in which
Lee Hays of The Weavers leads worshipers in singing "Amazing Grace."
(featuring solo piper Lynn Ista
and the Minnesota State Fire Service
Memorial Pipe Band)
The Rose of Kelvingrove by David Knox (c.
1988), arr. by David Knox
(featuring solo piper Lynn Ista and the Minnesota State Fire Service
Memorial Pipe Band)
Highland Cathedral by Michael Korg and
Uli Roever (1982); one of the most popular melodies for bagpipes and band; written
as a pipe tune for a Highland games in Germany.
(featuring solo piper Lynn Ista and the Minnesota State Fire Service
Memorial Pipe Band)
**INTERMISSION**
All of Me by Seymour Simons and Gerald Marks (1931),
arr. by Lennie Niehaus
(featuring vocalist Karen Dunn, with a euphonium
solo by Glen Newton, and solos by trombonist Rich
Eyman and tenor saxophonist Glen Peterson trading
fours)
My Buddy by Gus Kahn and Walter Donaldson
(1922), arr. by Dave Wolpe
(featuring solos by trombonists Mike Bratlie, George
Henly, Rich Eyman, and Keith Miner)
Skylark by Johnny Mercer and Hoagy Carmichael (1941),
arr. by Jerry Nowak
(featuring vocalist Karen Dunn)
It's Only a Paper Moon by Billy Rose, E. Y. Harburg,
and Harold Arlen (1932), arr. by Jerry Nowak; originally titled "If You
Believe in Me" and featured in the short-running play, "The Great
Magoo"; later appeared in the 1933 film version of "Take a Chance"
with its current title; still later it was the title song of the 1973 film "Paper
Moon" starring Ryan and Tatum O'Neill.
(featuring vocalists Karen Dunn and Glen Newton)
Kiss of Fire
by Lester Allen and Robert Hill (1952), arr. by Glenn Osser;
this is your chance to perform with the Roseville Big Band!
(featuring guest percussionists from the audience, with solos by trumpeter Bob
Nielsen and pianist Ann Booth)
This selection is a bonus track on the Roseville
Big Band Concert in
the Park (+8) CD.
For Once in My Life by
Ronald Miller and Orlando Murden (1965), arr. by Lennie Niehaus; hit recordings
of this song feature singers Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder (1968), Michael Buble,
and many others.
(featuring vocalist Karen Dunn)
Woodchopper's Ball
by Joe Bishop and Woody Herman (1939), arr. by Glenn Osser;
Woody Herman's theme song
(featuring solos by Glen Newton, Bob Nielsen, and Harvey
Skow, trumpets; Glen Newton, euphonium; Mike Bratlie, George Henly, and
Rich Eyman, trombones; Keith Miner, bass trombone; Nick Johnson, guitar; Bill
Frank, alto sax; Glen Peterson and Dan Desmonds, tenor sax; and Mike
Wobig, electric bass)
This selection is available on the Roseville
Big Band Concert in
the Park CD and cassette tape.
Roseville Big Band performers for this concert:
Saxes: Kay Foster (alto and clarinet),
Bill Frank (alto and flute), Glen
Peterson (tenor), Dan Desmonds (tenor
and clarinet), and Bill Pearson (baritone
and clarinet)
Trumpets and Flugelhorns: Mark Lee, Kari
Coad, Harvey Skow, and Bob
Nielsen
Trombones: Mike Bratlie, George
Henly, Rich Eyman, and Keith
Miner (bass trombone). Glen Newton also played bass trombone while Keith
sang "Straighten Up and Fly Right."
Rhythm: Ann Booth (piano), Nick
Johnson (guitar), Mike Wobig (bass),
Dave Tuenge (drums), and
Glen Newton (vibraphone)
Vocalists: Karen Dunn, Glen Newton, and
Keith Miner
The Lakeside Pavilion sheltered the band and the approximately 150 audience members from the intermittent rain during the concert.