The Concert Singers

present

Swingin’ Sundae

• Alexander’s Ragtime Band (wm. Irving Berlin; arr. Mark Hayes) [Barbara Miller & Harris J. Levey, soloists]
• Charleston (wm. Cecil Mack & Jimmy Johnson; arr. Kirby Shaw)
• Side by Side (m. Harry Woods; arr. Jay Althouse)
• More Than You Know (m. Vincent Youmans) [Cynthia Rothschild, soloist]
• I Got Rhythm (wm. George & Ira Gershwin; arr. Pete Schmutte)
• Love Walked In (wm. George & Ira Gershwin; arr. Steve Zegree)
• Exactly Like You (w. Dorothy Fields; m. Jimmy McHugh; arr. Kirby Shaw) [Grinnell Almy, soloist]
• I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (w. Dorothy Fields; m. Jimmy McHugh; arr. Kirby Shaw) [Small ensemble*]
• Choral Cavalcade of Big Band Favorites (arr. Tom Anderson)
  • PEnnsylvania 6-5000 (w. Carl Sigman; m. Jerry Gray)
  • Moonlight Serenade (w. Mitchell Parish; m. Glenn Miller)
  • Stompin’ at the Savoy (w. Andy Razaf; m. Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, & Edgar Sampson)
  • One O’Clock Jump (w. Tom Anderson; m. Count Basie)
• A String of Pearls (w. Eddie DeLange; m. Jerry Gray; arr. Mark Brymer) [Lisa Dolon & Tom Gerhold, soloists]
• Chattanooga Choo Choo (w. Mack Gordon; m. Harry Warren; arr. Pete Schmutte)

Intermission

• I’m a Stranger Here Myself (m. Kurt Weill) [Judith Polak, soloist; Tom Gerhold, piano]
• Caravan Duke (m. Duke Ellington; arr. Mark Brymer)
• Don’t Get Around Much Anymore (m. Bob Russell & Duke Ellington; arr. Mark Brymer)
• Satin Doll (w. Johnny Mercer; m. Billy Strayhorn & Duke Ellington; arr. Kirby Shaw)
• It Don’t Mean a Thing (w. Irving Mills; m. Duke Ellington; arr. Mack Huff)

Choral Cavalcade of Big Band Favorites is a medley of four well-known big band hits, arranged by Tom Anderson. Big bands, consisting usually of four trumpets, four trombones, five woodwinds (who usually played saxophone, two alto, two tenor, and one baritone, but could alternate on flute or clarinet), and a drummer, were popular in the late thirties and early forties. The first two hits were popularized by Glenn Miller’s band. PEnnsylvania 6-5000 (W:Carl Sigman/M:Jerry Gray) uses the phone number for the Hotel Philadelphia as its title. When played by a band, the band members say the number, the only lyric most people are familiar with. Moonlight Serenade (W:Mitchell Parish/M:Glenn Miller) was originally written as an arranging exercise, and later was used to open and close each of Miller’s broadcasts and dances. Stompin’ at the Savoy (W:Andy Razaf/M:Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, & Edgar Sampson). One O’Clock Jump was put together by Count Basie from some of the riffs his orchestra played.  Words were supplied by the arranger, Tom Anderson.