Music Performed at the
17th Annual New Trier High School Jazz Festival
February 5, 2000

As of 2 p.m. (Feb. 3) as submitted by directors

JUNIOR HIGH JAZZ ENSEMBLES

School/ Director/Title/Composer/Arranger

Lincoln Middle School Jazz Band
Brian Jacobi, Director
"Dat Dere" (Timmons/Taylor)
"Emancipation Blues" (O. Nelson/ Holmes)
"Sunday Drive" (Chattaway)

Lincoln Jr. High School Jazz Ensemble
Richard Groeling, Director
"Cool Front" (Beach)
"Stolen Moments" (Nelson/ Blair)
"Hot Dog" (Yasinitsky)

Jefferson Junior High School Jazz Ensemble
Randy Kulik, Director
"Fox Run" (Beach/Shutack)
"Watch What Happens" (Legrand/Lowden)
"Life Savor" (Beach/Shutack)

Washburne Junior High School Jazz Ensemble
Bob Rzeszutko, Director
"Low Down, Slow Down Blues" (Clark)
"Splanky" (Hefti/Sweeney)
"Salsa Nueva" (Taylor)

Emerson Junior High School Jazz Ensemble
Eric Bachmann,Director
"Just a Little Off the Top" (Chattaway)
"Crystal" (Nestico)
"Beverly Hills Big Foot" (Berry)

Wilmette Junior High School Jazz Ensemble
Robert Blim, Director
"Sudden Sam" (Nestico)
"Stolen Moments" (Nelson/Blair)
"Headlines" (Taylor)

Joseph Sears School (JH) Jazz Band
Gabrial Wojcik, Director
"Pink Panther"
"Opus One"

HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ ENSEMBLES

School/ Director/Title/Composer/Arranger

New Trier Freshman Jazz Ensemble (IV)
James Warrick, Director
"Otra Vez" (Matt Harris)
"Ouinto" (Kevin McElrath)
"Got To Get You Into My LIfe" (Lennon/Wasson)

New Trier Concert Jazz Ensemble (III)
John Thomson, Director
"Nice-n-easy Blues" (Bob Mintzer)
"Portrait" (Beach-Shutack)
"On Two Horizons" (Tom Davis)

New Trier Lab Jazz Ensemble (II)
James Warrick, Director
"Spectrum" (Bob Mintzer)
"Something For Ernie" (Fred Stride)
"A Train Mambo" (manu.)

New Trier Jazz Ensemble I (evening)
James Warrick, Director
"ASAP" (DiMuzzio)
Four Brothers (Guffrie)
"_____" (Pagan)- World Premier/Pagan conducting
Zamba (Vizzutti)- with Bryon Stripling

Warren High School Jazz Lab III
Tom Beckwith, Director
"How High The Moon" (Lewis/Sweeney)
"Down Roberto’s Way" (Sabina)
"Life Savor" (Beach/Shutak)

Warren High School Jazz Lab II
Teralyn T. Schwab, Director
"Chops Don’t Fail Me Now!" (Spera)
"Mumbo Tumbo" (Sweeney)
"Blue Rondo A La Turk" (Brubeck/ Custer)

Naperville Central HS Jazz Ensemble II
Rich Groeling, Director
"The Rooster" (Mantooth)
"Willow Weep for Me"
"Blue Note Special" (Tamaro)

Oak Park & River Forest HS Jazz Band II
Scotty Jones, Director
"Killer Joe" (Golson/Higgins)
"American Patrol" (Dedrick)
Big Mama Cass" (Clark)

Round Lake High School Jazz Cats
Damon Van, Director
"Hog-Squelin’, Rip-Snortin’, Belly-Achin’ Blues" (Sweeny)
"SST IX: The Star Crossed Lovers" (Ellington/Strayhorn)
"Anitra’s Dance" (Grieg/ Ellington/ Strayhorn)

Crystal Lake Central High School
Keith Levin, Director
"I Got It Bad" (Ellington/Comstock)
"A Little Bossa Nova" (Cobine)
"Kicks N’ Licks" (Rowe)

Barrington High School Jazz Ensemble II
Randy Karon, Director
"Good Time Blues" (Carubia)
"Second Kiss" (Mantooth)
"The Blues Doctor" (Nestico)

Iroquois West High School Jazz Ensemble
Peg Miller, Director
"In the Mood" (Garland)
"This Masquerade" (Russel/Novak)
"Area 51" (Barten)

Hinsdale Central High School Jazz Ensemble II
Jeff Waggoner, Director
"Blue Train" (Coltrane/Sweeney)
"Caravan" (Tizol/Sweeney)
"Route 66" (Troyo/Blair)

Sherrard High School Jazz Ensemble
Bob Brooks, Director
"Sweet Home Chicago" (Johnson/Clark)
"And I Love Her" (McCartney/Taylor)
"Blue Rondo A La Turk" (Brubeck/Custes)

Wheaton North High School Jazz Ensemble
Dennis Mulder, Director
"Lester Leaps In" (Young/ Goodwin)
"Send In the Clowns" (Sondheim/Wople)
"Patterns" (Beach/Shutack)

West Chicago High School Jazz Band
James L. Guter, Director
"Got Rhythm?" (Beach)
"Miss Fine" (Neslon)
"Famous Don’t Pay the Rent" (LaBarbera)

Westmont High School Jazz Ensemble
William Riddle, Director
"The Mooche" (Ellington/Mills)
"The Star Crossed Lovers" (Ellington/Strayhorn)
"Red Top" (Hampton/Taylor)

Elgin High School Jazz Band
Dean Leff,Director
"Two Timin’" (Nowak)
"Gary’s Place" (Carubia)

Lockport Township HS Jazz Ensemble II
Melody Balicki, Director
"Out and About" (Rowe)
"Night and Day" (Poter/Pugh)
"Motor Mouth" (Sabina)

Stagg High School Jazz Ensemble
Chuck Vaccarello, Director
"Woodyn’ You" (Gillespie/Tomaro)
"Samantha" (Nestico)
"Full Count" (Taylor)

Joilet West HS Jazz Ensemble
Kevin T. Carol, Director
"el Gatotriste" (Mangione/Kerchner)
"Blue Rondo a la Turk" (Brubeck)
"Starburst" (Wall/Jennings)

Maine South High School
Leif Hall and Adam Davis, Director
"Perdido" (Longstellar/Drake/Tizol/Lewis)
"That Warm Feeling" (Nestico)
"Coco Walk" (Lopez)

Wheaton Warrenville High School Jazz Ensemble
Vic Siemana,Director
"C Jam Blues" (Ellington/Pugh)
"The Rooster) (Mantooth)
"Blue Note Special" (Tomaro)

Conant High School Jazz Band
Jonathan Walsh, Director
"Stolen Moments" (Nelson/Jennings)
"My One and Only Love" (Mellin/Wood/Taylor)
"Blues One, Band Zero" (Tomaro)

Lisle High School Jazz Band
Scott Gumina, Director
"Four" (Davis/Taylor)
"Moten Swing" (Moten/Nestico)
"Rosarito Beach" (Yasinitsky)

Waubonsie Valley High School Green Jazz Band
Don Devany, Director
"Half Way There" (Beach-Shutack)
"The Sambaman" (Mark Taylor)

Waubonsie Valley High School Gold Jazz Band
Don Devany, Director
"Perdido" (arr. Dave Wolpe)
"Night of the Living Chili Pepper" (Beach-Shutack)
"Crash Eyes" (Glenn Martin)

Lake Zurich High School Jazz Lab Band
Eric Allen, Director
"Lil' Darlin" (Hefti/Blair)
"So What" (Davis/Strickland)
"Moving Target" (Yasinitsky)

Hall High School Jazz Lab Band
Rachel Kos, Director
"Funky Shuffle" (Saul Feldstein)
"Kinda Groovy" (Bob Lowden)
"Malaguena" (LeeVona/Lowden)

Loyola Academy High School Jazz Band
Phillip Donley, Director
"It's Oh So Nice" (Sammy Nestico)
"Ran Kan Kan" (Tito Puente)
"Anitra's Dance" (Duke Ellington)