The Angelina College Swinging Roadrunner Jazz Band and the ACC Big Band will again jam to a festival of American music at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 1 at AC’s Hudgins Hall.
Director Larry Greer leads the program, with his musicians resurrecting selections from contemporary music and jazz standards. Greer, a music instructor for AC’s Fine Arts Division, assembles his unique blend of college musicians as each semester progresses, measuring their talents to see just where they fit into the Swinging Roadrunner Combo. He then showcases those talents in fall and spring concerts that have become one of the area’s most popular musical attractions.
The jazz combo will be playing classic jazz standards arranged by Greer for a small group setting. The set list will include selections from the following list:
“Things Ain’t the Way They Used to Be” (D. Ellington); “Ain’t Misbehavin’” (F. Waller; vocalist Bethany Perez); “My Little Suede Shoes” (C. Parker); “Now’s the Time” (C. Parker); and “Freddie the Freeloader” (M. Davis).
Combo performers include Max Vallejo (Lufkin), tenor sax; Jason Park (Nacogdoches), drum set; Stewart Haas (Hudson), guitar; Ethan Landrum (Hudson), bass and Larry Greer (Hudson), director and piano.
Greer will also direct the ACC Big Band in its celebration of the birth of legendary band leader Glenn Miller, with the program scheduled to include some of the following selections:
“String of Pearls”, “Moonlight Serenade”, “Pennsylvania 6-5000”, “Little Brown Jug”, “Tail-End Charlie”, “Jeep Jockey Jump”, “Sunrise Serenade”, “Tuxedo Junction” and “In the Mood.”
Performing members of the ACC Big Band include the following:
Saxophones – Michael Parris (alto 1), Amanda Burns (tenor 2), Dixon Shanks (lead tenor), Carly Hood (alto 2), and Bethe Girardi, baritone. Trombones – Jeff Sorey (lead), Robert Shanks Lavan Watts and Jimmy Battle (bass). Trumpets – Dwain Forsythe (lead), Ricky Gay, Mel Miller and Steven Brown. Rhythm section – Eric Chinn (piano), J.D. Salas (bass), Mark Saldana (drum set) and Larry Greer (guitar).
Tickets for the show are $4 for adults and $3 for senior citizens, students and children.
Angelina College concert bands, featuring the AC Chamber Ensemble ands, featuring the AC Chamber Ensemble and the Swinging Roadrunner Jazz Band, will perform their collections of contemporary music and jazz standards – including a celebration of the birth of Glenn Miller – in AC’s Hudgins Hall at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 1. (AC Press photo)
