Jazz Outdoors
Welcome!
Tonight's concert is a celebration of all the work we've done in jazz band this year, and also special send off for our seniors Margaret and Lang. Thanks for coming out!
Student Recognition
We've been working really hard on improvizing this year, and at the Bellevue High School Jazz Festival back on May 6th, the following students earned Outstanding Soloist Awards. Congrats to these musicians!
Lang Armstrong, Isaiah Beyer, Connor Firth, Margaret Haley, Stella Saleh, Miles Wieland, & Cascade Kaseler.
Congratulations to Lang Armstrong, our 2023 Louis Armstrong Award Winner, and Margaret Haley, our 2023 Woody Herman Jazz Award Winner. Both seniors have shown outstanding leadership and musical acheivement during their times at BHS, and will will miss them next year! Congrats, and good luck, you two!
Tonight's Line Up
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Starting a set at 6:30.
Jazz Band Two
Stolen Moments | Oliver Nelson, arr. Mark Taylor
- Finn Armstrong, clarinet
- Cascade Kaseler, alto
- Chris Thomas, trumpet
- Jack Zyskowski, guitar
My Ship | Kurt Weill, arr Carl Strommen
- Dane Bowman, trumpet
Blue Skies | Irving Berlin, arr Paul Jennings
- Cascade Kaseler, alto
- Henry Bergan, piano
- Jack Zyskowski, guitar
Jazz Band One
The Queen Bee | Sammy Nestico
- Ben Beckett, vibraphone
- Isaiah Beyer, tenor
- Margaret Haley, trombone
- Miles Wieland, piano
Gentle Piece | Kenny Wheeler
- Grady Nordstrom, bass
- Lang Armstrong, alto
- Stelah Saleh, flugelhorn
Front Burner | Sammy Nestico
- Grady Nordstrom, bass
- Chris Thomas, trumpet
- Lang Armstrong, alto
- Isaiah Beyer, tenor
- Miles Wieland, piano
Cotton Tail | Duke Ellington
- Miles Wieland, piano
- Connor Firth, alto
- Isaiah Beyer, tenor
- Lang Armstrong, alto
- Giada DiMarco, trumpet
- Noah Weiss, bari