UAB SuperJazz, Featuring Ellis Marsalis is a CD, recorded in 2001 by the

SuperJazz Big Band The Magic City Jazz Orchestra (MCJO) is an American jazz ensemble which was founded in 1999 as a spin-off of the SuperJazz Big Band (formerly UAB SuperJazz) by Birmingham, Alabama jazz pianist and vocalist Ray Reach. The mission of the group is to ...

(formerly "UAB SuperJazz") of Birmingham, Alabama with guest piano soloist Ellis Marsalis. The recording, produced by

University of Alabama at Birmingham The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is a public research university in Birmingham, Alabama. Developed from an academic extension center established in 1936, the institution became a four-year campus in 1966 and a fully autonomous univ ...

(UAB) faculty members Ray Reach and Henry Panion, is a compilation of musical selections recorded in concert at the Alys Stephens Center on the campus of UAB. The album was mixed at the UAB Recording Studio. Recording engineers for the project were Blake English and James Bevelle. Remix engineers were James Bevelle and Ray Reach. The CD was originally released on the UAB Entertainment label, a company which was founded by Henry Panion. The musical selections on the CD represent a variety of

big band A big band or jazz orchestra is a type of musical ensemble of jazz music that usually consists of ten or more musicians with four sections: saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section. Big bands originated during the early 1910s ...

(jazz orchestra) arrangements, some done by well-known big band arrangers, and others done by members of the SuperJazz Big Band, including the band's founding director Dr. Everett Lawler, saxophonist Neil McLean, trombonist Charles Ard, pianist / vocalist Ray Reach, and noted jazz educator Steve Sample, Sr.

History of SuperJazz

The SuperJazz Big Band was the first performing ensemble connected with the University of Alabama at Birmingham Music Department, but is no longer affiliated with UAB. SuperJazz was later affiliated with Samford University. The group now presents four concerts per year at John Carroll Catholic High School in Birmingham, Alabama. The SuperJazz Big Band has spawned spin-off groups, including the Magic City Jazz Orchestra and th
Night Flight Big Band
(For more about the history of SuperJazz, see the Magic City Jazz Orchestra page.)

Collector's item status

This CD, due to its rarity, has achieved collector's item status, selling for as much as $100.00 per copy on such websites as Amazon.com.UAB SuperJazz, Featuring Ellis Marsalis at Amazon.com
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Track listing

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I Remember You I Remember You may refer to: Music Albums * '' I Remember You...'', a 1980 album by Karin Krog, Warne Marsh and Red Mitchell * ''I Remember You'' (Brian McKnight album), 1995 * ''I Remember You'' (Jo Stafford album), 2002 * ''I Remember You ...

" - Composed by Johnny Mercer and

Victor Schertzinger Victor L. Schertzinger (April 8, 1888 – October 26, 1941) was an American composer, film director, film producer, and screenwriter. His films include '' Paramount on Parade'' (co-director, 1930), ''Something to Sing About'' ( 1937) with James ...

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The Very Thought of You "The Very Thought of You" is a pop standard that was recorded and published in 1934 with music and lyrics by Ray Noble. The song was first recorded by Ray Noble and His Orchestra with Al Bowlly on vocals for HMV in England in April 1934. Thi ...

" - Comp. by Ray Noble / Arr. by Everett Lawler # " The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" - composed by Jerome (Jerry) Brainin and Buddy Bernier for the 1948 film '' Night Has a Thousand Eyes'' / Arr. by Charles Ard # " Makin' Whoopee" - Comp. by Gus Kahn / Arr. by Charles Ard # "

The Thrill Is Gone "The Thrill Is Gone" is a slow minor-key blues song written by West Coast blues musician Roy Hawkins and Rick Darnell in 1951. Hawkins's recording of the song reached number six in the Billboard R&B chart in 1951. In 1970, "The Thrill Is Gone" ...

" - Comp. by Brown and Henderson / Arr. by Steve Sample # "

Sometimes I'm Happy "Sometimes I'm Happy" is a popular song. The music was written by Vincent Youmans, the lyrics by Irving Caesar. The song was originally published in 1923 under the title "Come On And Pet Me," with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and William Cary ...

" - Comp. by Vincent Youmans / Arr. by Steve Sample # " Hello, Young Lovers" - Comp. by Rodgers and Hammerstein / Arr. by Steve Sample # "

I'm Beginning to See the Light "I'm Beginning to See the Light" is a popular song and jazz standard, with music written by Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges, and Harry James and lyrics by Don George and published in 1944. 1945 recordings *Ella Fitzgerald and the Ink Spots ...

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Duke Ellington Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Ellington was ba ...

/ Arr. by Charles Ard # " How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" - Comp. by Michel Legrand and Marilyn and Alan Bergman / Arr. by Ray Reach # " The Song Is You" - Comp. by

Jerome Kern Jerome David Kern (January 27, 1885 – November 11, 1945) was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music. One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, he wrote more than 700 songs, used in ove ...

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Oscar Hammerstein Oscar Hammerstein may refer to: *Oscar Hammerstein I (1846–1919), cigar manufacturer, opera impresario and theatre builder *Oscar Hammerstein II Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II (; July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) w ...

/ Arr. by Everett Lawler Selections featuring Ellis Marsalis: # " After Hours" - Comp. by Avery Parrish / Arr. transcribed by Neil McLean # "

Tin Roof Blues "Tin Roof Blues" is a jazz composition by the New Orleans Rhythm Kings first recorded in 1923. It was written by band members Paul Mares, Ben Pollack, Mel Stitzel, George Brunies and Leon Roppolo. The tune has become a jazz standard and is on ...

" - Comp. by Paul Mares, Ben Pollack, Mel Stitzel, George Brunies and

Leon Roppolo Leon Joseph Roppolo (March 16, 1902 – October 5, 1943) was an American early jazz clarinetist, best known for his playing with the New Orleans Rhythm Kings. He also played saxophone and guitar. Life and career Leon Roppolo ( nicknamed "Ra ...

/ Arr. by Everett Lawler # " How Insensitive" - Comp. by Antônio Carlos Jobim / Arr. by Ray Reach # " It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" - Comp. by

/ Arr. by Charles Ard # " One O'Clock Jump" - Comp. by

Count Basie William James "Count" Basie (; August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1935, he formed the Count Basie Orchestra, and in 1936 took them to Chicago for a long engagement and th ...

/ Arr. transcribed by Neil McLean

SuperJazz Big Band members

*Trumpets: Craig Konicek, John Taylor, Bo Berry, Darryl Jones, Harry McAfee, Mallory Pierce *Trombones: Charles Ard, Bob Black, Mark Foster, Jim Henderson, Mike Lingo, Edson Worden *Saxophones: Mike Lyle, Claude Hughes, Ken Carroll, Dave Amaral, Grady Chandler, Neil McLean, Sallie White *Rhythm: Sonny Harris (drums), Chris Wendle (bass), Lester Alexander (guitar), Carlos Pino (guitar), Ray Reach (piano) *Vocals: Ray Reach

History of SuperJazz

Collector's item status

Track listing

SuperJazz Big Band members

References

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