This is a production of SDPB.

Thanks so much.

We featured a number of soloists on that tune.

Of course, that was “Stolen Moments” So I should point ou by the great American composer Oliver Nelson.

So we had Luke Anderson trumpet, and feel free to applaud.

Indeed, Sam Barnett on the vibraphone.

With Miles Wigg on the trumpet.

Landon Hunter on the piano.

And Robert Powell and alto saxophone.

So are we going to turn you with one of my compositions?

This is called Seize Every Day, and it features Jackson Warren and Bodie Lindy.

And.

Thank you so much.

We're going to return now to some classic music.

This is a piece by Charles Mingus, incredible bassist and composer called Fables of Faubus, and it's going to feature three soloists.

Hudson Schumacher on the trombone, Levi Prouty on the baritone saxophone and Louis Manhart on the trumpet Thank you so much.

We're going to have one more tune.

This is a beautiful song by Pat Metheny, and this is going to feature Lyric Day on the tenor saxophone, Ezra Steele on the alto saxophon and Levi Burkett on the drums.

Who's been killing it the whole time?

Right.

So now he gets a little bit of a feature at the end of the tune.

So thank you so much.

This has been a blast.

How about another warm.

Another round of applause for this amazing band.

Great job y'all.

And thanks to all of you for supporting the activities of of of your your children and the community.

And it's such a privilege to be here working with these amazing musicians.

So here we go.

Song for Bilbao by Pat Metheny.

Afternoon, South Dakota.

I welcome myself to your state.

I just want to get started.

Are you guys ready to have some fun today?

Are you guys ready to have some fun?

All right.

Please welcome the greatest jazz combo in the world.

Kick it out.

That's right.

My name is Chris Barron.

It's been my pleasure to arrange for this group.

You just heard fun, fun, fun by the great American composer Pharrell Williams.

We love Pharrell Williams.

And we're going to we'r going to continue with the set.

But first, I'd like to invite you into a little inside.

Inside baseball.

We've adopted an identity here as a combo and I love working with combos because it's a little more intimate and we get to touch on things that we don't normally get to do in a bigger ensemble.

And we've developed a little tradition.

We've learned that identity.

When we adopt an identity, it's not tied to history.

It's not tied to evidence, it's not tied to a biography.

It's tied to a decision we get to make, a decision to identify and to agree with that.

And we have identified as the greatest jazz combo in the world.

Yes.

Yes we are.

So what we're going to do is I'm going to invite you into our little cult, and they're going to announce themselves, and then you're going to respond.

Yes you are.

Let's go.

My name is James McCormack, and I am the best trombone player in the world.

Yes, you are.

My name is Derick Allen, and I'm the best tenor sax in the world.

Yes you are.

My name is Henry Oppenheimer.

I'm the best jazz floutist an alto saxophonist in the world.

Yes, you are.

My name is Kenlyn Hart and I'm the best trumpet player in the world.

My name is Jacob Lafontaine, and I am the bes jazz guitar player in the world.

My name is Josh Raether, and I'm the best jazz vibraphonist in the world.

My name is Roman Pelayo and I am the bes jazz keyboardist in the world.

Yes you are.

My name is Sam Allen and I'm th best bass player in the world.

My name is Sam Odland and I' the best drummer in the world.

Give it up for Sam's Club back here.

All right.

I'm going to let them have it for the next three tunes.

The titles of the tunes are Imaginary Friends Zone, which I compose and arrange for these guys.

The next three are a composition arrangement that I did that I had the pleasure of writing for this group, Imaginary Friend Zone into perf, and that's going to feature sand back here.

And what's the when I Was There a long tone ballad that you will enjoy.

Then I'm going to come back and announce the last tune and you don't want to miss it.

See you.

I'm just going to.

I'm just going to let this sit here for a second.

I'd like to see what's going through your minds right now.

No, I did not lose a bet.

I am here for context.

I play with a group out in California called the Matt Johnson's The New Jet Set, swinging the Disney Songbook, and I arranged for that group and I thought, wow, this would be great for this combo to play.

One of our arrangements that we do in that group.

Recently, Disne has has ushered in the finest, the greatest, and the most beloved Disney villain.

And that is what you know who.

And so please enjoy the greatest jazz combo in the world, performing John Williams my adaptation of the Imperial March.

Take it away.

All right.

Yes.

So that first piece been playing for you was a tune that I wrot called Our Man Dan on that year.

Several soloist.

Let me get them for you, Nate Herbst on trombone.

Liam Haugan on on trumpet.

Clarence Oroceo on piano.

Eli Ellsworth on trombone.

And finally Beckett Moffitt on guitar.

We're going to continue now.

I'm from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has a really amazing jazz history, and every concer I do, I like to brag about that.

And the next piece we're going to play for you was written by one of our very, very famous Pittsburghers, George Benson.

And George became came to prominence, obviously with the tune Masquerade as Masquerade Bunches of Grammy Awards later.

It's amazing.

But before that he was a really great jazz guitarist, and this is one of the early pieces that he wrote.

This is called My Latin Brother.

George Benson is my Latin brother on that.

You heard Ava Wennblom on Vibes.

once again, Liam on trumpet and Beckett on guitar.

One of the very important pieces of jaz repertoire is what we refer to as the Great American Songbook, or American Popular Song.

This is that was written, generally speaking, in the 1930s.

40s and 50s.

There's a second wave of this going on to, but this is musi that actually was not intended to be played by jazz players, but the jazz community adopted it.

In fact, much of the dismay of a lot of the composers of this music.

But we've taken it beautiful piece of music called Alone Together.

We're going to feature Emma on this one.

Emma Plamp on tenor saxophone.

Well, our time has come to an end here.

We have one more piece to play for you, but I do want to take a second to feature a couple more folks whom we haven't heard yet.

But there are two unsung heroes that I definitely need to mention.

One of the most important things whenever we do a band like this is how solid and stable the rhythm section is, and the better that is, the easier it is for to work with the horns.

So you've hear Ava already have heard Beckett.

You've heard Clarence.

Okay.

Whom?

You've actually been hearing them already, but you haven't heard them being featured.

But we definitely need to mention a great hand for Axel Lickei on bass.

And on drums.

Eliot Gongopoulos So I've had a great time being here.

The time goes so quickly.

It's amazing to think that we've we've had a relatively small amount of time, but the band has done such an amazing job of putting this together.

I'm so impressed, man.

Thank you so much.

How about a hand for the band?

Also want to take a minute?

You know, it's very important.

Directors, thank you so much for preparing the students so well.

Parents and caregivers, thank you so much for letting these students play music, man.

This is the most important thing for them.

It's such a sense of community in addition to just creating some just marvelous music.

So thank you to you all.

We appreciate that so much.

We're going to finish now with the blues one of the most basic forms in jazz.

This is a thing writte by my great friend Mark Taylor.

This is called the Palm Beach Blues.

the trombone section.

And also for the saxophone section.

Our soloist once again Beckett on guitar, Maku Adriano on baritone saxophone, Mitchell Crothers on alto saxophone Emma Plamp on Tenor saxophone.

Ladies and gentlemen, the Tomaro big band.

Thanks so much.