Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025 • 7:30 p.m.
Timashev Recital Hall
Columbus, OH
Program
Organ Jazz Combo
Kevin Turner, director
The Theme
Miles Davis
Road Song
Wes Montgomery
When Sunny Gets Blue
M. Fischer, J. Segal
Jordan Steinbrook, organ
Logan Franklin, guitar
Kye Pyeatt, drums
Cole Basham, alto saxophone
Tito Leong, alto saxophone
Alessandro Duarte, tenor saxophone
Jeremy Lavoie, tenor saxophone
Jessica Yoon, vocals
Rhythm and Blues Combo
Milton V. Ruffin, director
All selections arranged by M. Ruffin
Staying Alive
Bee Gees
Give Me the Night
George Benson
September
Earth, Wind and Fire
Pick up The Pieces
Average White Band
Yearning for Your Love
GAP Band
Giving You the Best That I’ve Got
Anita Baker
Sneha Mukherjee, alto saxophone/vocalist
Nathan Cooprt, tenor saxophone
Kent Malaby, tenor saxophone
Milton Ruffin, organ/arranger
Alexandra Conway Walker, piano
Angelo Barnes, guitar
Cody Unruh, guitar
Perry Kral, bass
Latin Jazz Combo
Zach Compston, director
Ritmo Remo
David Torres
Lagrimas Negras
Miguel Matamoros
Cucala
Wilfredo Figueroa
Seňor Blues
Horace Silver
Nancy Lavor, alto saxophone
Skyler Pranadi, alto saxophone
Sam Langer, tenor saxophone
Leo Wolf, trumpet
Chayton Winters, trombone
Vincent Ury, guitar
Owen Dearborn, piano
Tim Wintrode, bass
TJ Mason, Sean Patterson, drum set/percussion
Grace Bete, Sophie O’Leary, vocals/percussion
Bebop Combo
Michael Wade, director
Composers/arrangers to be announced from the stage.
It Don't Mean A Thing/The Midnight Sun
Perdido
Monk's New Tune
Steve's Blues
Alex Pacheco, vocals
Gavin Hodge, alto saxophone
Ben Lewis, alto saxophone
Paarth Gupta, tenor saxophone
Brendan Sponsler, tenor saxophone
Alistair Cherry, baritone saxophone
Sam Haskell, trumpet
Brianna Heath, trombone
Walter Engel, guitar
Nate Bruce, piano
Spencer Rulli and Ollie Snow, bass
Erin Fuzer, drums
Fusion Combo
Mike Smith, director
You’re Everything
Neville Potter and Chick Corea
Chromozone
Mike Stern
Águas De Marco (Waters of March)
Antonio Carlos Jobim
Samba Song
Chick Corea
Imaya Perera, vocals
Jack Rothstein, saxophones
Luke Buzard, trumpet
Caleb Bennett, guitar
Connor Smeck, keyboards
Ryan Phillips, bass
Julien Brandon, drums
Kye Pyeatt, percussion
Art Blakey Combo
Kevin Turner, director
Caught a Touch of Your Love
arr. Nick Serrano
Social Call
arr. Ivan Murray
A Darker Mood
Alex Hliatzos
I Can’t Help It
Stevie Wonder/arr. N. Lucero
Ivan Murray, trumpet
Ethan White, clarinet
Alyssa Hartman, alto saxophone
Nathan Lucero, tenor saxophone
I Burgos, trombone
Logan Franklin, guitar
Alex Hliatzos, piano
Kindall Benjamin, bass
Nick Serrano, drums
Lizzie Gill, vocals
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