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Jazz Festival: Ohio Show Band featuring Dave Powers and Josh Beatty 3/26/23

Sunday, March 26, 2023  •  6 p.m.

Weigel Auditorium
Columbus, OH

"Steely Dan meets Billy Joel"

featuring Dave Powers and Josh Beatty

OHIO SHOW BAND
Shawn Wallace, director

GUEST ARTISTS
Dave Powers, piano and vocals
Josh Beatty, guitar and vocals

Ohio State alumnus Josh Beatty was an original member of the Ohio Show Band while pursuing his bachelor's degree in Jazz Studies Performance. He is a professional touring musician based in Nashville. 

VOCALISTS
Rachel Martinez, Courtney Reymann,* Brianna O’Dell *

* alumnae

INSTRUMENTAL COMBO
Becca Dunn, trumpet
Quentin Gopal, alto sax
Robert Brooks, tenor sax
Nik Henderson, trombone
Dominic Camps, guitar
Shawn Wallace, bass/music director
Nicolas Serrano, drums


Selections from the following playlist will be announced from the stage.


Dave Powers | Music of Billy Joel
Only the Good Die Young • Movin' Out • Tell Her About It

Josh Beatty | Music of Steely Dan: Walter Becker and Donald Fagen
The Caves of Altamira • Black Friday • Kid Charlemagne • Key Nineteen • Peg • Reelin' in the Years

Vocalists
"At Last" (Mack Gordon and Harry Warren) — Rachel Martinez
"Livin' on a Prayer" (Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Desmond Child) — Courtney Reymann
"Just the Way You Are" (Billy Joel) — Dave Powers
"Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing" (Stevie Wonder) — Brianna O'Dell


— INTERMISSION —


Music of Billy Joel with Dave Powers and Guests
"And So It Goes" — D. Powers
"She's Always a Woman" — D. Powers and S. Beatty
"Piano Man" — D. Powers, S. Beatty, S. Wallace

The Ballad of Billy the Kid • Don't Ask Me Why • My Life • New York State of Mind • The Stranger • An Innocent Man • It's Still Rock and Roll to Me • To Make You Feel My Love • We Didn't Start the Fire • All About Soul
 


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