Saturday, March 28, 2026  •  7:30 p.m.

Weigel Auditorium
Columbus, OH
 

PROGRAM

The Ohio State University Jazz Ensemble presents "Miles Ahead", plus Tia Fuller

Mike Smith, director/conductor

Our 49th Jazz Festival concludes with a start-studded concert.

The Ohio State Jazz Ensemble performs Miles Ahead – Miles Davis and Gil Evans’ masterpiece, with guest soloists Anthony Stanco (assistant professor of jazz trumpet, Michigan State University) and alumnus Miles Franklin Smith (BM 2023, Jazz Studies; MM 2025, Jazz, Northern Illinois University), flugelhorn. 

All Miles Ahead charts arranged by Gil Evans. These charts edited by Jeffrey Sultanof, with Dylan Canterbury and Rob Dubof.

Miles Ahead was released in 1957 on Columbia Records. It was the second collaboration between Miles Davis and Gil Evans. Others include The Miles Davis Nonet recordings that became known as The Birth of the Cool, Porgy and Bess, and Sketches of Spain. The Jazz Ensemble is performing the first seven of the ten tracks on Miles Ahead, and we will play them without a break between tracks, just as it is presented on the album.

Springsville – John Carisi
The Maids of Cadiz – Leo Delibes
The Duke – Dave Brubeck
My Ship – Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin
Miles Ahead – Gil Evans
Blues For Pablo – Gil Evans
New Rhumba – Ahmad Jamal

— INTERMISSION —

The Jazz Ensemble, featuring Tia Fuller, alto saxophone

I Love You – Cole Porter, arr. Tia Fuller, orchestrated by Brian Lawrence
Crowns of Grey – Tia Fuller
Queen Intuition – Tia Fuller, arr. Rachel Eckroth
Sack O’ Woe – Julian ‘Cannonball’ Adderley, arr. Al Cobine
Four – Miles Davis, arr. Mark Taylor

Personnel

Saxophones
Alyssa Hartman, alto/flute/alto flute/oboe
Matt McDonnell, alto/clarinet/flute
Nathan Lucero, tenor/bass clarinet/oboe
Ean Marin, tenor/bass clarinet
Chris Cofer, baritone/bass clarinet

Trumpets
Adam Beggs
Tavien Dotson
Sam Haskell
Ki Jones
Leo Wolf
Jordan Steinbrook

Horn in F
Olivia Boden
Adeline Hannig

Trombones
Lucia Cherok
Nic Henderson
Michael Malone
Holly Saunier
Chayton Winters

Tuba
Lucia Cherok

Rhythm Section
Logan Franklin, guitar
Jordan Steinbrook, piano
Alexis Cunningham, bass
Julien Brandon, drums/percussion
Nicolas Serrano, drums/percussion 
 

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