Tonight the Jazz Band performed an hour set at the Deerfield Hyatt for the
School Chest benefit dinner and auction. It was attended by over 300 people who enjoyed the sounds of the JB while perusing the items and snacking on hors d'oeurves. A number of band parents showed up to cheer us on, and we received many nice compliments on our playing. Everybody got to stretch out on some longer solos, and, as always, we added some holiday tunes to our repertoire. Here's our set list:
- Billie's Bounce
- Lemoncello
- I Had a Little Dreydl (swing version)
- Christmas Time is Here
- Rhythm-a-ning
- Some Other Blues
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (big band version)
- Chanukah, Oh Chanukah (klezmer version)
- Milestones
- Inchworm
- Sudwest Funk
- Auld Lang Syne (funk version)
Next up for the Jazz Band is the annual last-day-of-school-front-hall gig. It's a tradition here at DHS to perform while people are entering the school on the day before a break. For this one, we always set out a guitar case to solicit contributions for School Chest. This year's beneficiary is
Lungevity, an organization that supports lung cancer research. As a school, we will be raising thousands of dollars for them over the next three weeks.
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