2007 Festival in Review

Congratulations and thank you to all of our performers this year. We had a terrific festival inspired by our guest Shelly Berg - artist and educator extraordinaire.

Pacific Crest Community School was selected as the adjudicators choice band and opened the evening festival concert for Shelly Berg and the Willamette University Jazz Ensemble.

Soloist Award Recipients

Javier Nero, Trombone — Pacific Crest Community School
Anthony Polson, Drums — Pacific Crest Community School
Zach Ferguson, Bari Sax — Pacific Crest Community School
Aaron Johnson, Sax/Clarinet — Pacific Crest Community School
Bryan Pawlowski, Trombone — Aloha High School
Josh Sears, Trombone — McMinnville High School
Eric Valentine, Piano — McMinnville High School
Conner Plant, Tenor Saxophone — Sprague High School
Brendan Boyd, Trombone — Black Hills High School
Sam Hirsh, Piano — Grant High School
Gerrit Orem, Tenor Saxophone — Grant High School
Jazelle Green, Alto Saxophone — Grant High School

Program of Performance

North Eugene HS

Uptown Blues — Doug Beach
Sugar — Turrentine/M. Taylor
Song for JR — Bill Liston
Big Swing Face — Bill Potts

West Salem HS I

Flaming Sword — Ellington
Quintessence — Quincy Jones
Alright, Okay, You Win — Wyche&Watts/Nestico

Dallas HS

Alright, Okay, You Win — Sammy Nestico
` Stormy Weather — Ed Gaston
Children of Sanchez — Mangione/Dave Wolpe

McMinnville HS

Toe Be or Not Toe Be — Dave Metzger
Hinsdale — Frank Mantooth
Somewhere South of the Border — Dana Libonati

West Salem HS II

Just Friends — Klenner/Jackson
Li'l Darlin' — Hefti
Open Wide — Don Ellis/Lowden

Aloha HS I

On the Street Where you Live — Lerner and Lowe
Cabeza de Carne — Matt Harris
Minuano - Metheny

Pacific Crest CS

Medley: Tribute to the Ellington Style of Music - Ellington

Sprague HS

Southbound — Doug Beach
In a Sentimental Mood — Ellington/Tomaro
Big Swing Face — Buddy Rich

South Salem HS

Saralon Blues — Thomas Fredrickson
Parfait — Steve Spiegl
Los Altibajos — Rick Lawn

Mazama HS II

One Note Samba — Jobim/Nowak
Rebecca — Garretson
Kansas City — Leiber&Stoller/Clark

Black Hills HS

Blues for Mr. K — Mike Pendowski
Grace — Quincy Jones
Two Seconds to Midnight — Alan Baylock
The Point of No Return — Eric Richards

Grant HS

Evidence — Thelonius Monk/John Clayton
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat — Charles Mingus/Sy Johnson
Straight No Chaser — Thelonius Monk/John La Barbera

Willamette HS

Malaguena — Larry Kerchner
Round Midnight — Mike Tomaro
Brass Machine — Mark Taylor
Sing, Sing, Sing — Mike Lewis

Mazama HS I

Mode Man — Taylor
Send In the Clowns — Sondheim/Barduhn
Mueva Los Huesos - Goodwin

McLoughlin HS

Salt Peanuts — Gillespie/Mark Taylor
Sugar — Turrentine/Mark Taylor
God Bless the Child — arr. John Berry
Groove Merchant — Richardson/Barduhn