05.15.19 Jazz Band

Afro-Cuban Roots & Traditions
José Encarnación, director
Nolan Ehlers ’20, co-director
Tyler Nanstad ’23, narrator

Traditional songs for Eleguá
Guiro
Ricardo Jimenez, lead vocals
Jazz Band members, vocals
Nolan Ehlers, chekeré
Liam Fisher, chekeré
José Encarnación, chekeré

John “Dizzy” Gillespie (1917-1993)
arr. Michael Philip Mossman (b. 1959)
A Night in Tunisia
Theresa Gruber-Miller, trumpet
Liam Traynor, trumpet
Omar Tlatelpa-Nieto, trombone
Ben Schaffzin, alto saxophone
Liam Fisher, timbales

Traditional songs for Obatalá
Bembé for Obatalá
Ricardo Jimenez, lead vocals
Jazz Band members, vocals
Nolan Ehlers, conga
Liam Fisher, conga
José Encarnación, conga

Bill Cunliffe (b. 1956)
Afluencia
Ben Schaffzin, soprano saxophone
Jacob Dikelsky, trombone
Liam Traynor, trumpet
Carson Bell, guitar
Peter Lagershausen, piano

Traditional batá rhythm – Ochosi
Ochosi – “Oro Seco”
Batá drums:
Nolan Ehlers, iyá
José Encarnación, itótele
Liam Fisher, okónkolo

Michael Philip Mossman (b. 1959)
Canto Lucumi
Alex Rothstein, tenor saxophone
Omar Tlatelpa-Nieto, trombone
Carson Bell, guitar
Peter Lagershausen, piano
Batá drums:
Nolan Ehlers, iyá
José Encarnación, itótele
Liam Fisher, okónkolo
Traditional Songs for Ochosi
Ricardo Jimenez, lead vocals

Oscar Hernandez (b. 1954)
Rumba Urbana
Liam Traynor, trumpet
Alex Rothstein, tenor saxophone
Nate Wood, baritone saxophone

Israel “Cachao” López (1918-2008)
Comparsa “Yenyere Guma”
Ricardo Jimenez, lead vocals
Jazz Band members, vocals