All Of Me - Seymour Simons & Gerald Marks / Niehaus [ 2022 CBB Spring Concert ]

“All Of Me”
Composer: Seymour Simons & Gerald Marks (1931)
Arranged by: Lennie Niehaus (1984)
Performed by the Columbia Big Band
Director: Matt Pisarcik
Columbia Bands, Inc.
Performed: May 15, 2022
River Hill High School, Clarksville, MD
Concert Playlist: • CBB: May 15, 2022 - Ri...
The COVID-19 pandemic substantially disrupted the Columbia Big Band. The group had to cancel a planned concert for March 14, 2020, as the world shut down the day after the dress rehearsal for the gig. A few remote-recording projects followed, but the band only managed to come together irregularly for the first time in an outdoor space in June 2021. The following months saw membership changes, rehearsal-location changes, and another cancelled concert in the January 2022 Delta surge.
After nearly three years, the band finally returns to the stage at River Hill High School to perform a setlist of standards, old favorites of the band, and some very new repertoire for an enthusiastic crowd.
The 1931 standard “All Of Me” by Marks & Simons has enjoyed a longstanding entry in the canon of vocal jazz standards, with successful recordings stretching from the first popular 1931 recording by Belle Baker up through entries by Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, and Louis Armstrong. In a strange twist, Willie Nelson recorded a version in 1978 that reached the top-ten of the Country charts, which served to cement its 2000 entry into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Wind Machine - Sammy Nestico (1976)
Togo - Dan White (2019) / Arr. Chris Ott (2019)
Granada Smoothie - Mark Taylor (BMI) (1976 / 1987)
All Of Me - Seymour Simons & Gerald Marks (1931) / Arr. Lennie Niehaus (1984)
Misty - Erroll Garner (music) (1955) & Johnny Burke (lyrics) / Arr. Jerry Nowak (1986)
Blue Skies - Irving Berlin (1927) / Arr. Roger Holmes (1994)
The Best Is Yet To Come - Cy Coleman (music) & Carolyn Leigh (lyrics) (1959) / Arr. Scott Ragsdale (2012)
Pegasus - Hank Levy (1976)
Hullabaloo - Alan Baylock (2007)
Armando's Rhumba - Chick Corea (1976) / Arr. Mike Tomaro (2011)
Randi - Phil Woods (1974)
Tall Cotton - Sammy Nestico (1976)
Orange Colored Sky - Milton DeLugg & Willie Stein (1950) / Arr. Roger Holmes (1993)
On The Sunny Side Of The Street - Jimmy McHugh (music) & Dorothy Fields (lyrics) (1930) / Arr. Mike Carubia (1995)
The Nearness Of You - Hoagy Carmichael (music) & Ned Washington (lyrics) (1938)] {/ Arr. Rick Stitzel (2017)
Love Is Here To Stay - George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin (1938 / 1965) / Arr. Dave Wolpe (2001)
Nesnir Eves - Allen Vizzutti
Hands Off - Matt Harris (1991)
The Columbia Big Band (CBB) is an ensemble formed in October 2015. Our repertoire covers genres such as traditional Big Band, Bebop, Fusion, Swing and Latin, among others. We are members of the community who enjoy performing for all audiences. Though some members play and teach music professionally, the members are volunteers employed in a wide variety of professions who share a love of music. CBB is one of several bands within the Columbia Bands non-profit organization. The Columbia Big Band hopes to bring the enjoyment of big band music to a wide audience. We look forward to seeing you at our concerts!