♪ IN THE 1940'S AND EARLY 1950S, BIG BAND JAZZ WAS IT, WITH PEOPLE FLOCKING TO BALLROOMS TO HEAR THE BANDS AND DANCE.

TONIGHT WE HEAR SOME FAVORITES AND ENJOY THE CONTEMPORARY FAVORITES OF THE DEMARTINO-OSLAND ORCHESTRA, MADE POSSIBLE BY A CONTRIBUTION FROM STEWART POWELL AND FORD LINCOLN MERCURY, MAZDA.

>> WELL DOME TO "IN THE MOOD" TONIGHT WE HAVE THE DEMARTINO-OSLAND JAZZ ORCHESTRA FEATURING BYRON STRIPLING AND BYRON ROMANOWITZ.

♪ (APPLAUSE) >> THE NEXT TUNE IS A FAVORITE FROM THE BIG-BAND ERA, A PARODY TUNE ON "WITCHCRAFT" ♪ ♪♪ (APPLAUSE) ♪♪ (APPLAUSE) THE NEXT ARRANGEMENT IS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS PIECES FROM THE SWING ERA PLAYED BY THE DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA, REALLY THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BAND ALMOST THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF JAZZ, THE GREATEST INNOVATORS AND ONE OF THE GREATEST DANCE BANDS, OUR ARRANGEMENT OF "TAKE THE "A" TRAIN" ♪♪ (APPLAUSE) ♪♪ (APPLAUSE) >> THE NEXT ARRANGE THE FEATURES ONE OF MY FAVORITE SAX PLAYERS, LESA OSLAND.

ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS INSTRUMENTS OF THE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA WAS THE BARRINGTON SAXOPHONE.

♪♪ (APPLAUSE) >> I AM HAPPY, IT WAS ABOUT 52 YEARS AGO WHEN BYRON MANOWITZ WAS KIND OF A BAND OF OUTLAWS.

AT THAT TIME JAZZ AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY WAS BANNED.

FACULTY MEMBER COULD NOT BE CAUGHT DEAD PLAYING JAZZ ON THE CAMPUS, BECAUSE OF WHAT HE DID.

IT ALSO MADE DOWN BEAT MAGAZINE NEWS.

I WAS SHOWED A 1950 ARTICLE, JAZZ BANNED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY.

WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY, BYRON ROMANOWITZ IN THE LAST 50 YEARS.

AND HE SOUNDS JUST AS INCREDIBLE.

WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, IN IS BYRON ROMANOWITZ ♪♪ (APPLAUSE) >> MANY, MANY YEARS -- NO, NOT THAT MANY, BUT NONETHELESS, ONE OF THE FINEST JAZZ PIANISTS, WAS MIKE ALLEN.

HERE COMES MIKE RIGHT NOW.

(APPLAUSE) ♪♪ (APPLAUSE) >> MR. MIKE ALLEN AND BYRON ROMANOWITZ.

NOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE ONE OF TODAY'S MOST EXCITING YOUNG TRUMPET PLAYERS.

WE WENT TO MUSIC SCHOOL TOGETHER.

SINCE THEN HE IS THE LEAD TRUMPET PLAYER IN THE COUNT BASIE BAND AND AFTER THAT HE WAS A STAR ON BROADWAY IN THE MUSICAL "SATCHINOW" DEPICTING THE LIFE OF LOUIS ARMSTRONG.

BYRON ADDS THAT FLAVOR TO HIS PLAYING, BUT HE IS A WONDERFUL MUSICIAN.

I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE BYRON STRIPLING.

(APPLAUSE) ♪♪ (APPLAUSE) ♪♪ (APPLAUSE) >> THANK YOU.

IF YOU HAVE A LONG MEMORY, BYRON, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY I CONFESS, MAYBE 30?

MANY YEARS AGO THERE WAS ONE, AND WE DEDICATED TO YOU, AND THIS IS CALLED "I AM CONFESSING THAT I LOVE YOU" ♪♪ (APPLAUSE) ♪♪ (APPLAUSE) >> MR. BYRON STRIPLING.

♪♪ (APPLAUSE) ♪♪ (APPLAUSE) >> I THINK WE NEED TO GET THINGS GOING AGAIN LITTLE BIT.

WE HAVE A REQUEST THAT WE WILL TAKE CARE OF.

A LOT OF PEOPLE WANTED TO HEAR MR. MIKE ALLEN AND BYRON AGAIN.

LET'S BRING THEM UP.

I KNOW THIS IS LIVE AND EVERYTHING.

THIS IS WHAT JAZZ IS ALL ABOUT.

MIKE ALLEN.

(APPLAUSE) ♪♪ (APPLAUSE) ♪♪ (APPLAUSE) ♪♪ (APPLAUSE) >> WE HAVE ONE MORE TUNE FOR YOU.

ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR SHOWING UP TONIGHT, BEING PART OF THIS EVENT AND THANKS TO EVERYONE AT KET AND OUR SPONSORS, ALSO TO GENO'S.

ONCE AGAIN, THANKS TO KET FOR LOOKING AT SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND THINKING IT IS A WORTHWHILE PROJECT.

THANK YOU TO THE BAND FOR DOING THIS.

IT HAS BEEN A LOT OF FUN.

WE HOPE TO DO IT AGAIN SOMETIME.

THANK YOU.

WE ARE GOING TO BRING EVERYBODY BACK, BYRON AND BYRON, THE NEWARK TEXTURE FIRM (LAUGHTER) AND A LITTLE BIT OF THE OLD AND A LITTLE BIT OF THE NEW, SOMETHING DONE BY THE GLEN MILLER ORCHESTRA.

IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT WE WILL BREAK INTO THE NEWER ARRANGEMENT DONE BY JEFF TYSON DONE BY BYRONIE NUMBER 2, AN ARRANGEMENT DONE FOR THE OLD TONIGHT SHOW WITH DOC SEVERSON CONDUCTING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

(APPLAUSE) ♪♪ (APPLAUSE) >> THIS PROGRAM WAS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART THROUGH A GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION.

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