Most Requested Tunes: Live at Nauvoo

You asked for it, and Ray Smith and BYU's big band Synthesis has answered with
this great collection of swing favorites from the likes of Glenn Miller and
Les Brown. Also included are swing treatments of Mr. Rogers' theme and the Sesame
Street theme. The recordings were captured during two weeks of performances
in historic Nauvoo, IL.



TRACK LIST

1. In the Mood (3:26) [from the Glenn Miller band]

Joe Garland

2. They Can't Take That Away From Me (3:27)

Ira Gershwin and George Gershwin, arr. by Lennnie Niehaus

3. Moonlight Serenade (3:32)

Glenn Miller

4. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To (2:58)

Cole Porter, arr. by Ella Fitzgerald and Roy Eldredge, adapted for big band
by Lyle Durland

5. Salute to the Big Bands (7:22)

arr. by Walt Stuart

* Jan Savitt: '720 in the Books'

* Glenn Miller: 'Tuxedo Junction'

* Les Brown: 'I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm'

* Benny Goodman: 'Stompin' at the Savoy'

* Glenn Miller: 'Pennsylvania 6-5000, 'Little Brown Jug,'Chattanooga
Choo-Choo'

6. We'll Be Together Again (3:54)

Carl Fischer and Frankie Laine, arr. Bob Florence

7. Won't You Be My Neighbor? (theme from Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood) (3:11)

Fred Rogers, arr. Mike Tomaro

8. Tribute to Duke Ellington (5:54)

Duke Ellington, arr. Sammy Nestico

* 'In a Sentimental Mood'

* 'Mood Indigo'

* 'Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)'

9. American Patrol (3:35) [from the Glenn Miller band]

F. W. Meacham

10. God Bless the Child (4:47)

Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog Jr., arr. Sammy Nestico

11. Manhã de Carnaval (theme from Black Orpheus) (7:05)

Luis Bonfa and Antonio Maria, arr. Eric Richards

12. Yesterdays (6:42)

Jerome Kern, arr. Bill Holman

13. Sesame Street Theme (3:46)

J. Raposo, J. Stone, and B. Hart, arr. Denis DiBlasio

14. Only You (4:40) [from the Count Basie band] ]

Bob Florence

15. Sing, Sing, Sing (8:32) [from the Benny Goodman band]

Louis Prima, transcribed for Synthesis by Ralph Laycock

total playing time 72:51

CREDITS

Executive Producer: Ron Simpson

Producer: Ray Smith

Recorded by Jeff Carter on site at the Joseph Smith Auditorium, Nauvoo, IL

Mixed by Michael Chadbourne at the LDS Motion Picture Studio, Provo, UT

Mastered by Michael Maughan at the LDS Motion Picture Studio, Provo, UT

Graphic Design: John Petersen

Cover Art: 'West Coast Cool' by Christopher Schink, used by permission.

(Northern California artist Christopher Schink is also a jazz drummer. He has
graciously allowed Tantara to use this painting. More of his jazz series can
be viewed at www.ChristopherSchink.com)

Photography: Mark Philbrick and staff, BYU

PERFORMERS

Ray Smith, director, soprano saxophone and clarinet

Neesha Nelson, alto saxophone and clarinet

Skyler Murray, alto saxophone and clarinet

Ryan Lillywhite, tenor saxophone and clarinet

Chad Ostermiller, tenor saxophone and clarinet

Isaac Christensen, baritone saxophone

Evan Bateman, trumpet

Jeff Clark, trumpet

Sam Pettit, trumpet

Dorian Kinder, trumpet

BJ Cox, trumpet

Alisha Ard*, trombone and vocals

Steve Hunter, trombone

JD Lindsay, trombone

Richard Stacey, bass trombone

Brian Hall, piano

Kristen Bromley, guitar

Regan Brough, bass

Kevin Meyer, drums