The Sounds of New Orleans
A Tribute to Louis Armstrong featuring Byron Stripling

Saturday, January 29, 2011 at 7:30 P.M.
Arkansas Best Corporation Performing Art Center

PROGRAM
Rossini: Overture to La Gazza Ladra
arr. Stripling: Sounds of New Orleans
Armstrong: Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans
Handy: St. Louis Blues
Berlin: Alexander’s Ragtime Band
Mercer: Sweet Georgia Brown

INTERMISSION

Weber: Overture to Euryanthe
Calloway and Mills: Minnie the Moocher
Waller and Razaf: Honeysuckle Rose
Waller, Brooks and Razaf: Ain’t Misbehavin’
Gaillard, Stewart and Green and Waller: Flat Foot Floogie
arr. Stripling: Louis Armstrong Tribute

Byron Stripling is one of the most sought after Jazz musicians in the world today. Join Bryon and the Fort Smith Symphony for a rousing evening of terrific Jazz showcasing the legacy of the great Louis Armstrong. Trumpeter extraordinaire and director of the Columbus Jazz Orchestra, Byron is knownfor his extrovert performances that connect with audiences throughout the world. He has performed with Tony Bennett, Natalie Cole, Lena Horne, Sonny Rollins, Paquito D’Rivera, Lionel Hampton, Dave Brubeck and Dizzie Gillespie, and performed with over 50 symphony and pops orchestras! This promises to be an outstanding concert of Jazz standards, as well as popular overtures by Rossini and Weber.