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2025 Jazz Pyramid Concert

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Source
YouTube / Arlington Educational Television
Date
2025-05-28
Location
Arlington County, VA
Material
Transcript
Extent
1,036 words · about 6 min
Collected
2026-06-03

Transcript

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001[Music] Welcome everybody. My name is Matthew Sedatal. I'm the U band director here at Washington Liberty. It's my pleasure to welcome you to the annual APS Jazz Showcase Concert. U this is a really really special tradition that we have that was started by my predecessor Alex Robinson. Uh and I believe this is year 40. Anybody? Yeah. Year 40. So u really wonderful tradition that we have here in Arlington public schools. Uh we're going to kick the the night off um without any further ado. So we have a lot of bands to get through. So we're going to try to get through everything um as expeditiously as possible as you can with 10 bands. So, um, to start us off tonight, please welcome to the stage the Dorothy Ham Middle School Jazz Band under the direction

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003our next one featuring few of our students with some solos. We got Jaden on the alto set and Chris on the trumpet on those drums. Enjoy. Well done. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Heat. Heat. Heat. N. [Music] Heat. Heat. Without further ado, the Thomas Jefferson Middle School Jazz Band. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Here we go. One, two, one, two, three. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Wow. One, two, three. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat.

004[Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Woo! [Music] All right, good evening everybody. Thanks so much for your time this evening. Yeah, how about a round of applause for Swanson Middle School Jazz Ensemble. I hope you enjoy it. Thank you. [Applause] [Music] Wow. Ah. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Right. Thank you so much. That was Charlie Arbor on the alto saxs and Elizabeth County Curry on the keyboard. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Hallelujah. [Music] Thank you so much. Nathaniel Junior on the center. [Applause] Okay. Please welcome the HP Woodlon jazz band. One, two, one, two, three, go. [Music] Heat.

005Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] One, two, 2 3 [Music] go. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Thank you. One, two. One, two, [Music] three. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Thank you very much. [Music] Thank you. Thank you. [Music] around and finally found somebody [Music] making good and even [Music] just some other I [Music] never I never [Music] become they wouldn't do for nobody else with all your balls. I love you and you wonderful and to be you. [Music] [Applause] Heat. Heat. [Music]

006So I never I [Music] never would for nobody else. with all your bones out of you. Wonderful. You had to be you. [Music] [Applause] Riley, Josh Hardy on the center phone. That was It had to be You. Our next and final interview is Bassy. Straight ahead. You will hear Colin Riley again on the tener saxophone. [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat [Music] up here. [Music] Thank you so much. Well done. All right, we are the Wakefield High School Jazz Bubble. We're going to start with a piece called Secret Love that features our trombone section, Pedro, Cora, Jason, Roman, and All right. One, two, one, two, one, two, three. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat.

007Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Applause] [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Thank you so much. We're going to continue with a Duke Ellington and Billy Straorn piece. It's called Such Sweet Thunder. And we're going to hear solos from Will and Ray on saxophones, Daniel on the trumpet, and on [Music] trumpet. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Applause] [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] Okay, we have one more for you tonight. This is a Latin piece called Sabore de Cuba written by Victor Lopez. And we are going to hear from Ray again on the Tatter and Christian on the L. So, thank [Music] you. [Music] Heat. [Music]

008Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] So, All [Music] right, please welcome to the stage the Washington Liberty Jazz Band. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Hey, [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Thank you. That was Barai on the [Music] piano. Emma on the tener. Nicholas on trumpet. We're going to play one more tune for you tonight. It's called Cafe Rio by David Ben. Uh it's going to feature Bara again on piano and Brandon on trombone. Thank you so much for coming out tonight everybody. Uh I hope

009you enjoy this last piece, Cafe Rio. [Applause] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Hey. Hey. Hey. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat.

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