This edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion stands for the proposition that band music does not have to be limited to Sousa marches, but is frequently popular music—like the opening composition on this edition: “The St. Louis Blues March.” Glenn Miller’s Army Air Force Band is given credit for making the “St. Louis Blues March” a big hit. Listen to the march as heard in the movie The Glenn Miller Story. The movie version does not sound the same as the version broadcast. That’s because the “St. Louis Blues March” didn’t become a big hit because of an Army Air Force Band led by Miller, but by the so-called Miller ghost band headed by Tex Beneke.
- St. Louis Blues March
Composer: W. C. Handy (1873-1958), arranged by Jerry Gray
Performer: Tex Beneke & His Orchestra
Album: Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 40's, Vol. 2
Glenn Miller’s connection with Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, Alabama
More about Glenn Miller’s connection with Maxwell Air Force Base
Story about the recording done by Glenn Miller’s Army Air Force Band
- Suite I: Symphonic Movement
Composer: Oliver Waespi (1971- )
Performer: Portuguese Symphonic Band
Album: Hamlet
- Suite I: Nocturne
Composer: Oliver Waespi
Performer: Portuguese Symphonic Band
Album: Hamlet
- Suite I: Toccata
Composer: Oliver Waespi
Performer: Portuguese Symphonic Band
Album: Hamlet
- Tea for Two (1924)
Composer: Vincent Youmans (1898-1946)
Performer: Coleman Hawkins & Red Allen
Album: Standards and Warhorses
- Peterloo Overture
Composer: Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)
Performer: Hamamatsu Symphonic Wind Orchestra (Japan)
Album: Wind Master Oveturers, Vol. 1
- Bugler's Holiday (1954)
Composer: Leroy Anderson (1908-1975)
Performer: Keystone Wind Ensemble
Album: Leroy Anderson: Phantom Regiment and Other Tales
- Trumpeter's Lullaby (1950)
Composer: Leroy Anderson
Performer: Keystone Wind Ensemble
Album: Leroy Anderson: Phantom Regiment and Other Tales
- Three Onegin Dances: Allegro
Composer: Peter I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Performer: Johan Willem Friso Military Band
Album: Made in Russia
- Three Onegin Dances: Waltz
Composer: Peter I. Tchaikovsky
Performer: Johan Willem Friso Military Band
Album: Made in Russia
- Three Onegin Dances: Polonaise
Composer: Peter I. Tchaikovsky
Performer: Johan Willem Friso Military Band
Album: Made in Russia
- National Anthem of Iceland
Composer: Sveinbjorn Sveinbjornsson (1847-1927)
Performer: Band of the Republican Guard
Album: European National Anthems