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Brass, Reeds, and Percussion: September 23, 2023

Some people consider fall to be football season. Band aficionados call it marching band season. WLRH is proud to sponsor the Rocket City Marching Contest hosted by Bob Jones High School Band and being held during the broadcast of this episode. This episode opens with the march that my high school band used for the years 1966, 1967, 1968, and 1969; namely, “March Grandioso.” The march was written by Roland Seitz, typically called the the Parade Music Prince. Once published, the march was extensively used in parades and uses the theme from the Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 14.

  1. March Grandioso (1901)
    Composer:  Roland F. Seitz (1867-1946)
    Performer:  Goldman Band
    Album:  Golden Age of the American March
      
  2. Overture from "Loz Forza del Destino"
    Composer:  Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
    Performer:  Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra
    Album:  Wind Master Overtures, Vol. 1
      
  3. Horse and Buggy (1951)
    Composer:  Leroy Anderson (1908-1975)
    Performer:  Keystone Wind Ensemble
    Album:  Leroy Anderson: Phantom Regiment and Other Tales
      
  4. Little Brown Jug (1869)
    Composer:  Joseph Winner (1837-1918)
    Performer:  Universal International Orchestra
    Album:  Sound Track from "Glenn Miller Story"
      
  5. Headliner
    Composer:  Dennis Armitage (1928-2005)
    Performer:  Philharmonic Wind Orchestra
    Album:  Movie and Light Music Highlights
      
  6. Skyliner
    Composer:  Charlie Barnet (1913-1991)
    Performer:  Philharmonic Wind Orchestra
    Album:  Movie and Light Music Highlights
      
  7. Der verliebte Jazztrompeter (Jazz Trumpeter in Love)
    Composer:  Erwin Lehn (1919-2010)
    Performer:  Woodstock Allstar Band featuring Thomas Gansch
    Album:  Best of Woodstock der Blasmusik, Vol. 11
      
  8. Be mir bistu shein
    Composer:  Sholom Seconda (music, 1894-1974) & Jacob Jacobs (lyrics, 1890-1977)
    Performer:  Brassessoires
    Album:  Best of Woodstock der Blasmusik, Vol. 11
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  9. Trittico: Allegro maestoso (1963)
    Composer:  Vaclav Nelhybel (1919-1996)
    Performer:  Dallas Wind Symphony
    Album:  Trittico
      
  10. Trittico: Adagio
    Composer:  Vaclav Nelhybel (1919-1996)
    Performer:  Dallas Wind Symphony
    Album:  Trittico
      
  11. Trittico: Allegro marcato
    Composer:  Vaclav Nelhybel (1919-1996)
    Performer:  Dallas Wind Symphony
    Album:  Trittico
      
  12. Laal Laal Gaal Jaan Ke Hain Laagu (Red Red Cheeks of Love)
    Composer:  Unidentified
    Performer:  Jaipur Kawa Brass Band
    Album:  Dance of the Cobra
      
  13. Garde du Corps
    Composer:  Robert B. Hal l (1858-1907)
    Performer:  Goldman Band
    Album:  Golden Age of the American March

Born in Natchez, Mississippi, in 1951, John moved to Huntsville in 1975, where he worked for a communications training firm. From 1997 to 2022, John worked for the Lanier Ford law firm. During his tenure, He served as Lanier Ford's law librarian, marketing specialist, trainer, and professional recruiter. While in college and law school, John worked in professional radio in Starkville and Oxford, Mississippi.