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Brass, Reeds, and Percussion: September 30, 2023

Today’s edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion opens with a wind band from India performing music that reflects Western European instrumentation but Indian musical tradition sometimes called gypsy. The instrumentation is trumpets, euphoniums, trombones, a tuba, a clarinet, and various drums. The tune is "Dark Black Eyes," performed by the Jaipur Kawa Brass Band of Jaipur, India. Jaipur is the capitol of Rajasthan, an Indian state located in northwest India on the border with Patkistan. Rajasthan is where the so-called gypsies come from. Some people consider the word gypsy a pejorative. The word is only used in this post because many people may not know the more acceptable word Romani (pronounced ROH mah nee).

  1. Yeh Kali Kali Aankhen (Dark Black Eyes)
    Composer:  Unidentified
    Performer:  Jaipur Kawa Brass Band
    Album:  Dance of the Cobra
      
  2. Overture for Wind Instruments
    Composer:  Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
    Performer:  Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra
    Album:  Wind Master Overtures, Vol. 1
      
  3. Sandpaper Ballet
    Composer:  Leroy Anderson (1908-1975)
    Performer:  Keystone Wind Ensemble
    Album:  Leroy Anderson: Phantom Regiment and Other Tales
      
  4. Are You Gonna Be My Girl
    Composer:  Nic Cester (1979- ) & Cameron Muncey (1980- )
    Performer:  Voixxbradler
    Album:  Best of Woodstock der Blasmusik, Vol. 11
      
  5. Da kummt die Sunn (Here Comes the Sun)
    Composer:  George Harrison (1943-2001)
    Performer:  Schnopsidee
    Album:  Best of Woodstock der Blasmusik, Vol. 11
      
  6. Symphony 3: Allegro energico
    Composer:  Vittorio Giannini (1903-1966)
    Performer:  Dallas Wind Symphony
    Album:  Trittico
      
  7. Symphony 3: Adagio
    Composer:  Vittorio Giannini (1903-1966)
    Performer:  Dallas Wind Symphony
    Album:  Trittico
      
  8. Symphony 3: Allegretto
    Composer:  Vittorio Giannini (1903-1966)
    Performer:  Dallas Wind Symphony
    Album:  Trittico
      
  9. Symphony 3: Allegro con brio
    Composer:  Vittorio Giannini (1903-1966)
    Performer:  Dallas Wind Symphony
    Album:  Trittico
      
  10. National Anthem of Andorra
    Composer:  Enric Marfany Bons (1871-1942)
    Performer:  Band of the Republican Guard
    Album:  European National Anthems
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.