Brass, Reeds, and Percussion: October 14, 2023

In 1952, an instrumental version of “Blue Tango” by Leroy Anderson hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Originally composed for orchestra, the “Blue Tango” for this edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion is a wind-band arrangement performed by the Keystone Wind Ensemble. The composer Leroy Anderson was an organist and pianist. As a matter of fact, he played the organ for a church while he was in graduate school at Harvard studying foreign languages. At the same time, he was also the director of the Harvard Band. The band hall at Harvard is now named after him.

1. Blue Tango
   Composer:  Leroy Anderson (1908-1975)
   Performer:  Keystone Wind Ensemble
   Album:  Leroy Anderson: Phantom Regiment and Other Tales
     
2. Overture to “Colas Breugnon”
   Composer:  Dmitri Kabelevsky (1904-1987)
   Performer:  Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra
   Album:  Wind Master Overtures, Vol. 1
     
3. All By Myself
   Composer:  Eric Carmen (1949- )
   Performer:  Philharmonic Wind Orchestra
   Album:  Movie and Light Music Highlights
     
4. In the Mood
   Composer:  Glenn Miller (1904-1944)
   Performer:  Universal International Orchestra
   Album:  Soundtrack from "Glenn Miller Story"
     
5. Suite from Maverick
   Composer:  Randy Newman (1943- ), arranged by Roland Smeets
   Performer:  Ad Hoc Wind Orchestra
   Album:  Falcon of Egypt
     
6. Jack Tar March
   Composer:  John Philip Sousa (1854-1932)
   Performer:  U.S. Marine Band
   Album:  Military Marches: John Philip Sousa, Vol. 4
     
7. Glory of the Yankee Navy
   Composer:  John Philip Sousa
   Performer:  U.S. Marine Band
   Album:  Military Marches: John Philip Sousa, Vol. 4
     
8. Hands Across the Sea
   Composer:  John Philip Sousa
   Performer:  U.S. Marine Band
   Album:  Military Marches: John Philip Sousa, Vol. 4
     
9. Morgesn um Sieben (Mornings at Seven)
   Composer:  James Last (1929-2015)
   Performer:  Philharmonic Wind Orchestra
   Album:  Movie and Light Music Highlights
     
10. Willow
    Composer:  James Horner (1953-2015)
    Performer:  Ad Hoc Wind Orchestra
    Album:  Falcon of Egypt
      
11. 1957: Award Montage
    Composer:  Philip Glass (1937- )
    Performer:  Signum Saxophone Quartet
    Album:  Echoes
      
12. Sicilienne
    Composer:  Gabriel Faure (1845-1924), arranged by Jose Schyns
    Performer:  Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides
    Album:  Phoenix Ascending