We open today's edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion with a popular march from the Broadway musical "The Music Man," which was also made into a movie. "Seventy-Six Trombones" was composed by Meredith Wilson, who also served as the music director for Tallulah Bankhead's radio show. As part of a running joke in the show, Meredith addressed Tallulah as "sir," as in "Yes, sir, Miss Bankhead." As a child, Wilson began playing the bass drum in the Salvation Army Band, but eventually he played the flute and piccolo in both the Sousa Band and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. He not only wrote two very popular Broadway musicals, but also symphonies and film scores.
- Seventy Six Trombones
Composer: Meredith Wilson (1902-1984)
Performer: Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra
Album: March World, Vol. 1
- Fantasies on Theme by Haydn: Los stress tempo
Composer: Norman Dello Joio (1913-2008)
Performer: Air Force Tactical Air Comand Band
Album: Fireworks for Band
- Fantasies on Theme by Haydn: Adagio
Composer: Norman Dello Joio
Performer: Air Force Tactical Air Comand Band
Album: Fireworks for Band
- Fantasies on Theme by Haydn: Allegro
Composer: Norman Dello Joio
Performer: Air Force Tactical Air Comand Band
Album: Fireworks for Band
- "Der Rosenkavalier" Suite
Composer: Richard Strauss (1864-1949), arranged byKazuhiro Moirta
Performer: Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Central Band
Album: New Arrangement Collections, Vol. 8
- One O'Clock Jump (1937)
Composer: Count Basie (1904-1984)
Performer: BBC Big Band Orchestra
Album: Best of the Big Bands, Vol. 3
- Fantasia
Composer: Vittorio Gianinni (1903-1966)
Performer: University of Houston Wind Ensemble
Album: Music for Wind Ensemble
