Notes and Editorial Reviews
Here is an unusual military band CD. The 37 selections are divided into Marches by the US Marine Band and the US Army Band, Americana by the US Navy Band and Sea Chanters chorus, the USAF Band and Singing Sergeants and the US Army Band and Chorus, Family, Ceremonial where the US Coast Guard Band is added and finally a section called Bugle Calls where all the famous calls are recorded including Reveille, First Call, Assembly, Attention, Tattoo and Taps. The Marches include all the most popular ones, while Americana includes The Liberty Fanfare, Amazing Grace, God Bless the USA and America the Beautiful, among others. The section called Ceremonial includes everything from the National Anthem to the US Public Health Service March.
Here is an unusual military band CD. The 37 selections are divided into Marches by the US Marine Band and the US Army Band, Americana by the US Navy Band and Sea Chanters chorus, the USAF Band and Singing Sergeants and the US Army Band and Chorus, Family, Ceremonial where the US Coast Guard Band is added and finally a section called Bugle Calls where all the famous calls are recorded including Reveille, First Call, Assembly, Attention, Tattoo and Taps. The Marches include all the most popular ones, while Americana includes The Liberty Fanfare, Amazing Grace, God Bless the USA and America the Beautiful, among others. The section called Ceremonial includes everything from the National Anthem to the US Public Health Service March. Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa
Orchestra/Ensemble:
United States Marine Band
Period: Romantic
Written: 1897; USA
Venue: Pearl Trax Studio, Nashville, TN
Length: 3 Minutes 33 Secs.
2.
Semper Fidelis by John Philip Sousa
Orchestra/Ensemble:
United States Marine Band
Period: Romantic
Written: circa 1888; USA
Venue: Pearl Trax Studio, Nashville, TN
Length: 2 Minutes 41 Secs.
3.
Washington Post by John Philip Sousa
Orchestra/Ensemble:
United States Marine Band
Period: Romantic
Written: 1889; USA
Venue: Pearl Trax Studio, Nashville, TN
Length: 2 Minutes 33 Secs.
4.
Thunderer by John Philip Sousa
Orchestra/Ensemble:
United States Army Band
Period: Romantic
Written: circa 1889; USA
Venue: Pearl Trax Studio, Nashville, TN
Length: 2 Minutes 39 Secs.
5.
West Point March by Philip Egner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
United States Army Band
Written: USA
Venue: Pearl Trax Studio, Nashville, TN
Length: 3 Minutes 28 Secs.
6.
Liberty Fanfare by John T. Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble:
United States Navy Band
Period: 20th Century
Written: USA
Venue: Pearl Trax Studio, Nashville, TN
Length: 4 Minutes 32 Secs.
7.
America the Beautiful by Samuel Augustus Ward
Orchestra/Ensemble:
United States Navy Band,
U.S. Navy Sea Chanters
Period: Romantic
Written: 1882
Venue: Pearl Trax Studio, Nashville, TN
Length: 3 Minutes 32 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranged: Carmen Dragon
8.
Battle Hymn of the Republic by Traditional
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Singing Sergeants,
United States Air Force Band
Venue: Pearl Trax Studio, Nashville, TN
Length: 4 Minutes 36 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranged: Floyd Werle
9.
God Bless America by Irving Berlin
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Singing Sergeants,
United States Air Force Band
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1918/1938; USA
Venue: Pearl Trax Studio, Nashville, TN
Length: 2 Minutes 3 Secs.
Language: English
10.
Amazing grace by John Newton
Orchestra/Ensemble:
United States Air Force Band
Period: Classical
Written: 1799
Venue: Pearl Trax Studio, Nashville, TN
Length: 3 Minutes 34 Secs.
Notes: Arranged: Luis Maldenado
11.
God Bless the USA by Lee Greenwood
Orchestra/Ensemble:
United States Army Band,
United States Army Chorus
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1984
Venue: Pearl Trax Studio, Nashville, TN
Length: 2 Minutes 43 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranged: Msgt. Mark Taylor
12.
We Are All a Family by Al McCree
Performer:
Lisa Webb (Voice),
Perry Barton (Voice),
Kim Parent (Voice),
Fred Newell (Mandolin),
Fred Newell (Banjo),
Fred Newell (Electric Guitar),
Dan Borgers (Keyboards),
Eddie Bedford (Bass),
Bob Mater (Drums),
Pat Patrick (Guitar)
Period: 20th Century
Venue: Pearl Trax Studio, Nashville, TN
Length: 4 Minutes 31 Secs.
Language: English
13.
Trinkets and Beads by Al McCree
Performer:
Fred Newell (Electric Guitar),
Dan Borgers (Keyboards),
Eddie Bedford (Bass),
Bob Mater (Drums),
Pat Patrick (Guitar),
Fred Newell (Banjo),
Fred Newell (Mandolin),
Kim Parent (Voice),
Lisa Webb (Voice),
Perry Barton (Voice)
Period: 20th Century
Venue: Pearl Trax Studio, Nashville, TN
Length: 2 Minutes 36 Secs.
Language: English
14.
The Higher We Fly by Lee Holdridge
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Singing Sergeants,
United States Air Force Band
Period: 20th Century
Written: USA
Venue: Pearl Trax Studio, Nashville, TN
Length: 3 Minutes 47 Secs.
Language: English
15.
God of our fathers by George William Warren
Orchestra/Ensemble:
United States Marine Band
Period: Romantic
Venue: Pearl Trax Studio, Nashville, TN
Length: 4 Minutes 5 Secs.
Notes: Arranged: Thomas Knox
16.
Lord Guard and Guide by Mary Hamilton
Orchestra/Ensemble:
United States Air Force Singing Sergeants
Period: 20th Century
Venue: Pearl Trax Studio, Nashville, TN
Length: 3 Minutes 5 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: This selection was written in collaboration with Henry Baker.
17.
Eternal father, strong to save "Melita" by John Bacchus Dykes
Orchestra/Ensemble:
U.S. Navy Sea Chanters
Period: Romantic
Written: by 1861; England
Venue: Pearl Trax Studio, Nashville, TN
Length: 1 Minutes 51 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranged: John Dykes
18.
The Star-spangled Banner by John Stafford Smith
Orchestra/Ensemble:
United States Army Band
Period: Classical
Written: by 1814
Venue: Pearl Trax Studio, Nashville, TN
Length: 1 Minutes 14 Secs.
Notes: Francis Scott Key wrote the words to the "Star-spangled Banner" in 1814.
He used the melody from Smith's song "To Anacreon in Heaven."
19.
Geneviève de Brabant: "From the Halls of Montezuma" by Jacques Offenbach
Orchestra/Ensemble:
United States Marine Band
Period: Romantic
Written: 1859; Paris, France
Venue: Pearl Trax Studio, Nashville, TN
Length: 0 Minutes 54 Secs.
Notes: Only an excerpt of this selection is being performed.
20.
Anchors Aweigh by Charles A. Zimmerman
Orchestra/Ensemble:
United States Navy Band
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1906
Venue: Pearl Trax Studio, Nashville, TN
Length: 0 Minutes 37 Secs.
21.
Off We Go into the Wild Blue Yonder by Robert M. Crawford
Orchestra/Ensemble:
United States Air Force Band
Period: 20th Century
Written: by 1939; USA
Venue: Pearl Trax Studio, Nashville, TN
Length: 0 Minutes 47 Secs.
22.
Semper Paratus by Francis S. Van Boskerck
Orchestra/Ensemble:
United States Coast Guard Band
Period: Romantic
Venue: Pearl Trax Studio, Nashville, TN
Length: 1 Minutes 46 Secs.
23.
Bugle Calls by Traditional
Orchestra/Ensemble:
United States Marine Band
Venue: Pearl Trax Studio, Nashville, TN
Length: 6 Minutes 28 Secs.
Notes: Arranged: Thomas Knox
This selection consists of various Bugle Calls pieces.
24.
The caissons go rolling along by Edmund Louis Gruber
Orchestra/Ensemble:
United States Army Band
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1918; USA
Venue: Pearl Trax Studio, Nashville, TN
Length: 1 Minutes 5 Secs.
Notes: This selection was written in collaboration with Harold Arberb.
25.
US Public Health Service March by George III King
Orchestra/Ensemble:
United States Coast Guard Band
Venue: Pearl Trax Studio, Nashville, TN
Length: 2 Minutes 13 Secs.
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