Sousa leaves the Marine Band

Synopsis American composer and singer-songwriter Gabriel Kahane claims someone once described one of his songs as having been from the wastepaper basket of Schubert — but, Kahane hastened to add, “I think he meant that as a compliment.” Certainly Kahane is a successful songwriter ...  Show more

Synopsis In 1987, Telarc Records asked conductor Lorin Maazel if he would make a purely orchestral distillation of the four operas that make up Richard Wagner’s The Ring of the Nibelung. Telarc wanted it all to fit on just one CD. Now, with these four Wagner operas clocking in at ...  Show more

Vintage recordings of Sousa marches, including: The Stars and Stripes Forever, Washington Post, The Liberty  Bell and The Thunderer.

Performers include: Sousa's Band, The New York Military Band and the U.S. Marine Band.

The Chicago cornetist Spanier was known primarily for playing in small groups, but for about two years he led a big band modeled on the example of Bob Crosby's Orchestra. These studio dates for Decca and live airshots from the Arcadia Ballroom feature the leader, trombonist Verno ...  Show more

The short time Johnny Hodges left Duke Ellington's band produced a bounty of recordings from his regular band and studio groups. Here is the regular group with Nelson Williams, Emmett Berry or Harold "Shorty" Baker on trumpets, Lawrence Brown (trombone), Al Sears, Rudy Willia ...  Show more

The star sheds his band for a warm, winning, utterly game, happily overstuffed five-song performance of songs from across his long career.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship prefe ...  Show more