Trombones on Parade, Vol. 11

Here are the ‘Trombones On Parade’... the blaring brass band sounds that set hearts pounding, pulses racing and quickens the beat of marching feet. Robert A. Williams directs the All-American Band in this high-stepping concert of favorite band melodies. Two of them are in a festive, holiday spirit – the caper-cutting title tune, Trombones On Parade and the exciting tribute to the famous Southern city... Memphis the Majestic. The military comes in for review in the brisk, martial atmosphere of a full-dress parade at the Citadel, and in the platoons of smartly-dressed cadets participating in a Triumphal March. A similarly exultant atmosphere of triumph is expressed in the soul-stirring patriotic marches Emblematic and Ever Forward. The parade ground leads to the green fairways of the mall. There, composer Fred Jewell unfurls a regal overture entitled Cloth Of Gold. In a modern treatment of an ancient Scots melody, Blue Bells, we get a captivating blend of bagpipes and heather, and the marching strains of Greenway conjure up a Spring-in-the-air feeling. Finally, the concert waltz, Beautiful Days recalls the heydays of the village band, which did so much for the advancement of music in America.