As usual, "variety" is the watchword of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion. This edition features original classical wind-band music, movie music, dance music, flapper music from the 1920s, and even music inspired by a Japanese sculpture erected in Canada.
The program opens with two well-known songs from that the 1920s: “Ain't She Sweet” composed in 1927 and “Toot, Toot, Tootsie,” composed in 1922. Both versions are performed by Enoch Light and the Light Brigade. Not only was Enoch Light a major big-band leader during the 1950s and 1960s, but he was also a pioneering recording engineer. When stereo became the new technology for recordings, he was determined to demonstrate its possibilities. So his recordings, some of the first stereo recordings, often have a wide divergence in sound between the left and right channels.
- Ain't She Sweet (1927)
Composer: Milton Ager (music, 1893-1979) & Jack Yellen (lyrics, 1892-1991)
Performer: Enoch Light & Light Brigade
Album: Big Hits of the 20s - Toot, Toot, Tootsie
Composer: Gus Kahn (1886-1941), Ernie Erdman (1879-1946) & Danny Russo (1885-1944)
Performer: Enoch Light & Light Brigade
Album: Big Hits of the 20s - Kamui-Mintara (Playground of the Gods)
Composer: Hiroki Takahashi (1979- )
Performer: Tokai University Fuzoku Takanawadai Senior High School Wind Orchestra
Album: Welcome to Hiroki's World - Four Scottish Dances
Composer: Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)
Performer: U.S. Army Band
Album: Dances Around the World - National Fencibles
Composer: John Philip Sousa (1854-1932)
Performer: U.S. Marine Band
Album: Military Marches of John Philip Sousa, Vol. 1 - All the Cats Join In
Composer: Eddie Sauter (1914-1981), Alec Wilder (1907-1980) & Ray Gilbert (1912-1976)
Performer: Frankie Carle & His Orchestra
Album: Frankie Carle & His Orchestra: 1944-1946 - Concert Trio
Composer: Bernard Henrik Crusell (1775-1838)
Performer: Boxwood and Brass
Album: Music for a Prussian Salon - A Summer Place (1959)
Composer: Max Steiner (1888-1971) arranged by Kevin Rogers
Performer: Royal Belgian Navy Band
Album: Spanish Trilogy - Never on a Sunday
Composer: Manos Hatzidakis, arranged by Kevin Rogers
Performer: Royal Belgian Navy Band
Album: Spanish Trilogy
