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Several arrangements by John Philip Sousa will round out the first portion of the program...
...years since his mother switched him from piano to flute ("so I would stand out"), Willson has just about run the musical gamut. At 17, he was playing flute and piccolo in Sousa's band; at 21 he was tootling the same instruments in the New York Philharmonic-Symphony under Toscanini. He started conducting when a bandleader friend offered to perform his Parade Fantastique, but told him he would have to lead it himself...
John Philip Sousa Marches (Coral; 2 sides LP). Sousa isn't just Sousa any more; he has syncopation possibilities. Here, Bob Crosby and his Bob Cats have some good clean Dixieland fun with The Stars and Stripes Forever, El Capitán, and half a dozen other old March King favorites...
...second Band recording to be released this year is just as good s the first, which means it is very good. "Up the Street" deviates somewhat from the Band's previous crop of football songs; it groups four Sousa marches, "Stars and stripes Forever," "Washington Post," "Semper Fidelis," and "El Capitan" with two familiar circus the Double Eagle,"and a pair of local arrangement long overdue for recording, "Our director" and "Up the street...
Hopkins also disclosed that "Up the Street With the Harvard Band," the latest march album, will be ready about December 10. The new album will contain four marches by John Phillip Sousa-"Stars and Stripes Forever," "Washington Post," "El Capitan," and "Semper Fidelis...