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Episode 1 – Return of the Brass! – Featuring Doc Severinsen, the No BS! Brass Band, and The Black Dyke Band

Brass virtuoso James Morrison returns with a new series of Top Brass, featuring the best brass music around. With music from Doc Severinsen, Carol Jarvis, & the Black Dyke Band.

Brass virtuoso James Morrison returns with a brand new series of Top Brass, featuring brass music in all shapes and sizes, from Jazz and Big Band, to Rock and Pop. In this show, James introduces Jazz from Steve Turre, Andrea Motis, and Roy Hargrove, a Big Band cover of Super Mario Bros from Mikey Votano, and a new piece for brass band by Cai Isfryn, performed by the Black Dyke Band. There are covers of Imagine Dragons, The Carpenters and a-Ha, by Too Many Zooz, Doc Severinsen, and the No BS! Brass Band, and Samurai Brass reinvent a Jazz-Rock classic. Don’t miss the brassiest show on the airwaves – Top Brass!

57 minutes

Last on

Sat 6 Jan 2024 01:00
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • NO BS! BRASS BAND

    Take On Me

    Music Arranger: N/A.
    • Electric Cowbell Records.
    • r4268159.

  • Kristian Persson

    The Antidote

    Performer: Nine Sparks Riots. Performer: The Apocalyptic Brass Ensemble.
    • Self-released.
    • na.

  • Buddy Johnson

    Since I Fell For You

    Performer: Britt Woodman. Performer: Steve Turre.
    • Verve.
    • 527 159-2.

  • Andrea Motis

    Heat

    Composer: Christoph Mallinger. Composer: Stephan Kondert. Performer: Andrea Motis.
    • Jazz to Jazz.
    • AMCD001.

  • Cai Isfryn

    The Blessed

    Conductor: Nicholas Childs. Performer: Black Dyke Band.
    • n/a.
    • n/a.

  • Alex da Kid

    Warriors

    Composer: Dan Reynolds. Composer: Wayne Sermon. Composer: Josh Mosser. Performer: Too Many Zooz.
    • Self-released.
    • n/a.

  • Sam Cooke

    Bring it on Home to me

    Performer: Roy Hargrove Quintet.
    • Groovin' High.
    • 0602517641815.

  • Joe Zawinul

    Birdland

    Performer: Samurai Brass.
    • Samurai Brass.
    • SKSB-160831.

  • Carol Jarvis

    In My Veins

    Performer: Carol Jarvis.
    • Self-released.
    • n/a.

  • Nathan Tanouye

    Fat City Sauce

    Performer: Santa Fe and the Fat City Horns.
    • Self-released.
    • CD004.

  • Leon Russell

    A Song For You

    Performer: Doc Severinsen.
    • Wounded Bird Records.
    • WOU2730.

  • Marshall Gilkes

    Part VII: Genre Battles

    Performer: Marshall Gilkes.
    • Alternate Side Records.
    • ASR13.

  • Koji Kondo

    Super Mario Bros

    Music Arranger: Mike Votano. Performer: Mikey Votano Big Band.
    • Self-released.
    • n/a.

Broadcast

  • Sat 6 Jan 2024 01:00
    ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 2