Well, it’s that time of year again. All those Thanksgiving football games are just a rosy memory as we get ready to celebrate the holidays.
We’ve got four brass-related CD,s to get you into a Holiday frame of mind:
Christmas Favourites for Four Horns
(Note the Canadian spelling) is a very nice collection of carols for horn quartet done by Marty Hackelman (currently principal horn of the National Symphony)while he was still in Vancouver.
Putting a jazzy spin on the Holiday is A Cool Brassy Night at the North Pole, carols arranged for brass trio. David Hickman, Tom Bacon, and Sam Pilafian do the honors.
Christmas Rejoicing is a traditional British Brass Band setting performed by the Salvation Army New York Staff Band. Who better?
Stan Kenton was one of the premier arrangers for big band. His driving charts thrilled us all back in the day. The Stan Kenton Christmas Carols, her performed by the Boston Brass and friends will delight the Kenton fans on your list.
