[Dixielandjazz] Wish-list for brass band

[Russ Guarino]

Dan,

It would be great if you had some of your band music on the web site.  If I wernt a
clarinet player, I surely would want to be a brass player & love the music.

Russ Guarino

Dan Augustine wrote:

>      Hey, you folks on the Tuba-Euphonium list and the Dixieland Jazz
> Mailing List, it occurred to me that some of you are also members of
> British-style brass bands around the world.
>      OK, OK, i know, this ain't tuba-euphonium nor jazz-related, but
> gimme a break.
>      I'm playing Eb Bass in a new brass band in Austin, Texas, called
> The Austin Wonder Brass.  (No matter how piteously we pleaded with
> our founder, he stuck with that name, in which the second 's' in
> "brass" is optional.)  We have a website at
> http://www.austinwonderbrass.com/index.html.
>      We're only about two years old and are trying to locate some
> good, characteristic, interesting music to play--but we have very
> little money to spend on such fripperies.
>      Can you high, exalted players in established bands recommend some
> good pieces or arrangements that we might be able to buy for not much
> money?  Probably not contest-pieces, we're not that good yet, and
> don't even have full instrumentation in all sections.
>      But if you know of some killer pieces, please send me their names
> and maybe some stores or websites where we might be able to order
> them.
>      Thanks!
>
>      Dan
>
> P. S. We might be able to do some trading of parts with you.  I've
> done an arrangement for brass band, and our Dear Leader has done
> several, of pieces not yet published for brass band.
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> **     "Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors
> **      and several miles away." -- Sir Thomas Beecham
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