[Dixielandjazz] Fwd: TAPS--a trumpet solo

[Ken Gates]

Listmates---
I just received this.  Passing it on for those who haven't heard
this beautiful trumpet solo.  Truly awesome.  Have a listen.
Ken Gates
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TAPS - The Last Post

                              *TAPS ...The Last Post*

*The Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial is located in the village
of Margraten, about six miles from Maastricht . There lie buried 8,301
American soldiers killed in the battles to liberate Holland in the fall and
winter of 1944-5. Sgt. Bill Dukeman, 101st Airborne Division, 506th
Parachute Infantry Regiment, Second Battalion, Company C (of "Band of
Brothers fame) is buried there. He was killed in the battle of "The
Crossroads" in northern Holland .*

*The Dutch hold an annual memorial concert every September at the above
cemetery to remember and honor the Americans who died to free them in
Operation Market Garden and subsequent efforts to eject the German army
from Holland . Sgt. Dukeman, like many other fallen GIs, was "adopted" by a
Dutch family. Dukeman's family in the States was contacted and hosted in
Holland, and his grave site decorated each year by his Dutch "family." They
keep his portrait in their home, displayed in a place of honor. Fathers
pass this obligation down to their sons in Holland . This version of the
original "taps" music is played by a 13 year old Dutch girl named Melissa
Venema. The conductor of the orchestra is Andre Rieu from Holland . *


*Many of you may never have heard taps played in its entirety . The
original version of Taps was called Last Post, and was written by Daniel
Butterfield in 1801. It was rather lengthy and formal, as you will hear in
this clip, so in 1862 it was shortened to 24 notes and re-named Taps.
Melissa Venema is playing it on a trumpet whereby the original was played
on a bugle. *


*http://www.flixxy.com/trumpet-solo-melissa-venema.htm*<http://www.flixxy.com/trumpet-solo-melissa-venema.htm>