Happy 4th! - STARS & STRIPES STRUT (2nd Line Sousa for Big Band)

[ericrich]

For those celebrating the American holiday…

HAPPY FOURTH from The Whitney Center Jazz Orchestra (Sheridan WY)!

THE STARS & STRIPES STRUT
(J.P. Sousa/arranged by Eric Richards)

https://youtu.be/RErJ_BSNUY4

[harrisonreed]

This sounds great! Loving the the drum line and the low trombone parts.

The trombonists aren't credited in the video description though

[ericrich]

Thanks, Harrison!

If you watch the video all the way to the end, the full band is in the “End Credits”.

Have a great Fourth! Do you guys have a nice gig?
ER

[CalgaryTbone]

Great arrangement and good band!

I stayed a night in Sheridan, WY almost exactly 40 years ago on my way west to start my job in Calgary. I remember liking the town, and feeling like there was more going on culturally than I would have thought for a small, isolated place. Glad to know that you can have such a good sounding band there, bringing some real professional music making to a beautiful part of the world. Thanks for posting!

Jim Scott

[harrisonreed]

Thanks, Harrison!

If you watch the video all the way to the end, the full band is in the “End Credits”.

Have a great Fourth! Do you guys have a nice gig?
ER

It was crazy! We were supposed to be playing for the community in Japan, but were called to play for an embassy function in the deep south pacific. The embassy ceremony went very well, and we had a blast. Our brass band played under a bridge at a night market last night for the fourth of July celebration (on the 3rd) on a tiny Island in the Pacific for a very appreciative audience. We met their high school band and it was just a bunch of great kids. I will never forget it.

Certainly threw a monkey wrench in the works for the planned concert in Japan, as half the band was gone. Not sure how this will affect our upcoming tour in Tohoku.