That's because Jeff sent me quite a collection plus I had some old CD's that I bought years ago containing a collection European Marches. There sre three I haven't added to the library because I can't figure out who wrote them. My Google searches have turned nothing on the march titles. I have also been search the internet for other sites the have downloadable march recordings and have found quite a few more that way. The Air Force Bands websites are by far the best resource for band recordings, including lots of marches.Hostrauser wrote:The best part about this library is that, even with as "vast" as my march collection is (and it pales in comparison to some), there's still a bunch of marches in the library that I've never heard before.
Next week I will start going through my old vinyl albums, I haven't even started with those yet..... I have several old albums of the Cities Service Band of America and on one there is a march titled the "Dwight D. Eisenhower March" along some others like "Big Joe the Tuba". I even have the band parts for that one! For you low brass freaks out there, it was written by Paul LaValle for Joe Tarto, one of his monster tuba players. The other tuba players in his band included Bill Bell and Abe Torchensky (N.Y. Phil and Philadelphia Orch respectively).