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Leroy Jones in Denmark 2017. Leroy Jones (born February 20, 1958) is a jazz trumpeter. [1] Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, [1] Jones began playing trumpet at the age of ten, and by the time he was 12 was leading the Fairview Baptist Church Marching Band, a group of young musicians organized by jazz guitarist and banjo player Danny Barker.
At the suggestion of Louisville's marching band director, Dr. Greg Byrne, Patrick Henry joined the Louisville Marching Band, playing trumpet while his father pushed him in his wheelchair through the marching routines. This visible commitment attracted increasing crowd and media attention throughout the fall football season, and the pair of ...
Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is an American trumpeter, composer, and music instructor, who is currently the artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. He has been active in promoting classical and jazz music, often to young audiences. Marsalis has won nine Grammy Awards, and his oratorio Blood on the Fields was the first ...
Most march composers were from the United States or Europe. Publishing new march music was most popular during the late 19th and early 20th centuries; sponsors of the genre began to diminish after that time. Following is a list of march music composers whose marches are still performed in the United States. Russell Alexander (1877–1915)
Efrem Towns – Trumpet, flugelhorn. Website. www.dirtydozenbrass.com. The Dirty Dozen Brass Band is an American brass band based in New Orleans, Louisiana. [ 1] The ensemble was established in 1977, by Benny Jones and members of the Tornado Brass Band. The Dirty Dozen incorporated funk and bebop into the traditional New Orleans jazz style, and ...
The 2008 Ohio State marching band is seen performing before the Cleveland Browns season opening game of the 2008 season. The band was initially founded in 1878 as a student-led fife and drum corps that provided music for the university ROTC program. In 1896, university officials hired Gustav Bruder as the first band director. Under Bruder's ...
The Million Dollar Band (sometimes shortened to MDB) is the official marching band of the University of Alabama. Founded in 1912, the Million Dollar Band is the largest student organization at the University of Alabama. [1] The band performs during pregame and halftime of every home and neutral-site Alabama football game; it also supplies at ...
The Marching Mountaineers, also known as North Carolina's Band of Distinction, is the 285 member marching band of Appalachian State University.Founded in 1933, the band performs at all home Mountaineer football games and travels to select away games each year.