The North Pole Big Band, Ed Petersen, Leader
You'll have a very Merry Christmas listening to this swingin' CD featuring Paul Clark arrangements of popular Christmas favorites and performed by the famed North Pole Jazz Band directed by Ed Petersen. Really Special!
The Washington Winds, Conducted by Edward Petersen
Terrific arrangements of several holiday favorites recorded by one of America's finest Wind Bands. You'll be listening to this great CD for years to come. A wonderful gift idea for your musical friends.
The Canadian Brass
The top brass quintet in the world recruits their own kids to help create a unique Christmas pageant. Together they weave a tapestry of visual elements through 15 segments, each built around a particular Christmas carol. What results is a spontaneous "free for all" where the kids run the show and where the Canadian Brass playfully indulge in their own experiment. Wonderful music, wonderful video!
University of Texas at Austin Trombone Choir
18 great holiday favorites presented in new and unique arrangement by Gary Slechta. The perfect under the tree gift for all your trombonist friends!
Boston Brass and the Brass All-Stars Big Band
The sensational Boston Brass augmented by an All-Star big band recreate the famous Stan Kenton Chiristmas Carols as arranged by Ralph Carmichael and Stan Kenton. One of the best Christmas albums of all time! VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
Boston Brass
The sensational Boston Brass have outdone themselves with this Christmas CD which also features the Syracuse University Wind Ensemble. So why not put another log on the fire, lean back and enjoy an incredible Christmas journey with The Boston Brass.
The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, Rick Benjamin, Director
Start roasting those chestnuts, drop into your favorite soft chair, and for an hour allow The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra to carry you back to those quieter, simpler days of Christmases long past. You'll be glad you did!
The National Flute Choir, Amy Rice Blumenthal,Director
An outstanding Christmas CD featuring the always impressive National Flute Choir in a wide array of Christmas music performed by a choir of all of the different types of flutes. Very nice!
The Northshore Concert Band, John P. Paynter, Conductor
A delightful recording of twelve traditional holiday favorites for band, including the title track Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson. The Northshore Concert Band from Chicago is considered one of the finest community bands in America. Under the baton of the late John P. Paynter, the former Northwestern University director of bands and a legend in his own right, this band has appeared in over a dozen U.S. states, Canada and Europe.
Joseph Alessi, Mark H. Lawrence, Carl Lenthe, M. Dee Stewart
Classic Christmas selections performed by an outstanding trombone quartet. The arrangements are as lush, beautiful, exciting, calming, lyrical, rhythmic, humorous and devotional as traditional Christmas music should be and as only can be achieved by the sound of trombones.