Episode 50 is our fantastic conversation with Dr. Gordon "Buddy" Cooke, author of the Anthology of Bugle Music. Buddy, Chris, and Stephen talk about the reserach that went into creating this book, as well as the history of how the bugle has been used in the United States military and civilian life.

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Music in this episode comes from The West Point Band Hellcats, and The 8th GM Regiment Band from George Mason University.

Episode Structure:

• 2:16 - Buddy's musical background

• 7:03 - Field music at West Point

• 13:17 - Distribution of field musicians throughout the Army's history

• 16:55 - Differences between bugles and trumpts, their uses

• 22:37 - The keyed bugle in the military

• 28:37 - Non-field music written for bugles, civilian uses for bugles

• 35:19 - Sousa's drum and bugle manual, the Marine Corps version of Taps

• 38:35 - Buddy's book "Anthology of Bugle Music", how the idea for the book started

• 43:42 - Challenges involved with researching and publishing a book

• 52:18 - Manual of French and European bugle calls

• 56:05 - Favorite bugle march and call

• 1:00:43 - Value of learning about field music

• 1:04:28 - Where you can find more about Buddy and his "Anthology of Bugle Music"

• 1:07:09 - Featured Album: "A Day in the Life of the West Point Hellcats"

Episode 49 is our fantastic conversation with Dr. Joseph Jefferson about Shout Bands in the United States, an under-researched topic and not well known part of brass history in the United States. Dr. Jefferson devoted his doctoral research to Shout Bands, and talks with Chris and Stephen about the history and tradition of these musical ensembles.

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Music in this episode comes from various Shout Bands and The 8th GM Regiment Band from George Mason University.

Episode Structure:

• 3:13 - Dr. Jefferson's musical background, how research interest in Shout Bands began

• 7:54 - Shout Band similarities and differences to Salvation Army and Moravian traditions. Learning by rote

• 21:09 - House of Prayer timeline

• 24:03 - Similarities and differences to early New Orleans Jazz tradition

• 26:55 - Structure of Shout Bands

• 30:42 - Music Shout Bands play, and the function of that music

• 36:56 - Feasibility of Shout Bands in the academic setting

• 41:37 - Musicians who have come from the Shout Band tradition

• 51:10 - Dr. Jefferson's research, and others who have researched Shout Bands

• 54:32 - Where you can find more about Dr. Jefferson and his research

Episode 48 features recording engineer Dr. Joel Crawford. Dr. Crawford is a former cornetist with Saxton's Cornet Band and author of "Performance Practice of Brass Band Music of the American Civil War: A Perspective from Saxton's Cornet Band". In this episode, we discuss Dr. Crawford's experiences playing with Saxton's, how he thinks it affected his musical career, how he would record an early American brass band, and much more!

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Music in this episode comes from Saxton's Cornet Band (Lincoln and Liberty, Too!) and The 8th GM Regiment Band from George Mason University.

Episode Structure:

• 2:49 - How Joel became involved with Saxton's Cornet Band and early American brass band research

• 5:20 - Advice to listeners on how to become with early American brass bands in their area

• 7:10 - Why Joel chose to write his dissertation on Civil War brass bands

• 8:20 - Joel's current recording engineer career

• 10:30 - How early American brass band experience influences current recording engineer career

• 16:10 - Experience recording early American brass bands

• 18:50 - Describing the tonal sound of an early American brass band

• 21:10 - The benefits of playing in an early American brass band

• 27:00 - Thoughts on how Fennell recorded the Eastman Civil War cd and bell direction

• 34:05 - An overview of Dr. Crawford's doctoral dissertation on Civil War brass bands and their performance practices

• 42:30 - Experiences growing up in a community band scene

• 45:15 - Any particularly special nuggets of information or newly discovered research included in the dissertation

• 50:00 - Wax cylinder recordings

• 54:40 - The follow-up possibilities for Dr. Crawford's research

• 1:00:28 - Plug Opportunity

• 1:02:00 - Featured Album: "Grand Pianola Music" by the UC College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) Wind Symphony