# Music with awesome brass parts **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 21, 2010, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-awesome-brass-parts/533217 "2010-03-21T06:16:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-awesome-brass-parts/533217/41 "2010-03-23T06:50:15Z")
[Haydn trumpet concerto in E flat](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zGQm_HvrGU) [Hummel trumpet concerto in E flat](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR8H8CSojis) [Mozart horn concerto in E flat](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_TrR2uH3T4) [Third movement of Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 2](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1BEDBsSDJw) ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-awesome-brass-parts/533217/42 "2010-03-23T07:39:41Z")
[Nice Weather for Ducks](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G89aIQDlbB4) by Lemonjelly has a great brass section beginning in the middle of the song, that bursts in and elevates it from cute techno into something wonderful. ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-awesome-brass-parts/533217/43 "2010-03-23T07:50:46Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > Almost any Stan Kenton tune will have good brass but one of my all time favorites doesn’t seem to be linkable to anywhere I would care to put a link to. > > Artistry in Boogie I found some state college jazz band butchering it on youtube. > > Cuban Fire is an great Kenton Album > > […] I totally agree that Kenton always had a very good brass section. I found one of my favorites on youtube: [23 North - 82 West](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2wmr6aYENk) from _New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm_ (the album cover is really cool, I think. Not the one in the vid but the original one). And I just remembered - a lot of reggae, rock steady and ska often has very nice brass. Like [Don Drummond](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Drummond)’s trombone - wonderful. Listen [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPT5rX_2Pao). ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-awesome-brass-parts/533217/44 "2010-03-23T08:23:18Z")
Why couldn’t I find this Stan Kenton vid earlier? Artistry in Boogie [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/k9K4kn6mEQA/hqdefault.jpg "Stan Kenton Aristry in Boogie") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9K4kn6mEQA) ---
**Author:** ![Haunted\_Pasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/94ad74/32.png) [@Haunted\_Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Haunted_Pasta)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-awesome-brass-parts/533217/45 "2010-03-23T11:54:20Z")
Dvorak’s New World Symphony really brings it, especially the French horn. Little Feat’s \*Texas Twister \*has seriously rockin’ horns, too. As a marching band geek and Styx fan way back in the days of my youth (early 80s), I always thought that someone should do a brassy arrangement of _Renegade_. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-awesome-brass-parts/533217/46 "2010-03-23T16:15:48Z")
Lots of good stuff mentioned so far; I just wanted to add [History Repeating](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTUIHK7gHRE) by Propellerheads. ---
**Author:** ![Quint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/76d3ee/32.png) [@Quint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quint)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-awesome-brass-parts/533217/47 "2010-03-23T17:29:55Z")
This is the old Hartford Whalers (of the NHL) theme song- [Brass Bonanza](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bwZbWZhAaM). Always brings a smile to my face. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-awesome-brass-parts/533217/48 "2010-03-23T17:38:25Z")
Vehicle by Ides of March is tres awesome\* \*That means three awesome ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-awesome-brass-parts/533217/49 "2010-03-23T17:48:19Z")
How has no one mentioned Louis Armstrong yet?? > [@GuanoLad](#): > > Stevie Wonder: [Sir Duke](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MIjsANK_LQ) One of my favorite songs of all time (and _it_ mentions Satchmo ;)). The opening measures are my ringtone. ---
**Author:** ![Promethea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Promethea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Promethea)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-awesome-brass-parts/533217/50 "2010-03-23T21:06:03Z")
> [@Mach Tuck](#): > > Pretty much anything by Herb Alpert or Louis Prima. Seconded. And as James Bond was mentioned up thread, I thought I’d single out his amazing work for Casino Royale (1967 version). One of the jauntiest pieces of music ever written. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O5aA83GfYc](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O5aA83GfYc) ---
**Author:** ![phreesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@phreesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phreesh)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-awesome-brass-parts/533217/51 "2010-03-23T21:39:20Z")
Kanye West sampled this and I don’t know the original source, but it’s awesome [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/YkwQbuAGLj4/maxresdefault.jpg "Kanye West - Touch The Sky (MTV Version) ft. Lupe Fiasco") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkwQbuAGLj4) ---
**Author:** ![Promethea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Promethea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Promethea)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-awesome-brass-parts/533217/52 "2010-03-23T21:45:32Z")
> [@phreesh](#): > > Kanye West sampled this and I don’t know the original source, but it’s awesome > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkwQbuAGLj4](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkwQbuAGLj4) It’s from “Move On Up” by Curtis Mayfield, mentioned in its own right upthread. It IS awesome 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-awesome-brass-parts/533217/53 "2010-03-23T21:54:36Z")
Glenn Miller “In the Mood” ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-awesome-brass-parts/533217/54 "2010-03-23T22:15:36Z")
[Groovin’ Hard](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY2ogaAkoUA) – best version I could find at YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-awesome-brass-parts/533217/55 "2010-03-24T01:06:16Z")
I’ve found versions of some of the pieces I’ve recommended with much better audio. If you’ve already listened to the previous ones, please give these new links a listen. Any problems, PM me. [Janacek, _Sinfonietta_, first mvmt.](http://sites.google.com/site/jasbeau/files/25Sinfonietta_I.Allegro.mp3?attredirects=0&d=1) [Dukas, fanfare from _La Peri_](http://sites.google.com/site/jasbeau/files/26FanfarefromLaP%C3%A9ri.mp3?attredirects=0&d=1) [Gabrieli, Canzona per sonare no. 2](http://sites.google.com/site/jasbeau/files/13CanzonaperSonareNo.2.mp3?attredirects=0&d=1) ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-awesome-brass-parts/533217/56 "2010-03-24T02:12:03Z")
It was great to see the movie “Brassed Off” mentioned in post #10. The all-brass version of the overture from _William Tell_ will have you looking out for arrows. In the 1960 version of ‘Ocean’s Eleven’, with music by the immortal Nelson Riddle, right after Danny Ocean (Frank Sinatra) and Vince Massler (Buddy Lester) outwit a casino security guard and sneak their techie in to do his advance work, and Vince comically wipes his brow, … there is 30-45 seconds of the most sublime jazzy big-band music I have ever heard in my life. I’m omni-musical - I’m a guitar player, and not especially a fan of brass/big bands. But that passage is like Louis Armstrong on heroin on steroids. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-awesome-brass-parts/533217/57 "2010-03-24T02:19:48Z")
Stan Kenton’s orchestra had 5 screamin’ trumpets and 4 or 5 trombones. Later, he even had a special horn made (the “mellophonium”) and added a section of them to the band. Duke Ellington had amazing brass sections as well, especially his trombones (they always play better harmony than trumpets anyway ;)). ---
**Author:** ![RhapsodyInBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RhapsodyInBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RhapsodyInBlue)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-awesome-brass-parts/533217/58 "2010-03-24T02:19:58Z")
I’ve become a Dizzy Gillespie fan ever since I heard his version of [“Vida Mia.”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7okR9qi3onI) Who would have thought tango and trumpet would go together so well? ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-awesome-brass-parts/533217/59 "2010-03-24T02:33:56Z")
[“Crazy in Love”](http://www.google.com/url?q=http://popup.lala.com/popup/504684637831494006&ei=8nipS5K3HYruM6fxzM4B&sa=X&oi=music_play_track&resnum=1&ct=result&cd=2&ved=0CAoQ0wQoADAA&usg=AFQjCNFpoSDBylpoEfzx_dxeQEykwvyhGA) by Beyonce and Jay-Z has a terrific brass riff. It was actually taken from the Chi-Lites’ [“Are You My Woman? (Tell Me So)”](http://www.google.com/url?q=http://s0.ilike.com/play%23The%2BChi-Lites:Are%2BYou%2BMy%2BWoman%253F%2B(Tell%2BMe%2BSo):1262999:m14993763&ei=OHmpS96oBZD0M434nJQB&sa=X&oi=music_play_track&resnum=1&ct=result&cd=2&ved=0CAcQ0wQoADAA&usg=AFQjCNGRbor6gRo_3Qu37dWyzD_krc4L2A), but this is a rare case where I think the ripoff is superior to the original. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-awesome-brass-parts/533217/60 "2010-03-24T07:59:02Z")
Chicago has been mentioned, but I would nominate “Beginnings” as a specific song. Also, anyone remember the group Dreams? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-awesome-brass-parts/533217.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-with-awesome-brass-parts/533217.md?page=4)