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FROM MY FRESHMAN YEAR ,1992, PLAYING TENOR SAX, IN THE CAL POLY STAGE BAND. AN ARRANGEMENT BASED ON THE FAMOUS DIXIELAND TUNE AND A UNITED STATES GOSPEL HYMN (1896) THAT ORIGINATED AS A SPIRITUAL. THE TRADITIONAL USE OF THE SONG IS AS A FUNERAL MARCH

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Symphonic Band Performances

Contemporary band compositions, classical music arrangements, marches, jazz, symphonies, overtures. A collection from bands that I have played in throughout hi

Hello and welcome! "Symphonic Band Performances" is a compilation of recordings from several high school and college bands that I played in including the TMEA (Texas) All State Band, the TMEA Region X All Region Band, the Interlochen Arts Academy National Music Camp, the Cal Poly Tech Band, San Luis Obispo, the USAF Golden West Band, and recordings from my h.s. band, Beaumont H.S. and a few band recordings that were passed down to me. Also included are various All State groups and college and university bands. I participated and played in the large majority of these recordings. There are no professional recordings here and every recording is Public Domain. Most are available for free download. Each song has been converted from the original analog or digital source and edited with Audacity or Dak software. In the majority of these recordings, I play the tenor sax or alto sax, b flat or e flat clarinet, or directing. I was drum major for 2 years in high school, I have a BA from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, where I studied music ed, composition and theory. I had about 500 more recordings I was planning to digitize and upload, but this past Nov. 20th, my home was completely destroyed by fire, and all the contents, including all my music and instruments. So, this is it. Please feel free to post a comment here or on my member page. If you like, please become a fan by clicking "I'm a fan" below.

Song Info

Genre

Jazz • Dixieland

Charts

#47 in subgenre Peak #1

Charts

Peak #1

Rights

public domain

Uploaded

May 24, 2009

Track Files

MP3

MP3 2.6 MB • 192 kbps • 1:55

Story behind the song

"When the Saints Go Marching In", often referred to as "The Saints", is a United States gospel hymn that has taken on certain aspects of folk music. The song is a slight modification (in 1927) of the similarly titled song "When the Saints are Marching In" from 1896 by Katharine Purvis (lyrics) and James Milton Black (music). Though it originated as a spiritual, today people are more likely to hear it played by a jazz band.

A traditional use of the song is as a funeral march. In the funeral music tradition of New Orleans, Louisiana, often called the "jazz funeral", while accompanying the coffin to the cemetery, a band would play the tune as a dirge. On the way back from the interment, it would switch to the familiar upbeat "hot" or "Dixieland" style. While the tune is still heard as a slow spiritual number on rare occasions, from the mid-20th century it has been more commonly performed as a "hot" number. The number remains particularly associated with the city of New Orleans, to the extent that New Orleans' professional football team was named the New Orleans Saints, after the song.

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ALEXIS PATRICK

Oct 22, 2009

Greatly Awesome:)

Kurt Lewis Neufer

Sep 14, 2009

Wow, take me back, one the first songs that I learned to play, 
Thanks for sharing, 
Kurt

Dirty Dan Harris

Aug 14, 2009

Thanks for the music! This is in dad's jukebox now.