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Featuring the Cory Band, Brass Queens and Mike Lovatt’s Brass Pack, plus brass covers of Avril Lavigne and Charli XCX.

James Morrison introduces a diverse selection of brass music, featuring the Cory Band, Brass Queens and Mike Lovatt’s Brass Pack, plus brass covers of Avril Lavigne and Charli XCX.

Brass legend James Morrison introduces a huge range of brass music old and new, ranging from classic jazz and big band to contemporary covers of pop and hip hop, and original new music. Covers of Catatonia, Avril Lavigne, and Charli XCX from the Cory Band, Shag Horns, and Skylar Tang sit alongside jazz from trumpeters Chuck Mangione and Guido Basso, and French horn legend John Graas. There’s original music from trombone phenomenon Marshall Gilkes, Brass Queens, the Superhighway Band, and Nine Sparks Riots, plus new versions of classics from Back Chat Brass, Jack Russels Halsbänd, and Mike Lovatt’s Brass Pack.

58 minutes

Last on

Sun 22 Feb 202600:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Shag Horns

    sk8er boi

    • Brass Band Bangers.
    • Shag Horns.
    • Self-released.

  • The Mangione Brothers

    The Gap

    • The Jazz Brothers.
    • Riverside Records.
    • RLP 335.

  • Cory Band

    MULDER AND SCULLY

    • Britpop Brass.
    • Decca.
    • 6707734.

  • Guido Basso

    Bye Bye Blues (feat. John Sherwood)

    • One More for the Road.
    • Cornerstone Records Inc..
    • CRST CD165.

  • Marshall Gilkes

    Sin Filtro

    • Cyclic Journey.
    • Alternate Side Records.
    • ASR13.

  • Back Chat Brass

    Everytime We Touch

    • Everytime We Touch.
    • Self-released.
    • Self-released.

  • Skylar Tang with Huney Knuckles

    Apple

    • Apple (Loft Sessions).
    • Sticky Pockets Productions.
    • Self-released.

  • The John Graas Nonet

    Will Success Spoil Rock 'n' Roll?

    • Jazzmantics.
    • Decca.
    • DL-8677.

  • Brass Queens

    Night Wine

    • Hot Tub Sessions Vol.1.
    • Harmony Park Pro.
    • 198665 875153.

  • Nine Sparks Riots

    Libra

    • Libra.
    • Self-released.
    • Self-released.

  • Mike Lovatt's Brass Pack

    May's Way

    • : Mike Lovatt's Brass Pack - Live!.
    • Doyen.
    • DOYCD 446.

  • The Superhighway Band

    Killer Tho

    • Studio City.
    • Légère Recordings.
    • LEGO 235VL.

  • Jack Russel's Halsbaend

    What is Love / Heaven

    • What is Love / Heaven.
    • Self-released.
    • Self-released.

Broadcast

  • Sun 22 Feb 202600:00
    BBC Radio 2