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Episode details

Radio 2,22 Feb 2026,57 mins

Featuring Gunhild Carling, Maynard Ferguson, Cindy Bradley, Night Auras, plus covers of Taylor Swift and George Michael

Top Brass

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In the last show of the current series, brass legend James Morrison introduces a wide variety of brass music, including jazz, pop covers, dance music and big band. There are covers of Taylor Swift and George Michael from the Tenampa Brass Band, and Austrian trio Wieder, Gansch and Paul, plus an epic Beatles cover from the one and only Maynard Ferguson. Cornettist Warren Vaché and trombonist John Allred duet on a Gershwin classic, and there’s more jazz from Swedish multi-instrumentalist Gunhild Carling, Kai Winding’s trombones, and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Trumpeter Cindy Bradley performs her latest single, and there’s reflective cinematic brass epic from Night Auras. James introduces original brass music from London band Hootini, tuba legend Dave Bargeron, trumpeter Oli Parker, plus a big band cover of an Andy Williams classic, from Steven Alesso and Alex Taylor.

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Tracklist

  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Shake It Off
    Shake It Off
    Tenampa Brass Band
  3. 2.
    Strike Up The Band
    Strike Up The Band
    The Warren Vaché-John Allred Quintet
  4. 3.
    Can't Take My Eyes Off You
    Can't Take My Eyes Off You
    Steven Alesso