Command Performance

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Her Majesty the Grand Empress hath commanded a concert performance of the Marching Bands of the Empire.

Her Majesty wants to learn to differentiate a flute from a trombone, and hence all musical selections for today’s recital will showcase an individual instrument, while her majesty’s advisors whisper in her ear about what she is hearing.

1 - Burping Bassoon - Eddie Stone and his Orchestra featuring Stewart McKay – 1938

2 - Clarinet a La King - Benny Goodman and his Orchestra – 1941

3 - Clarinet Marmalade Blues - Original Dixieland Jazz Band – 1918

4 - When Gimble Hits the Cymbal - California Ramblers - 1935

5 - The Ragtime Drummer - James I. Lent – 1908

6 - Drummer Goes to Town - Joe Daniels and his Hot Shots in "Drumnasticks" - 1936

7 - Drum Stomp - Lionel Hampton and Orchestra – 1937

8 - Flute Lament - Esy Morales and his Orchestra – 1948

9 - Oboe Mambo - Mitch Miller with Machito and his Afro-Cuban Orchestra – 1951

10 - Saxophone Schottische - Whoopee John Polka Band – 1941

11 - Trombone Sneeze - Sousa's Band - 1902

12 - Trombone Cholly - Bessie Smith and her Blue Boys – 1925

13 - Trumpet Blues - Donald Lindley - 1925

14 - Toy Trumpet - Ambrose and his Orchestra – 1937

15 - When Yuba Plays the Rhumba on The Tuba - The Revelers - 1931

16 - Sonando La Tuba (Playing the Tuba) - Pepito Arvelo's Rumba Boys

17 - Xylophone Stampede - Harry Robbin with Jack Hylton and his Orchestra – 1930

18 – Jack Benny and Oscar Levant – The Jack Benny Show – 1943 (Radio Comedy)

19 – Knock – Dimension X – 1950 (Radio Drama)