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Episode 3 - Fly or Die! – Featuring Allen Vizzutti, the Spike Orchestra, Colectiva, and Jazz at Lincoln Center

Trumpet superstar James Morrison introduces the best brass music around, with recordings by Allen Vizzutti and Colectiva, plus new music by the McNasty Brass Band, Fundi, and TGB.

James Morrison returns for another hour of brilliant brass music, in all styles: everything from pop covers of Cyndi Lauper and Adele, to arrangements of music by Michel Legrand and John Zorn, featuring the Spike Orchestra. There are phenomenal recordings by trumpet superstar Allen Vizzutti, and bass trombone virtuoso Lionel Fumeaux, plus Jazz at Lincoln Center reinterpret a children’s nursery rhyme! There is original new brass music from the McNasty Brass Band, and new UK band Fundi, plus a power trio led by Portuguese tuba giant, Sérgio Carolino. There’s something for everyone in the brassiest show on the airwaves, Top Brass.

57 minutes

Music Played

  • Desperate Brasswives

    GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN

    • Brass Up Your Life!.
    • Stereopol Records.
    • LC96702.
  • Allen Vizzutti

    Dragonfly

    • Rainbow.
    • Four Leaf Clover Records.
    • FLCCD 5054.
  • Szeged Trombone Ensemble

    ROLLING IN THE DEEP

    • New Horizons.
    • Self-released.
    • n/a.
  • McNasty Brass Band

    Duluth

    • Duluth.
    • Aura Vortex Records.
    • n/a.
  • TGB

    Lilli's Funk (Theme) to Liliana

    • Tuba, Guitarra & Bateria.
    • Clean Feed.
    • CF023CD.
  • Jazz at Lincoln Centre Orchestra

    Old MacDonald

    • Jazz for Kids.
    • Blue Engine Records.
    • BE0021.
  • Fundi

    Tree Lines

    • Fundi.
    • Fundi.
    • 761283.
  • Lionel Fumeaux with the Philharmonic Wind Orchestra

    Fly or Die

    • Fly or Die.
    • Marcophon.
    • CD7420.
  • The Spike Orchestra

    Damam

    • The Book Beri'ah Vol.3: Binah.
    • Tzadik.
    • CDTZA5103.
  • Colectiva

    How Do You Like Your Ladies?

    • How Do You Like Your Ladies?.
    • Jazz re:freshed.
    • JRF0045DD.
  • Michel Legrand Big Band

    I WILL WAIT FOR YOU

    • MICHEL LEGRAND BIG BAND.
    • VERVE.
    • 538-937 2.

Broadcast

  • Sat 20 Jan 2024 01:00