9 - Interview with Raymond Mase: American Brass Quintet Albums of Civil War Brass Band Music

The Early American Brass Band Podcast by Chris Troiano, Stephen Cannistraci

Episode notes

Episode 9 is our interview with Raymond Mase, professor of trumpet at the Juilliard School and former trumpet with The American Brass Quintet. In the episode we discuss how The American Brass Quintet came to record The Yankee Brass Band: Music from Mid-Nineteenth Century America (1981), A Storm in The Land: Music of the 26th N.C. Regimental Band, CSA (2002), and Cheer, Boys, Cheer!: Music of the 26th N.C. Regimental Band, CSA Volume 2 (2006). Raymond also tells us some stories about recording these albums, and offers his opinion on a variety of topics related to brass performance and professional chamber music.

Music in this episode comes from Our Musical Past from the Library of Congress, and The 8th GM Regiment Band.

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