Jack Stamp: Music for Brass Band
Born in Maryland in 1954, John Stamp – universally known as ‘Jack’ – is a well-known figure, both as conductor and composer, in the symphonic wind-band movement that flourishes in US universities. But the sound of the brass band familiar in the UK has long been an enthusiasm, and his involvement with brass bands on both sides of the Atlantic – particularly the Minneapolis-based Lake Wobegon Brass Band, which takes its name from Garrison Keillor’s fictional Minnesota town – has generated a number of works which bring elements of the British brass tradition to audiences in the US Mid-West, imbuing them with a catchy rhythmic swing.
Steve Ecklund, horn
Bill Chouinard, organ
Lake Wobegon Brass Band
Michael Halstenson, conductor
Listen To This Recording:
- Mill City Flourish (2019, arr. 2021) (3:34)
From Concrete to Cobblestones: Impressions of England (1996) (14:26)
- I. Fanfare for the Rock (1:06)
- II. The County of Dorset (4:09)
- III. Mind the Gap (2:50)
- IV. Hymn to Dunblane* (2:23)
- V. The City* (3:58)
- San Luis Snapshots (2016, arr. 2020) (5:34)
- Scarborough Fair (2022) (3:39)
- From a Distant Hill (2023) (5:25)
- Bare-Ass Funk (2024) (3:57)
- Cuban Stingers (2017) (3:03)
Six Hymn Tune Settings
- Psalm 150 (2012, arr. 2018)* (2:38)
- Fast Falls the Eventide (2024) (4:27)
- For the Beauty of the Earth (2020, arr. 2021) (5:08)
- Infamy (2016)* (3:04)
- Memories on Crimsoned (2022) (3:44)
- Grace and Glory (2009) (3:59)
Two Christmas Settings
- Infant Holy, Infant Lowly (2022) (3:44)
- Bring a Torch (2017) (2:26)
All Except * First Recordings
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