Recommend To Me Some Tuba Music

The previously cited Howard Johnson did some great work with Taj Mahal on "Happy Just to be like I am". On "The Real Thing" live at The Fillmore the prominently featured horn section features Tuba & Sousaphone.Finally on "Recycling The Blues & Other Related Stuff" Taj,Howard and The Pointer Sisters groove "Cakewalk into Town" the Tuba just moves it right along.This gets me to one of my alltime favorite LPs Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy "Avant Pop" on ECM.I rarely ever listen to anything on ECM as I believe they are all digital recordings,yet I can't help spinning this puppy repeatedly.This is a true Brass Band no Bass no Drums.There are a number of LPs by this group on ECM,but start here."Blueberry Hill" is sensational.I saw Bowie open for Sun Ra and he did this tune,it brings Louis Armstrong into the modern age.If you can't find this e-mail me off board I'll make a CDR.

My response is closely related--although of no help. Cable radio used to have a part time "Dixieland" station. (i.e. 6am to 10am) They had some pretty hot New Orleans stuff. I love the Tuba lines in many of the selections. Back in the day I would go to the music store and read the liner notes or observe the picture of the band--to look for "tuba-inside" info.--love tuba2

Tuba fans REJOICE!

If you're as horny for tuba as I am I think you'll like a band I just discovered. Heavy Tuba and Jon Sass. Zarathustra´s Reincarnation off the Sagenhaft album is way too much fun!

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You should check out this prof at Indiana U School of Music

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