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Friday, December 18, 2020

12 Days of Drummer Boy - Day 9

 And now for something a little bit different.  

Several years ago I walked into a meeting of the Missouri Baptist Convention, and heard the most amazing sounds coming from the auditorium.  In high school, and some in college, I played in jazz band and I absolutely loved it.  And here at this not-always-exciting meeting, I'm hearing some very exciting music.  Because this year, the convention had enlisted the services of Denver and the Mile High Orchestra to provide some of the "pre-session music."  

This "Nashville based horn band" first got national attention by making it the finals of a FOX contest show called The Next Great American Band. From there they went on to produce a dozen or so projects, my favorite of which is a collection of big band arrangements of hymns; appropriately titled Mile High Hymns

They also put together two different Christmas projects, a mix of their own arrangements of standards and some originals.  If you really want to have some fun, check out "Frosty the Bluesman", as well as DMHO's version of the song "You Ain't Gettin' Didly Squat" by Heywood Banks

But for now, sit back and enjoy the big band sounds of Denver and the Mile High Orchestra performing The Little Drummer Boy. 



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