Playlist 2 July 2023 |
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| Rhythm and Blues – Philip Sparke | Opening for weekly show Foden's Band MD: Michael Fowles - 2010 | 'Patrons' Choice III' - CD - Egon CD-SFZ154 - 2010 |
| Queensbury - James Kaye | Black Dyke Mills Band MD: James Watson - 1995 | 'The Essential Dyke - Volume 1' - CD - Doyen – DOYCD034 - 1995 |
| Journey into Freedom - Eric Ball | Black Dyke Mills Band MD: Geoffrey Brand - 1968 | 'Black Dyke Mills Band – The Champions' - Vinyl - Pye Golden Guinea Records – GSGL 10410 - 1968 |
| Carnival of Venice - Herman Belstedt arr. Frank Simon | Cornet Soloist James Shepherd accompanied by pianist Keith Swallow - 1972 | 'Solo Brass No. 1' - Vinyl - Kennedy Recording KRB SC1 - 1972 |
| Heads you win - Bill Charleson | Matthew Payne on percussion with the Jayess Queensbury Band MD: James Shepherd - 1987 | 'Making Tracks 4' - Vinyl - CJS Recording - 1987 |
| Ritual Fire Dance - Manuel De Falla arr. Allan Street | The Jayess (Queensbury) Band MD: James Shepherd - 1987 | 'Making Tracks 4' - Vinyl - CJS Recording - 1987 |
| Rule Britannia - John Hartmann arr. John R. Carr | Cornet Soloist James Shepherd with the Ireland Alloys Band MD P.V.Lewis - 1978 | 'James Shepherd and the Ireland Alloys Band – Rule Britannia' Vinyl - Symbol Records (4) – LL 735 |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor - Otto Nicolai arr: George Hawkins | Black Dyke Mills Band MD: Geoffrey Brand - 1968 | 'Black Dyke Mills Band – The Champions' - Vinyl - Pye Golden Guinea Records – GSGL 10410 - 1968 |
| BB and CF March - J. Ord Hulme | The Virtuosi Brass Band of Great Britain MD: Eric Ball - 1973 | 'The Virtuosi Brass Band of Great Britain' - Vinyl - – Virtuosi Recordings Ltd. – VR 7302 - 1973 |
| Challenging Brass - Gilbert Vinter | Black Dyke Mills Band MD Geoffrey Brand - 1968 | 'With Brass And Voices' -Vinyl - Pye Records – NSPL18209 - 1968 |
| Pandora - Eugene Demare arr. J. Graham Walker | Cornet Soloist James Shepherd with the James shepherd Versatile Brass MD: Ray Woodfield | 'National Brass Band Festival 1979' - Vinyl - Chandos – BBR 1003 - 1979 |
| The Flower duet from Lakme - Delibes | Cornet Soloists James and Claire Shepherd with the Electricity Drighlington Band MD: Tony Whitaker - 1996 | 'Gentleman Jim' - CD - Kirklees Music Recording KRCD1028 - 1996 |
| Red Sky at Night - W.Hogarth Lear (Elgar Howarth) | James Shepherd Versatile Brass MD: Ray Woodfield - 1981 | 'Red Sky At Night' - Vinyl - Look Records (3) – LKLP 6600 - 1981 |
| Symphony for Brass - 2 Mvts - Victor Ewald arr. Michael Hopkinson | James Shepherd Versatile Brass MD: Ray Woodfield - 1981 | 'Red Sky At Night' - Vinyl - Look Records (3) – LKLP 6600 - 1981 |
| Cornet Carillon - Ronald Binge | Soloists James Shepherd, David Pogson, Fred Ellis, Jack Brooke with the Black Dyke Mills Band MD: Roy Newsome - 1972 | 'Reflections In Brass - Volume Three' - Vinyl - (Compilation origin al recording 1968) Polyphonic – FB 103 - 1985 |
| Russian Dance - Oscar Bohme | Cornet Soloist James Shepherd with the Ever Ready Band MD: Walter B. Hargreaves - 1978 | 'The Ever Ready Band Sounds of Brass Series' - Vinyl - Decca SB334 - 1978 |
| Nabucodonosor - Overture - Giuseppe Verdi arr. William Rimmer | Black Dyke Mills Band MD: Roy Newsome - 1966 | 'Black Dyke Mills Band – The Virtuoso Band' - Vinyl - Marble Arch Stereophonic MALS1248 - 1966 |
| Napoli - Herman Bellstedt | Cornet Soloist James Shepherd with the Black Dyke Mills Band MD: Geoffrey Brand - 1968 | 'Black Dyke Mills Band – The Champions' - Vinyl - Pye Golden Guinea Records – GSGL 10410 - 1968 |
| The way we were - Marvin Hamlisch | Cornet Soloist James Shepherd with the James Shepherd Versatile Brass | 'Gentleman Jim' - CD - Kirklees Music Recording KRCD1028 - 1996 |
| The Champions - Major G.H.Willcocks | Kings of Brass MD: James Scott - 1997 | 'Down Memory Lane Vol: 2' CD - Kirklees Music: KRCD1029 - 1997 |
| Rhythm and Blues – Philip Sparke | Closing for weekly show Foden's Band MD: Michael Fowles - 2010 | 'Patrons' Choice III' - CD - Egon CD-SFZ154 - 2010 |
Sunday Bandstand 2 July 2023
This week the show is paying a musical tribute to the legendary cornet player James Shepherd who passed away on June 22, aged 86. This two-hour show can only scratch the surface of his wonderful career in the brass band world. From his first tentative steps of being taught to play by his father at the age of 13,
James went to be the principal cornet at the Black Dyke Mills Band in 1963. It was 10 glorious years. The band went through a real purple patch on the contesting scene and high profile concerts and his many solo performances.
In 1973 he and a number of other high profile brass band players surprised the banding world by all leaving their respective bands. This saw the formation of what was to become a household name in the brass band world, the James Shepherd Versatile Brass. The ensemble went on to perform concerts across the world that captivated their almost worldwide audiences.
Gentleman Jim as he was often called was a brass bander through and through.
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