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2 THE KARL KING BAND VOL. 2 MR. BANDMASTER 1. The Ohio Special (King)... 2:00 2. Pride Of The Marines (Edwards)... 2:20 3. In A Moonlit Garden, Intermezzo (King)... 2:31 4. Banner Victorious (Mitchell)... 2:23 5. Eclipse Gallop (King)... 1:04 6. American Cadet March (Castle)... 2:28 7. The Fez March (Panella)... 2:36 8. Gallop-Go! (Jewell)... 1:27 9. Ung Kung Foy Yah (King)... 2:04 10. Kentucky Sunrise (King)... 1:58 11. Mr. Bandmaster March (Steere)... 2:18 12. The Statesman (Simon)... 2:28 Original Sesac B-303/304 P 1955 Achtern Dahl 4 D-27729 Vollersode Germany P 2011 & C 2011 AND MORE BEARS LC 12483
3 Everything about Mr Bandmaster, the inimitable Karl L. King, is prodigious. He is six feet four inches in height; he has written well over 200 compositions, many of which have become standards in band music and are played throughout the world, and he is acknowledged as one of the top bandmasters in the country. Karl L. King has been writing and performing for more than fifty years, having sold his first march at the age of fourteen. The John Robinson s Circus, Sells-Floto, and Buffalo Bill Wild West Show and Barnum and Bailey Circus Band are merely a few of the outfits with which he has been associated. Karl L. King is also a successful music publisher, past president of the American Bandmaster s Association and of the Iowa Bandmaster s Association, and has been a featured conductor in massed band festivals in nearly every state in the Union. His home town of Fort Dodge, Iowa, has dedicated a bridge in his honor.
4 Here then, for your listening pleasure, is a glimpse of Mr Bandmaster at work, conducting twelve splendid marches, five of which are his original compositions. The Ohio Special is a bright and peppy march that honors his native town, Paintersville, Ohio. In A Moonlit Garden Intermezzo is a light concert piece that evokes a gay 1890s atmosphere in music for a romantic serenade on the mall. The other three entries draw on Karl L. King s colorful background with circus bands. There s the breathtaking big top feeling of Eclipse Galop and the show-stopping ragtime cakewalk, Kentucky Sunrise, plus the delightful Chinese intermezzo, Ung Kung Foy Yah. Also imbued with the spirit of the tanbark is Fred Jewell s fast and fancy circus piece... Galop Go! The military march also occupies a place of honor in this album. Pride Of The Marines is a gallant tribute to the Marine Corps Band, established in 1798. Banner Victorious reflects the inspired courage and the will to win of America s fighting forces, and the high-stepping American Cadet March is a glorious salute to our soldiers of the future. Mr. Bandmaster March pays homage to the men who lead the bands, and The Statesman honors the diplomats who direct our country s international relations. The final entry is an unusual selection in the oriental vein, called The Fez March, and presented in the inimitable manner of The Karl King Band. ORIGINAL LINER NOTES
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