3.5' ballad for jazz band
Written for the USAF Band of mid-America
Program note: This Is My Country is a patriotic anthem written by Don Raye and Al Jacobs in 1940. First made famous by Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians, it has since been recorded by dozens of artists in choral and marching styles. My arrangement begins with a fragmentary introduction which leads to a solo trombone playing the first chorus. Then the trumpets play a verse accompanied by the full band. Sudden changes to double time pepper this section, while a tenor saxophone soloes in the background. One more chorus is presented with each choir in dialogue until the full band climaxes on the line "For this is my country, to have and to hold."
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