"The Thunderer" by John Philip Sousa | The Concert Band of The U.S. Army Field Band 

Love John Philip Sousa!!!! His marching music was so wonderful!!!!! Nothing like it before or after!!!

Sousa will always be the inner-sanctum of the embodiment of the Spirit of America 🇺🇸

I marched to Sousa mar hes throughout my grade school years because the Catholic school sisters played this music for all the many & frequent fire drills. I can still picture the precision marching of the older students coming down the stairs from the 2nd floor, meeting & taking each of the younger student's hands & marching together in perfect lines, out the 3 doors of that school!

Absolutely fantastic!!! The best band playing the best band music!!! Hurray for John Philip Sousa!!!

Thanks to all who put this video presentation together of J. P. Sousa's "The Thunderer". I have played this piece for close to forty years with the trombone section of the Plymouth Community Band. Keep up the good work.

These musos clearly love what they do. Playing Souza is really as good as it gets. You don't have to be American to love this stuff.

Took me back to school when we played those songs in junior high. That was a long time ago. Thanks

THANK YOU! GOD BLESS AND KEEP YOU ALL ! Thanks for posting

Very nice rendition of this wonderful Sousa March! Thank you for your service, ladies and gentlemen of the US Army Field Band! Hip hip, hurray.

Perfectly played. You guys are great. I graduated from Norwich University, the nation's oldest private military college, in 1987. I was a baritone horn and trombone player ( I could read both treble and bass clef) and The Thunderer was a mainstay for us. Every day at noon we played as the Corps of Cadets marched down to 2nd mess. The marches of John Philip Sousa were our constant companions. However on Friday the band got the chance to play some fun stuff, like the March from Hogan's Heroes , the drummers loved that. Or the March from the Bill Murray/ John Candy movie Stripes. I hope you all get to have a great Independence Day. Keep Rolling Along

Top tier. It doesn’t get much better than this. Bravo.

I simply love this band and their awesome music and interpreters! Thank you for the treat!

Salute from the Philippines!

I have always Loved the “Stars & Stripes Forever”. Great stuff

these guys are TOO good. just TOOOOO good. in every way obviously, but especially for me the subtleties of the dynamics. that tuba decresc, for example. and the oboe... *swoon*. in a time where we have a lot of division, i think this inspires exactly the RIGHT sort of patriotism.

Wonderful march, the most beautiful and richest that Sousa composed! Exciting, lyrical, vibrant and emotional march of all times! Admirável interpretação! Unfortunately, there is a lack of technical performance data, which, for musicians and music admirers, is always interesting. (Celso do Lago Paiva, Minas Gerais, Brazil)

The Stars And Stripes Forever for me personally is one of Sousa's greatest music ever made and composed.

beautiful march music Thank you for your commitment and performance,

Qué hermosa orquesta los felicito muy lindo el tema Soledad Rayo desde mi hermosa patria Chilena los felicitó a todos ustedes ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

🫶 from the All American D-Day band. you guys were awesome!

Ho suonato con la mia bsnda musicale ed è bellissima !!Grandissimo Sousa!!Maestro grandioso. 🎼🎶🎶🎼🎼🎵🎶🎶Bravi e la musica aiuta a stare in armonia e bene con lo spirito!!

Great job! Army Strong!

I played this with a youth symphony a couple years back! Great piece, and as always, amazing performance!

Amazing!

Awesome!

You guys are the BEST!

A great March!

Awesome rendition! Thank you! Sousa was inspired by Austria's Strauss. I think I love this march from Sousa the best.

GO ARMY!

Great!

Sousa was the American counterpart to England's Elgar for pomp and circumstance. Several presidents adored him.

I used to play the piccolo part! Nothing better than Sousa!

Liked , subbed, and served in US Army

❤❤❤ well done ❤❤❤

Havent heard this snce H.S. band 1954, but i remember very note. Coronet 2nd chair.

Good job.

My school played this this year with the Gladiator Brass

Basic training , 1963 Ft. LEONARD WOOD to this music at our last parade

As good a recording as I've heard. Nicely conducted and played.

best song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As an ex-British serviceman, you guys do a great job, although I prefer the balance of sound of a typical British army band. Spent a lot of time marching round various squares to Sousa!

Doc Savage! Doc Savage!

These are top-notch musicians in their chosen genre. I'm seriously sure that it's easier to get in to any of the US military acadamies than it is to enlist on one of these top military bands. Look at the sleeves of the musicians. and the lower sleeves. Lotsa rockers, eh? Lotsa "time served" marks, eh? Look at the shoulder of the band director :) Most recruiters, I guess, have zero clue about how many "recruiter bonus points" they get for signing a, perhaps, piccolo player as good as the one in this video. Recruiters hope to get much easier marks, like NAVY nukes or potential SEALS or people who know other languages than "American English" There's so few jobs in those top military bands, that there's only a few openings every year. Much respect to these musicians.

I love all Sousa marches but Invincible Eagle is my favorite due to its connection to my hometown Buffalo NY and I also play the Eb clarinet so that part is super cool to play

These musicians have one quality that high school and college marching bands do NOT have. Discipline. It's the discipline that brings this body together and deliver a quality performance.

Amin ❤️🌹🌹🌹🤝🎺🦅

He was the skrillex of his day

My compliments. I know if I had to play a wind instrument and March at the same time I would probably pass out.

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Portugal 🇵🇹 USA

Now THIS is something I've not seen before - a "field band" with a bassoon AND a bass clarinet. (Of course they DID call it a "concert band" but those two instruments are a bit rare in a band playing march music.)

nice

Bassoon my love❤ 1:06

This always reminds me of the movie “Trapeze” w/ Tony Curtis 😬

This Band sure has some Brass.

so bunny listened to this on full volume?? 😭😭

ooo real

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How is the second strain played on snare is my question, i’m performing this soon and it sounds like rim or shell but the actual music just has an x over certain notes and I have never seen that before

Sousa 🎉 Super omnia USA

0:21 are your army musicians also trained combat medics, as they are here in the UK ?

Can someone in the US army music system tell me why there is no one below the rank of E6 in this band? Is this a more prestigious band than most military bands? How do the lower ranks get the necessary experience to rank with a band like this? Just asking, and thanks in advance for any enlightenment.

I have this on my channel

Can someone tell me why there is no one under the rank of E-6 in the band?

Whoever can play the oboe should be at least a master chief or whatever.

came here for Bunny Corcoran

Why did John Philip Souza hate the French horn so much?

I think this band is one of the most respectful of all time, but has one of the most bored enticements in their charts. The trumpets lack all bell tones of the original, the woodwinds blend together into one whistle, and the conductor oozes excitement.

The best march is St. Louis Blues by Glen Miller!!

Play panama pacific march!!!

Where’s the baritone saxophone

why are there no p f cs in the band all sargents

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fairest of the fair

Officers are not allowed to play instruments? That's dumb af

Qué hermosa orquesta los felicito muy lindo el tema Soledad Rayo desde mi hermosa patria Chilena los felicitó a todos ustedes ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤