The Black Dyke Band, formerly the Black Dyke Mills Band, is one of the oldest and best known brass bands in the world. A brass band is a Musical group generally consisting entirely of Brass instruments, most often with a percussion section It was formerly the band of the Black Dyke Mills in Queensbury, West Yorkshire, England, a company owned by John Foster. Queensbury is a village in the metropolitan borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. Yorkshire is a historic county of Northern England and the largest in Great Britain. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Foster, a French horn player, joined with others in a small band in Queensbury in 1816. This band faltered but finally, in 1855, Foster and other musicians established the new mill band and outfitted it with uniforms made from the mill's own cloth. The band has remained active since that time, and still rehearses in its original rooms.
The band has won many prizes and competitions over the years. In September 1968, it released a single on the The Beatles’ Apple Records label. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Apple Records is a record label founded by The Beatles in 1968 as a division of Apple Corps Ltd. The a-side was an instrumental composed by Paul McCartney called "Thingumybob" (the theme to a Yorkshire Television sitcom starring Stanley Holloway). Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942 is an English rock Singer, Bass guitarist songwriter Composer, Yorkshire Television is the ITV contractor for the Yorkshire franchise Stanley Augustus Holloway ( October 1, 1890 - January 30, 1982) was an English actor and entertainer famous for his comic and character The flipside was a brass band instrumental version of the Lennon/McCartney song "Yellow Submarine". The Songwriting partnership of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, usually referred to as Lennon/McCartney, is one of the best-known and " Yellow Submarine " is a 1966 song by The Beatles (credited to Lennon/McCartney) which was recorded by John Lennon, Paul McCartney The single was released under the name John Foster & Sons Ltd Black Dyke Mills Band, produced by McCartney, and was one of the first four singles issued on the Apple label.
The Black Dyke Band has made many recordings including classical music. Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to mainstream music produced in or rooted in the traditions of Western liturgical and Secular music It has recorded with classical bass trombonist Douglas Yeo, and pop acts Tori Amos, Peter Gabriel and The Beautiful South. The trombone is a Musical instrument in the brass family Like all brass instruments it is a lip-reed Aerophone: sound is produced when the player’s Douglas Yeo is bass trombonist in the Boston Symphony Orchestra, where he holds the John Moors Cabot Bass Trombone Chair Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos on August 22, 1963) is a Pianist and Singer-songwriter of dual British and American Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950 in Chobham, Surrey, England) is an English Musician and Songwriter. The Beautiful South were an English Pop group formed at the end of the 1980s by former members of Hull group The Housemartins - Paul Heaton The band also worked with Gabriel on the highly acclaimed Millennium Show, featured in the Millennium Dome, as well as recording the music for the BBC programme Ground Force. The Millennium Dome, often referred to simply as The Dome, is the original name of a large Dome -shaped building originally used to house Ground Force was a BBC "lifestyle" or "makeover" television programme in which a team of gardeners descend on an individual's Garden
Black Dyke was the first band to achieve the "Grand Slam" in 1985 by winning the Yorkshire regional, European, British Open and National Championship contests. They were also voted BBC band of the year.
Notable members of the current line up include Principal Trombonist Brett Baker, and Principal Cornetist Richard Marshall (who previously was Principal Cornet at Grimethorpe Colliery Band for 10 years), the seat commonly referred to as 'the hottest seat in banding'. The Grimethorpe Colliery Band is a Brass band, based in Grimethorpe, South Yorkshire, England.
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- Variations on Laudate Dominum by Edward Gregson. Edward Gregson was born in Sunderland, United Kingdom, in 1945
- Theme to Ground Force
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