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ESSAYONS
(Let Us Try)
INFORMATION: “Essayons (Let Us Try)” was recorded and published on compact disc in 1995 by the 399th Army (Engineer Center) Band, CWO Jeanne Pace and 1SG Christopher Burnett – command team and producers.
HISTORICAL NOTE: US Army General, Joe N. Ballard, was executive producer and the Commanding General of the US Army Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood in 1995. CWO Jeanne Y. Pace was our band commander and principal conductor. She was also the first ever female Army band officer. My last active Regular Army post, I served as the unit First Sergeant and Enlisted Bandleader. I also directed the jazz ensemble and played woodwinds in the band. This is the very first modern-era digital recording produced in the history of the 399th Army Band and was the second overall recording by the band. The 399th Army Band is part of the Buffalo Soldiers of the 9th and 10th Cavalry units lineage. The current historical narrative of the organization now includes this connection, further validation of the fact can be found in the following research dissertation – The Organizational and Unit History of the 399th Army Band by Dana Douglas Harris. Listen. Enjoy.
CEREMONIAL MARCHING BAND
01|US National Anthem – F Key
(CWO Pace, conductor)
02|Essayons – J Johnston
(CWO Pace, conductor)
CONCERT WIND ENSEMBLE
03|December 7, 1941 – J Ployhar
(CWO Pace, conductor; SFC Hervieux and SSG Dorris, narrators)
04|The Cowboys – J Williams
(CWO Pace, conductor)
JAZZ COMBO
05|I Could Write a Book – Rogers and Hart
(SFC Parks, conductor; SSG Rhoads, vocalist)
BRASS ENSEMBLE
06|The Pink Panther – H Mancini
WOODWIND QUINTET
07|WW Quintet Mvt 1 – A Deslanderes
(SPC Rhoads – flute, SSG Wagaman – oboe, SGT Safely – clarinet, SGT Labonov – horn, SFC Baldwin – bassoon)
08|WW Quintet Mvt 2 – A Deslanderes
(SPC Rhoads – flute, SSG Wagaman – oboe, SGT Safely – clarinet, SGT Labonov – horn, SFC Baldwin – bassoon)
GUITAR/FLUTE DUO
09|Music aus Italien – F Barscenti
(SSG Ferris – flute, SSG Shanks – guitar)
10|Tango – I Albeniz
(SSG Ferris – flute, SSG Shanks – guitar)
ENGINEER CENTER JAZZ ENSEMBLE
11|St Thomas – S Rollins
(1SG Burnett, conductor; SFC Parks, trombone)
12|The Heart of the Matter – B Mintzer
(1SG Burnett, conductor; SGT Risk, tenor sax; 1SG Burnett, alto sax)
13|Daedalus – C Burnett
(1SG Burnett, conductor/composer/arranger; SSG Dorris, piano; SSG Rhoads, bass)
14|Groovin Hard – D Menza
(1SG Burnett, conductor; SGT Schrantz, trombone; Saxophone Section, soli)
CONCERT WIND ENSEMBLE
15|Duty, Honor, Country – MacArthur, Cook and Walters
(CWO Pace, conductor; SFC Hervieux, narration)
16|The Army Goes Rolling Along – Gruber, Bryden and Danford
(CWO Pace, conductor)
US Army Bands Career Program | First Sergeant & Enlisted Bandleader