Stars And Strips is a patriotic album produced and performed by Tracy Parker, entirely on keyboard. It consists of twelve beloved classics in a blended range of styles from marching band to jazz to classical to orchestral.
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Songs include:
Stars And Stripes Forever - Tracy goes all out in the title track for this album, being as true to form for this John Philip Sousa classic as is possible on the keyboard.
Star Spangled Banner - This sensational blend of orchestral strings and harmonic overtones is certain to please even the most demanding of musical critics.
Seventy-six Trombones - You can almost see the marching band as you embrace the experience of the trombones, the drum corps, the woodwinds and the rest in this patriotic classic.
America The Beautiful - Strings provide a wonderful accent to the grand piano in this exquisite piece.
Coast Guard - Officially titled "Semper Paratus," Latin for "Always Ready," this patriotic classic is given a marching band feel.
Long Way To Tipperary - Provides an upbeat, fun version of a wartime classic.
Marines Hymn - honors perhaps the most refined of our armed forces with a classic marching band style.
Semper Fidelis - It means "Always Faithful" in Latin, and this tribute to the Marine Corps motto unfolds in a peppy march.
Thunderer March - Another John Philip Sousa classic, Tracy gives a marching band feel in this tribute to such a popular patriotic piece.
Yankee Doodle - Having lived in the South his entire life, Tracy enjoyed presenting this light tribute to one of our oldest patriotic songs.
When The Saints Go Marching In - Tracy provides a jazz rendition of this classic as he combines his gospel roots with his patriotic spirit.
William Tell Overture - While this piece was written by Gioachino Rossini in 1829, Tracy remembers it best as the music for one of his favorite childhood TV characters. Who was that masked man?
