Episode 492, Wild Blue Wonder

Wind & Rhythm salutes the US Air Force bands. 2018 marks the 71st birthday of the US Air Force and we'll hear from a wide range of bands from across the country; some playing songs specially commissioned just for them. Join us as we musically fly off into the Wild Blue Yonder.

Those Magnificent Airmen and Their Flying Machines
  Ron Goodwin, arr. TSgt Larry MacTaggart
  US Air Force Band, Lowell Graham
Liminal
  John Mackey
  US Air Force Band, Colonel Larry H. Lang

Prism    
  Master Sergeant Steve Shafer
  US Air Force Band of the Rockies, Bruce Gilkes
Beyond
  Wataru Hokoyama
  US Air Force Band of Liberty, Colonel Larry H. Lang
joyRIDE
  Michael Markowski
  US Air Force Band, Colonel Larry H. Lang
To the Edge of Space
  Patrick Sheridan and Sam Pilafian    
  US Air Force Band of Mid-America, Captain Donald Schofield, Jr.
A View from the Heavens from “Flight"
  Eric Ewazen
  US Air Force Band, Colonel Larry H. Lang
Windsprints
  Richard L. Saucedo
  US Air Force Academy Band, Lieutenant Colonel Larry H. Lang
The Air Force Hymn
  Henry Baker
  US Air Force Band of Liberty, Colonel Larry H. Lang
Rolling Thunder
  Henry Fillmore
  US Air Force Band, Alan Bonner