Them Basses

Henry Fillmore (1881-1956) was the most colorful bandman of his time, and that era stretched across fifty vibrant years during which he probably wrote more band music – much of it under assumed names – than any composer/bandmaster in history. Fillmore’s background in his family’s publishing house, the Fillmore Brothers Company of Cincinnati, led him at an early age down a variety of productive paths as a composer, including those of the hymn, popular overture, fox-trot, waltz, and his own particularly lucrative specialty – the trombone novelty, such as Lassus Trombone, Bone’s Trombone or Shoutin’ Liza Trombone. His irrepressible talent for marches produced a string of masterpieces uniquely of his own flavor.

Henry Fillmore (1881-1956) was the most colorful bandman of his time, and that era stretched across fifty vibrant years during which he probably wrote more band music – much of it under assumed names – than any composer/bandmaster in history. Fillmore’s background in his family’s publishing house, the Fillmore Brothers Company of Cincinnati, led him at an early age down a variety of productive paths as a composer, including those of the hymn, popular overture, fox-trot, waltz, and his own particularly lucrative specialty – the trombone novelty, such as Lassus Trombone, Bone’s Trombone or Shoutin’ Liza Trombone. His irrepressible talent for marches produced a string of masterpieces uniquely of his own flavor.