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When Uncle Buddy's old sousaphone needed a home, Ruth Barker and her husband, Gary, adopted the large instrument that once belonged to legendary jazz musician Buddy Hayes. "For years he played ...

Julius Mckee is a member of The Dirty Dozen Brass Band in New Orleans. He's also one of the premier sousaphone players in the country. In the first of a four-part series, Mckee discusses the joy of ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Among college marching bands, Ohio State’s Best Damn Band In The Land ranks as one of the most popular and recognized groups in America. And in the OSU band, the honor of ...

Sousaphones, after all, are not sexy instruments. They’re big tubas, in essence, designed to wrap around a player’s body while standing or marching. They feature prominently in college marching bands ...

Members of the sousaphone section of the University of Illinois’ marching band, the Marching Illini, recently used their local celebrity for good when they ran the Illinois Marathon 5K—with their ...