"His execution set the prairies afire; his vibrating pedal tones rattled the windows of the Theatre and killed the gold fishes and stunned the canaries all the way out to the packing plant where even the iron gates trembled." So said an exuberant newspaper reporter in Omaha, following a performance by the young trombone virtuoso Arthur Pryor. A later performance in Kansas City almost caused a riot when many in the crowd misunderstood cries of "Pryor, Pryor!" for "fire, fire!" And so it went through the years when the Boy Wonder from Missouri was the featured star of John Philip Sousa's famous band.

Recordings originally made between 1901 and 1911. Over 74 minutes digitally remastered from 78 rpm records. Includes Blue Bells of Scotland, Intermezzo, Forever, We Won't Go Home Until Morning, Stay In your Own Back Yard, Parisian Melodies, Message of the Violet from “Prince of Pilsen,” Little Nell, Cujus Animam from “Stabat Mater,” My Old Kentucky Home, The Patriot Polka, Inflammatus from “Stabat Mater,” Love's Enchantment, The Holy City, One Sweetly Solemn Thought, Congo Love Song from “Nancy Brown,” Non e Ver, Love Thoughts Waltz, The Low Back'd Car, Navajo, Dearie from “Sergeant Brue,” Celeste Aida from “Aida,” Come Down from the Big Fig Tree, Oh, Dry Those Tears, Pagliacci Selection, Love Me and World is Mine, Polka Fantastic.

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