I enjoy listening to marching bands.........
Weird, I know, but my love for music started when I joined a marching band.
My favourite marches are British, followed by American, Imperial Japanese, and German. Over the years, I've learned to appreciate pipe bands. SFU Pipe Band - local and one of the best in the world.
John Philip Sousa is probably my favourite composer of marches. His marches - dat countermelody. Stars and Stripes Forever, The Washington Post March, The Liberty Bell March, Semper Fidelis, El Capitan March, etc. Best performances I've heard of his music is by the President's Own US Marine Band (Most can be found on You Tube).
Glenn Miller era......... Damn, some really good toe tapping music.
St Louis Blues March, American Patrol, Chattanooga Choo Choo, Moonlight Serenade, In The Mood, A String of Pearls, Tuxedo Junction, Little Brown Jug, Pennsylvania 65 oh, oh, oh, lol. Just some of his hits during the second world war.
Addendum: Battle Hymn of the Republic performed by US Marine Drum and Bugle Corps. Starts at around 4:04 The pageantry - stuff that makes America great. Too bad the recording of the music isn't great (in mono). Then 49:47 when both bands, color guard, and presentation group exit to The Marine Corps Hymn. British influence can be seen - after all, the Americans were British at one point.
Added just because........