― jaymc (jaymc), Sunday, 23 November 2003 10:53 (twenty years ago) link
― Nom De Plume (Nom De Plume), Sunday, 23 November 2003 22:11 (twenty years ago) link
I think the lives of lots of people who like hip-hop on this board would be improved by hearing the Soul Rebels Brass Band 'No More Parades', esp. those who love the Primo/Kanye/Outkast etc. productions with big horns.
Here's the old thread I started:
New Orleans Brass Bands S/D
― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 24 November 2003 14:22 (twenty years ago) link
http://www.brighouseandrastrickband.co.uk/
― charltonlido (gareth), Monday, 24 November 2003 14:27 (twenty years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Monday, 24 November 2003 14:29 (twenty years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin, Monday, 24 November 2003 14:37 (twenty years ago) link
― BrianB, Monday, 24 November 2003 14:43 (twenty years ago) link
"You don't want to go to war...with Brighouse and Rastrick Braaasss Band/Don't start no shit won't be no shit!"
(obv. there are different types of brass band music, even in New Orleans, though the modern stuff tends to be my favorite)
― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 24 November 2003 14:47 (twenty years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin, Monday, 24 November 2003 14:52 (twenty years ago) link
― BrianB, Monday, 24 November 2003 14:53 (twenty years ago) link
― charltonlido (gareth), Monday, 24 November 2003 14:58 (twenty years ago) link
The Black Dyke Band to thread. (Never thought I'd ever be typing that sentence...)
― NickB (NickB), Monday, 24 November 2003 15:00 (twenty years ago) link
And I love the traditional N.O. brass bands too, like Treme and the Paulin Bros., who aren't nearly so 'crass' as to be young and listen to hip-hop. So what does the B&RBB sound like, Marcello?
― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 24 November 2003 15:21 (twenty years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin, Monday, 24 November 2003 15:23 (twenty years ago) link
(thanks for reminding me of that record actually, I've never heard it but I've wanted to for years)
― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 24 November 2003 15:47 (twenty years ago) link
(then again I am living with a trombonist, so clearly I am biased!)
― Marcello Carlin, Monday, 24 November 2003 15:51 (twenty years ago) link
Trombonists are good, good people. New Orleans has made it one of my favorite instruments.
― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 24 November 2003 15:54 (twenty years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin, Monday, 24 November 2003 15:58 (twenty years ago) link
There are lots of Latin bands who use brass, and I'd love to see a United House of Prayer african-american gospel brass band. I think Austin, TX writer John Morthland once wrote about one of the latter bands.
― Steve Kiviat (Steve K), Monday, 24 November 2003 19:47 (twenty years ago) link
Did you get Treme's record 'Gimme My Money Back'? That title track is off the hook!
I know what you mean about reworking other tunes, which is definitely a common brass band thing. I can't really see Rebirth (or Soul Rebels, or Lil' Rascals) having a true hit, unless someone established in hip-hop wants to use them for something (which would be awesome), but they do have a pretty solid level of international touring/profile. Still the funkiest music I've ever heard though.
― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 24 November 2003 20:11 (twenty years ago) link
Now, um, time pack to go to New Orleans this weekend to see brass bands (seriously).
― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 5 December 2003 03:08 (twenty years ago) link
― s1utsky (slutsky), Friday, 5 December 2003 17:02 (twenty years ago) link
And what the dancers on those teams do is basically an updated kind of breakdancing. Very cool. This phenomenon might be everywhere, but because it's not turned into any kind of product, it doesn't get written about.
Also: Do Mexican or Texas bandalero bands count?
― Pete Scholtes, Friday, 5 December 2003 20:18 (twenty years ago) link
― Felcher (Felcher), Friday, 5 December 2003 21:48 (twenty years ago) link
Who'd you see in New orleans?
― Steve Kiviat (Steve K), Monday, 8 December 2003 18:30 (twenty years ago) link
Steve, I saw Hot Eight Brass Band about five times at different parties and bars (god, they're just the best), Rebirth at the second line (along with David Andrews and some other guys from New Birth), and Treme Brass Band at Donna's. I went to see Shannon Powell play there on Sunday night, but he cancelled out and David Torkanowski (sp?) had a pretty decent trio there instead.
― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 9 December 2003 01:37 (twenty years ago) link
― adam... (nordicskilla), Friday, 12 November 2004 02:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― Rockist_Scientist (rockist_scientist), Friday, 12 November 2004 03:05 (nineteen years ago) link
The reason I was searching for this thread: Jess was good enough to put up a Rebirth tune (and a great accompanying post) from that same comp on his blog.
― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 15 November 2004 20:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― koogs (koogs), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 13:48 (nineteen years ago) link
http://www.harrogate.co.uk/harrogate-band/bbcomp.htm
― JimD (JimD), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 14:10 (nineteen years ago) link
(I'm just playing, I always forget about the Brit brass band thing)
― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 15:37 (nineteen years ago) link