Brass Bands - C/D

I thought I'd point out that at Rebirth's site, they have a whole show from NYC (w/Fred Wesley guesting!) if anyone wants to check them out.

Now, um, time pack to go to New Orleans this weekend to see brass bands (seriously).

serbian brass bands = classic!

Brass bands have more intimate connections to hip hop that just the New Orleans groups covering hip hop, or the New Orleans-style Wisconsin ones collaborating with Talib Kweli (see Youngblood Brass Band). Marching band drill teams at high schools in Minneapolis and St. Paul, and the ones coming there for competitions from all over the Midwest, play funk beats (even more so than the kind of Southern college bands portrayed in the movie Drum Line).

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?

Total classic. even living in new orleans, you can never get sick of the brass bands. one of the heads of the music business program i'm in is one of the co-founders of the dirty dozen, actually. it's only inevitable that a big name hiphop act bring brass bands too the masses. they're just too funky to be overlooked.
hope you enjoy your time here jordan, the weathers just about to get cold for the first time this season (we had like 2 or 3 days of cold a few weeks ago, but other than that it's been beautiful weather)

Jordan:

Who'd you see in New orleans?

Yeah, um, it was fucking cold in New Orleans this weekend. At least Sunday was nice, that's when the second line was.

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 your comp is very good indeed. Thanks to JaXoN for giving it to me (along with other excellent stuffs).

Jordan, what's a good e-mail address to contact you at? Something I sent bounced.

Wow, I never saw this thread revive. Thanks Adam, I'm glad you got to hear it. Rockist, send me an e-mail at jordan1 at gmail.com, and if that doesn't work, cleftandcloven at gmail.com.

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.

initial vinyl copies of Pale Saints' 'In Ribbons' came with a 7" of two of their songs played by the Tintwistle Brass Band. very good it is too.

I played trombone in a handful of different (english) brass bands around saddleworth between the ages of about 10 and 18. A lot of the time, we played a lot of horrible arrangements of contemporary pop hits, classic showtunes, and reworked folk songs. BUT. There was also a lot of very good (contemproary, progressive, not remotely oom-pa-pa) stuff written especially for brass, which people rarely get to hear outside those circles. I'd point anyone interested towards Eric Ball, Gilbert Vinter, Elgar Howarth and, for most of my favourite things, Philip Sparke. All listed here:

http://www.harrogate.co.uk/harrogate-band/bbcomp.htm

I don't see Phil Frazier, Tyrus Chapman, Kermit Ruffins, or Tuba Fats on that list of composers of "original works for brass band". :>

(I'm just playing, I always forget about the Brit brass band thing)