New Orleans Brass Bands S/D

http://offbeat.com/2011/02/18/youtube-du-jour-marianne-faithful/

Thanks. Dr. Michael White...

Marianne's looking a little like Kitty from "That 70's Show" these days.

http://entimg.msn.com/i/150/Movies/Actors6/debrajorupp_150.jpg

http://www.louisianaweekly.com/ferbos-still-tooting-his-horn-at-age-100/

Trumpeter Uncle Lionel will turn 100 on July 17 and he's still performing.

It seems like he's still going strong

struggling to make $ on Frenchman street op-ed piece

http://offbeat.com/2011/07/07/paying-musicians-on-frenchmen-how-do-we-do-it/

http://bluethroatproductions.com/melodius-thunk/

brass band blog and more

http://offbeat.com/2011/08/01/city-songs-john-swensons-new-atlantis-and-keith-speras-groove-interrupted/

I wonder if the Swenson book is new stuff or just his pieces from Offbeat (including ones on New orleans brass bands)?

the old hot 8 second line recording on that site is great.

so is Derrick Tabb from 5:30 to 5:45, and 8:53 - 9:05: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elzjqgkGoVc

cool.

For those in New Orleans -via Offbeat

Today is Louis Armstrong's birthday, and this weekend celebrates all things "Satchmo."

The Satchmo Club Strut is back tomorrow night. The annual club crawl on and around Frenchmen Street once again features some of the city's top musicians in a one-price-gets-all evening that goes from 6 p.m. until whenever.

There will be music in 17 venues with such artists as Chris Thomas King, Don Vappie, the Soul Rebels, Shamarr Allen, Ellis Marsalis, Charmaine Neville, Wess "Warmdaddy" Anderson, the Free Agents Brass Band, Jason Marsalis, and others, including the "Satchmo of Japan", Yoshio Toyama. Allen Toussaint and Jazzivity, Davell Crawford, Donald Harrison, Jr. and the Treme Brass Band will be featured on the Red Stripe Stage in Jane Alley, a new outdoor venue at 619 Frenchmen.

The event is a benefit for the New Orleans Jazz Celebration, and the schedule is online now at the event's website, where wristbands are on sale for $30,

Hot 8 are the cover story on the August Offbeat that I just got in the snail mail. Haven't checked to see if the story is online.

Rising Tides Conference on New Orleans' future at Xavier U. August 27

Brass Bands Panel - featuring Lawrence Rawlins, band director of Roots of Music; Alejandro de los Rios, producer of the Brass Roots documentary; members of the TBC Brass Band Edward “Juicy” Jackson, Joe Maize and Sean Michael Roberts; moderated by writer Deborah Cotton; followed by a performance by the TBC Brass Band.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqb6qdZveRE

RIP Wardell Quezergue, New Orleans arranger of "Mr Big Stuff", "Groove Me," and more

RIP. Obit details his relationship to brass bands

My wife and I are headed to NOLA for the first time Sept. 28-Oct. 4. We're going to try to catch a show the first night at Preservation Hall, where the PH Jazz Band is playing (our flight's due to arrive that night, so it's iffy), and definitely Kermit Ruffins at Vaughan's the following night. Hot 8 is playing Howlin' Wolfs on Sunday. Looks like we'll miss Rebirth, which plays Tuesdays at the Maple Leaf, but we saw them in Providence earlier this year.
Anyone in the know have any other recommendations on cool clubs or bands (brass or otherwise) we should check out? I’ve been looking at club listings nearly every day, but I’m not familiar with most of the bands.

go to the hi-ho lounge on thursday to see the stooges brass band. also there's a second line on sunday, check back here for the route.

also worth going down to bourbon & canal in the evenings to see tbc and some other bands busking.

Non-brass: John Boutte, Saturday 10/1 at DBA in Faubourg Marigny. Great club if you're into craft beers.

See Hot 8 if you can. I also like Chris Thomas King, the Soul Rebels, Shamarr Allen, Charmaine Neville, the Free Agents Brass Band, TBC Brass, Davell Crawford, Donald Harrison, Jr., John Boutté, and the Treme Brass Band.

I wish I was in New Orleans this weekend for the 10th Ponderosa Stomp. It used to take place between weeks of Jazz Fest but they moved it.

Thanks everyone. Didn't know John Boutté was playing Saturday (and I am indeed into craft beers), and that second line sounds great. Would love to see the Treme Brass Band, but I couldn't find them playing anywhere.

you'll probably see uncle lionel pop in and sing a few songs at vaughan's (and whatever other jazz show you go to)

I'm not 100% sure, but it looks like King James and the Special Men still play R&B every Monday night at BJ's Lounge, near Vaughn's. I haven't been, but next time I'm in NOLA it's at the top of my list.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYqnukBWwbo

Wow, they sound great. That's an Archibald tune they're playing. I'll check to see if they're going to be there.

Still in NOLA. Waiting for Hot 8 to go on at Howlin Wolf. Kermit wasn't at Vaughan's Thursday but his band played an amazing set. (Fantastic take on "If I Only Had a Brain.") Saw John Boutte kill the crowd at dba last night. Probably the best "gig" however was at the corner of Canal and Bourbon when an all-star brass band played a long set for donations. Very special. I'll post videos when I get back.

Cool. Sounds like a great time.

Yeah, hearing brass bands busking at Canal/Bourbon is an incredible, only-in-New-Orleans thing. Glad you got to see Boutte, too.

OK, here we go. The band in the first two called themselves the "Bourbon Street All Stars," and the homemade CD we bought didn't provide any more info. Anyone have a clue who these guys are? Their "Sexual Healing" sounds exactly like the Hot 8's arrangement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_RJkP2-Hkg

Love this!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCYDX6Bx7KM

Proof that Vaughan's is one of the darkest nightclubs ever. Kermit wasn't there this Thursday; this is Corey Henry on trombone and leading the band. Just a taste.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGB5DvsTv6I

Little "touristy" second line we caught outside our hotel. There was a real second line parade Sunday deep in the Treme, but we couldn't make it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGyFlzxKDSA

Off topic perhaps, but we loved this band (Tuba Skinny) we found busking in front of Rouse's market on Royal Street. Bought their CD.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1cWFH8b_8o

Check out the humorous surprise near the end.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEMKVegDYjk

If anyone wants to see a couple clips of John Boutte, just say the word.

it's a throw-together band, but the trombone players are from tbc, and some of them used to be in a band called da truth brass band, i've played with them a few times. all the bands play each other's arrangements.

what's on the cd, live stuff?

xp

I like that Tuba Skinny stuff -- thanks for the tip.

Jordan we've only taken a quick listen to it so far, but the CD sounds like it's in the studio (or at least a very well-done homemade recording).

they're doing their thing but i can think of a lot of trad bands i'd much rather listen to

xp

maybe when you get back you could send me a track from it? curious if it's something i've heard or not.

I know it's not brass band, but i wouldn't mind seeing a bit of the John Boutte footage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z5MD--JQDs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJg8zo0xiTw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_SSpPf91Jg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN0YbYIdEo4

@Jordan — Sure thing.

they're doing their thing but i can think of a lot of trad bands i'd much rather listen to

Jordan, I think we've had a similar conversation about the young, white, sort-of-hipster, carpetbagger bands like Loose Marbles. I know stuff that veers toward Squirrel Nut Zipper-dom is more up my alley than yours. Is there anyone you like/would recommend? (Like, these guys covered a Pee Wee King song, which is completely UNtraditional but I loved it -- or is your trad preference all strictly traditional?)

Sorry, I know this is not brass band related at all...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpfXVmFVAjY

i'm not at all revivalist/preservationist about it - i like musicians who play new orleans jazz as a living and evolving tradition, with chops and style (and free of irony/self-consciousness, i guess). favorites: leroy jones, mark braud, kid chocolate, shannon powell, bob french, herlin riley, wendell brunious, etc.

the record that derrick shezbie (kabuki) made when he was a teenager, "spodie's back", is really a touchstone for me in terms of combining new orleans tradition w/modern jazz. i wish there was more music like it.

Yeah, Spodie's Back is beautiful. I spin that on the regular.

nice.

here's a little clip of my new orleans jazz band, we do a lot of spodie's back and leroy arrangements: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gboNA2l7Wfk

(or did, haven't played since our main spot shut down)

vaughan's is dark b/c bright lighting would disturb the roaches

when i worked there i was always amazed that people would get like dressed up and go there. it's filthy. i certainly never cleaned anything.

corey plays circles around kermit these days and he actually shows up every now and then.

ha

Yeah, we got to the door at Vaughan's Thursday and they said "Kermit is out of town." (This, after I checked the listings multiple times.) We were really disappointed at first but decided to stay. I liked the vibe and was pleasantly surprised to find that the tourists (i.e. me) hadn't taken it over completely. Looked like a 50/50 mix between locals and out-of-towners. The band was great, too. Corey is amazing indeed — he clearly has better chops than Kermit. I guess Kermit's got the personality, though.
Jordan, thanks for the recommendations. There seems to be a million of these trad jazz bands around, but I never know who to listen to.
On a side note, I was amazed by how great the street bands with horns SOUNDED. If they had buildings in front and in back of them, the sonics were crystal clear.
Shit, New Orleans has ruined me for near everything else.