New Orleans Brass Bands S/D

Joined a 2nd line today in New Orleans. Hot 8 was great. Saw John Boutte last night at DBA and a young kid brass band sounding good on a Frenchman street corner. Friday night went to the Nick Spitzer 15th anniversary American Routes show at the Rock n Bowl with the treme Brass band, Lost Bayou Ramblers (raucous Cajun), Jon Cleary's band with guests including sax man James Rivers, guitarist Wolfman Washington, Irma Thomas, & Robert Barefootin Parker. James Andrews finished the night. Earlier saw Kermit Ruffins at his restaurant-- started off ok but then he just let amateurs come onstage and play plus a drunk Guitar Slim Jr.

x-post-- met a guy who's been taking photos at nearly every second-line. They used some of his pics in an EMP conference presentation.

Joined a 2nd line today in New Orleans. Hot 8 was great. Saw John Boutte last night at DBA and a young kid brass band sounding good on a Frenchman street corner

good work :)

http://www.offbeat.com/2013/04/17/mimis-music-suspended-pending-court-case-dj-soul-sisters-hustle-forced-move/#

What is it about people who move to New Orleans near clubs and then complain about clubs being too loud, and hire lawyers to shut 'em down?

I want to read Matt Sakakeeny's dissertation:

Dissertation: Instruments of Power: New
Orleans Brass Bands and the Politics of Performance

He used to co-produce Nick Spitzer's public radio music program "American Routes" and is now a Tulane professor and member of the band Los Poboycitos

Although I've seen their name before, the pun on pobrecito just dawned on me now.

They have a new cd out. I was busy making last-minute changes to my paper, and tired from flight down there, and thus missed their cd release party and also Dj Soul Sister's Saturday night event. Can't do it all. Glad I did see old-school New Orleans resident Hudson Marquez talk about finding professor Longhair. Plus he showed great footage of him with Snooks Eaglin from 1971

those fucking people with the mimi's lawsuit can suck dicks in hell forever.

i used to live a block from there and now live like 5 blocks away and mimi's, which is not a bar i enjoy or go to very much at all, does a really good job of making that neighborhood safer. who knew that people on the streets was an effective way to curb crime

the relentless backwards gaze that often hamstrings new orleans music is completely (COMPLETELY) fucking over reasonable progress in this city. the same NIMBY morons that do shit like sue mimi's are the same people that block redevelopment of blighted property (like this ancient abandoned boys and girls club on my block that they've successfully prevented rezoning for) or throw a fit about building a modern seven story building on a SIX LANE STATE HIGHWAY.

ok. sorry. zoning laws are the worst. post-k transplants with money to burn on $$$ marigny real estate are the worst. MOVE TO METAIRIE.

Some brass bands: http://www.furia.com/misc/genremaps/engenremap-brassband.html

not new orleans but should I go see Young Blood Brass Band in Paris next month?

yes!

they are my good friends and their new album is excellent.

Los Poboycitos member and Tulane Prof Matt Sakakeeny used to blog about brass bands and the Treme tv show here:

http://soundoftreme.blogspot.com/

His NO brass bands book is coming out soon

Was looking over the weekend at someone I know's Facebook news feed (she's in the music biz) and she's down in New Orleans at Jazzfest and she only posted photos from Dave Matthews and Better than Ezra stages. Ugh. Was tempted to comment and ask for brass band, old r'n'b, and zydeco and Cajun.

keith spera headline on nola.com: JOHN MAYER LETS HIS GUITAR DO THE TALKING. rip jazzfest

Although they have lame big name headliners every year (for decades). Its no different-- ok this year's are worse-- last year was Springsteen and the Beach Boys on one weekend. Some years they are better than others. Last year I happily stuck to the smaller stages for the most part. My question is that jazzfest head Quint Davis is supposed to use some of those Jazzfest bucks they make, to help aging New Orleans musicians and such. I wonder if and how he is doing that.

Anybody know why Aaron Neville did not sing with the Neville Brothers this year, whom I read performed without him at the Fest? Maybe he was on the road pushing his new solo album (although I am surprised he would shedule out of town gigs this time of year).

http://www.thewholegrittycity.com/

New Orleans brass bands movie doc in production

Cool. Just saw that the "Tchoupitoulas" movie mentioned higher up is available on iTunes. Will have to check it out.

Jazzfest bucks...to help aging New Orleans musicians

http://www.jazzandheritage.org/what-we-do/raisin-the-roof

I just found this:

According to Don Marshall, executive director of the nonprofit foundation that owns the festival, 80% of the $3 million the foundation spends annually on local programming and cultural grants comes from festival proceeds.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323528404578454791718433644.html

Beneath a Pop Skin, Jazz's Heart Beats
By LARRY BLUMENFELD

New Orleans

Snowing in Minneapolis, raining in New Orleans. Good day to listen to WWOZ. Shannon Powell right now (recorded earlier.)

http://www.nola.com/jazzfest/index.ssf/2013/04/shannon_powell_reigns_in_glory.html

Anybody familiar with Bruce Raeburn, Director of Hogan Jazz Archive at Tulane University, 2009 book "New Orleans Style and the Writing of American Jazz History", U. Michigan Press? Have heard good stuff about the guy. Noticed a tweet saying he was interviewing Nicholas Payton at Jazzfest. He's a musician too (as was his dad)

I've never worked with him directly but when I was an undergrad he gave a really interesting talk about his archives work and collection stuff to a class I was in, he struck me as a dude what knows his shit.

Thanks, that seems to be the consensus

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/05/mothers_day_second-line_shooti.html

This is terrible. That Gambit writer who does a 2nd line blog that Jordan posted above, got shot and wounded at the 2nd line today.

Too many shootings in New Orleans. They have video of the shooters this time

fucked up. :(

They've identified a suspect (who has has prior arrests) but haven't found him yet

do they have any sense if the perp was aiming at anyone or just causing general mayhem

so fucked up

hard to tell from the video, but 19 folks were injured and there might have been more than 1 shooter. Due to the alleged perpetrator's lengthy prior arrest record, some online commentators are blaming judges for this guy still being on the street

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/belief/new-orleans-second-line-tradition-marred-violence

Jazz historian and New Orleans music expert Jason Berry on what happened

http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-05-16/national/39291497_1_akein-scott-mayor-mitch-landrieu-frenchmen-street

Arrests were made

From press release for new John Fogerty album:

except for "Proud Mary" which was recorded in New Orleans with Allen Toussaint and the Rebirth Brass Band.

From Offbeat:

New Orleans’ music community got wind earlier today that the Vieux Carre Property Owners, Residents and Associates (VCPORA) announced it would hold a press conference at City Hall tomorrow, June 18 at 11 a.m. with hopes of rallying neighborhood associations to support their proposed “Seven Essential Items to Make our Noise Ordinance work for New Orleans.”

When the VCPORA saw, according to Offbeat, that musicians and others were gonna show up and oppose their noise ordinace plan, the press conference got cancelled.

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/07/accused_gunmen_in_mothers_day.html

indictments

OffBeat sends a hearty hats-off and a happy birthday to Lionel Ferbos, the city’s most venerable jazz musician who turns a sprightly 102 today (July 17). Two years ago, trumpeter and singer Ferbos was likely the first jazzman in history to perform at his own 100th birthday party. He won’t be repeating that feat this year, but played last Sunday afternoon at the National World War II Museum’s Sunday Swing series. (Ferbos’ usual stomping ground, the Palm Court is closed for renovations through September 18).

I made a special point to see Lionel last time I was in NOLA (2008.) Never would have dreamed he'd still be playing in 2013. Amazing.

With the late, great Uncle Lionel Batiste on drums.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDVkjNj36og

http://www.offbeat.com/2013/07/24/stooges-brass-band-release-new-record-play-show-with-ricky-b/

10 years after their last one, Stooges Brass have a new release out---but its vinyl only

http://www.gofundme.com/2xmcaw

Fund for Deborah Cotton, brass band blogger shot in that second line

Recent Stooges Brass videos I looked at show them with a young blue-eyed guitarist now, but no keyboard

Guitar-playing is understated though, with the horns and vocals still upfront and the drums propelling things along

Saw Stooges Brass outside DC in Arlington, VA Friday night. Good show, 22 year-old guitarist is ok; not rock star flashy; percussion and drums and horns were pretty good.

Not rock star flashy is of course a good thing

Just saw Soul Rebels Brass band at a free fest in Arlington, VA outside of DC. Jazzier and less funky than Stooges Brass Band, but still good. Did Daft Punk's "Get Lucky" (last week I heard a dj's house remix of that song in Central Park in NYC and now the brass band cover).

Mimi’s reportedly has now obtained a music license, and can offer music once again

http://www.offbeat.com/2013/09/12/the-end-of-an-era-kermit-says-farewell-to-vaughans/?utm_source=WB+09+19+13&utm_campaign=WB+09+19+13&utm_medium=email#

Busy guy

Glad I got to Kermit/Vaughan's a few times; a truly only-in-NOLA experience. And yeah, that live cd sums up the vibe pretty nicely, warts (many) and all.

i worked at vaughan's for years, kermit night was the only thing keeping them afloat. it's a shame as it will surely get bought up and turned into some yuppie cocktail bullshit.

corey henry is really good btw, probably better than kermit at this point