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bywterbro

09-11-2007, 08:13 PM

heres a few of mine...in no particular order...

Irvin Mayfield and NO Jazz Orchestra
James Singleton and his many different music projects
Jazz Vipers
Germaine Bazzle with George French Band
Tom McDermott
Hot Club of New Orleans
Vavavoom
Kermit Ruffins
Tim Green

ibjamn

09-11-2007, 08:25 PM

Bob French and the original Tuxedo Brass Band

Corona

09-11-2007, 08:28 PM

Bob French and the original Tuxedo Brass Band
I second that emotion!!!

funkkjunkie

09-11-2007, 08:30 PM

Kermit
Charmaine Neville
Bob French with Shamarr Allen
Maurice Brown
Dixieland
Donald Harrison
Jazz Vipers

bywterbro

09-11-2007, 08:32 PM

terence blanchard

festbabe

09-11-2007, 09:23 PM

The more I hear Don Vappie, the more I like him (as a musician & a person).

Another fave: Dr. Michael White (hey, I'm a clarinet player, how could I not?)

Michelino

09-11-2007, 10:58 PM

Christian Scott (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofAC3SE5zTI)
Astral Project
Irwin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
Wendell Brunious
and of course, Wynton Marsalis with whomever

Corona

09-12-2007, 05:59 AM

Kermit
Charmaine Neville
Bob French with Shamarr Allen
Maurice Brown
Dixieland
Donald Harrison
Jazz Vipers
Oops, I guess I should have clarified.....with Shamarr Allen....
Next in line is going to be the Shamarr Allen Band :) Can't wait to buy the cd!!

NYMAMA

09-12-2007, 07:10 AM

Moon

09-12-2007, 07:17 AM

ohio

09-12-2007, 08:03 AM

Lots of nice picks, y'all! I also dig Branford Marsalis. Have a couple of great club shows from NY he did. Great stuff!

bywterbro

09-12-2007, 08:04 AM

he doesnt play around town much, usually around jazzfest, and at jazz fest,
but i really like nicholas payton..

Frosty

09-12-2007, 09:53 AM

Taking only bands based in NO, Kermit and the BBQ Swingers.

glinda

09-12-2007, 10:09 AM

Lots of good picks here. Loved Los Hombres Calientes, but they haven't played together in awhile, have they?

t.o..fester

09-12-2007, 10:15 AM

Oops, I guess I should have clarified.....with Shamarr Allen....
Next in line is going to be the Shamarr Allen Band :) Can't wait to buy the cd!!

Hey, what is this with you and this Shamarr guy?

t.o..fester

09-12-2007, 10:16 AM

Panarama Jazz Band

AtPontchartrain

09-12-2007, 10:32 AM

UncleFester

09-12-2007, 03:21 PM

i second what's been written and add
nicolas payton
ellis marsalis

bywterbro

09-12-2007, 03:29 PM

The question starting this topic is too hard. In the (RIP) deceased traditional category, for me, the winner is the Oscar Celestin Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra. Second, Billie and De De Pierce ... they were THE connection between blues and jazz. And third, the Preservation Hall lineup with the Humphrey Brothers and Sing Miller.

Today, Don Vappie... and the Dirty Dozen and all their offshoots (lovingly nurtured from way back by Danny Barker and promoted by the Jazzfest folks)

your right ATP, actually its too broad a question...i originally intended it to be for living musicians,
who were born in new orleans, or those who live or play in new orleans regularly.....but im glad some folks added a deceased category to this thread..

Zbonnie

09-12-2007, 03:31 PM

Dr.Michael White & The Liberty Jazz Band
Dirty Dozen
Onward Brass Band
Pfister(sp)Sisters
Panorama Jazz Band
Any band with Bob French, David Torkanowski(sp), or Shannon Powell
Doc Paulin's(RIP)Original Dixieland Jazz Band
Percy Humphrey's(RIP)Crescent City Joymakers
Danny Barker's(RIP)Jazz HoundsOK, wait a minute, did I miss something re Doc Paulin? The RIP has me worried. I know he no longer plays in his original band, now carried on as the Paulin Bros. Brass Band, but the last I heard he was alive and kicking and planning to celebrate his 100 birthday this past June. (Celebrate being a relative term, given as he was still in a freakin' FEMA trailer during JF! A travesty, a 100 year old man, a music legend in his city and beyond, still crammed with his family into a trailer waiting for their "Road Home" money!)

Michelino

09-12-2007, 03:39 PM

I certainly dig all the brass bands too...and have been especially fond of the Dirty Dozen for the past 25 years.

But if we are using the expanded definition of jazz (one that I wholeheartedly endorse), I must also be the first to included those rockmeisters of brassy funk and jazz: Bonerama (http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/Michelino/RocBones/HornsofBone.jpg)

bywterbro

09-12-2007, 04:01 PM

OK, wait a minute, did I miss something re Doc Paulin? The RIP has me worried. I know he no longer plays in his original band, now carried on as the Paulin Bros. Brass Band, but the last I heard he was alive and kicking and planning to celebrate his 100 birthday this past June. (Celebrate being a relative term, given as he was still in a freakin' FEMA trailer during JF! A travesty, a 100 year old man, a music legend in his city and beyond, still crammed with his family into a trailer waiting for their "Road Home" money!)
.yyr ZB as of this article in july of this year hes still alive and kickin..
Family celebrates 'Doc' Paulin's legacy of love, creativity

By Geraldine Wyckoff, Contributing Writer
July 23, 2007 talkback

When a smiling Doc Paulin, donning a black hat, suspenders and a wide tie rolled into the large, festively decorated room at La Belle Creole in Harvey the crowd was on its feet cheering "Happy Birthday!" Born on June 22, 1907, the noted trumpeter Ernest "Doc" Paulin was celebrating his 100th birthday.

It's difficult to imagine the world when Paulin grew up as a country boy in Wallace, Louisiana. It was his uncle, trombonist Edgar Peters, who started Paulin's life in music by giving him his first instrument, a cornet. Peters, who traveled between the country and the big city of New Orleans, would also take his nephew out with him and introduce him around.

"I got to handle myself a little bit," said Paulin during a rare interview in 1996.

Paulin moved to New Orleans in 1928 and played with some musicians but soon put together his own band. To offer some musical perspective, that was the year that the now jazz staple "St. James Infirmary" was published and 18 years after one of Paulin's favorite tunes, "Let Me Call You Sweetheart," was composed.

"You had to play everything to make a living - but if you couldn't play no jazz, you were in trouble," Paulin said adding that he also worked as a painter and cleaned houses. "That was a good job for a man because he could move things around."

Before being drafted into the Army during World War II, the trumpeter blew at hot spots in Storyville and on South Rampart Street and he particularly remembers a big place called Anderson's Café. When he was discharged, he returned to New Orleans and studied with the now-legendary Professor Victor at Grunewald School of Music. An independent sort who doesn't easily suffer fools and never joined the musicians'union, Paulin again put together his own band. "We had Bourbon Street monopolized," said the trumpeter of jazz music

Paulin married his wife Betty in 1949 and they raised 13 children in their modest Seventh Street home, which is now in the process of renovation. At the party, over 40 members of the Paulin clan surrounded the man of the hour who sat beaming in a wheelchair next to his lovely wife for a photo that would document the day. A deejay appropriately spun "Family Reunion."

It was his musical sons, trombonists Dwayne and Scott, clarinetist Ricky, trumpeter Phillip and bass drummer Aaron who were at the core of two bands - one brass, one classic New Orleans jazz - that provided the musical entertainment that was interspersed by often hilarious commentary. The other musical brother, saxophonist Roderick, was performing in Europe.

It's no coincidence that most of the Paulin brothers play different instruments thus enabling them to perform together as they did as members of their father's bands and as they do today with their own Paulin Brothers Brass Band. The patriarch decided who would take up the reeds, brass or drums. He even went so far as to tell their elementary school music teacher, a Mr. Harris, which instrument he wanted each to play.

"The way I look at it, you don't want a house full of trumpet players," said Paulin in the interview that was held in preview of the 1996 release of the Paulin Brothers Jazz Band along with Ernest "Doc" Paulin: The Tradition Continues. "It's called simple economics. I had to bring them to it. They used to follow me all the time when I went to parades. When they got good, I'd take them out."

At the party, other aspects of Paulin's life were represented. Appropriately seated in a corner of the room was a group of men from the Corner Club. Beginning in the 1940s, they hired Paulin's band to lead a second line that took off from Annunciation and Second streets. Later, the group also engaged his ensemble for its annual Mardi Gras Day march around the neighborhood.

The sons remember calling that particular procession the "death march" as they were forced to get up in darkness on Carnival Day not to have fun but instead to parade for some eight or nine hours. They also recall their father's warning: "You can get drunk but I'm not going to take you home."

Paulin's bands had many long-standing gigs even in the most unlikely places. Beginning in the 1930s, he would travel all the way out to Hahnville, Louisiana each Mother's Day to lead a second line that wove through the tree-lined, country roads culminating in a big barbecue.

Musical guests at the party included trumpeter Gregg Stafford, who showed off some hot moves on the dance floor, and clarinetist Michael White who long ago, at age 20, was a member of Paulin's band and this night sat in for some traditional blowing. "He is the last of a breed," White once proclaimed of the veteran trumpeter.

In between the music, the brothers and others told little stories about Paulin that particularly focused on his stern approach to music and business. The centenarian displayed amusement while listening to lovingly told tales about his views. "You listened to jazz or you just didn't listen to anything," was one description of life in the Paulin household. His legendary strictness on proper on-the-job attire and his intolerance for tardiness were often mentioned as the trumpeter nodded in total agreement.

Doc Paulin surprised many at the celebration when, toward the end of the evening, he rose from his chair and took a stroll around the room to greet his guests.

"I made history because I had so many sons in my band-especially playing this kind of music," the trumpeter once said. "That's a wonderful thing."

On viewing the big birthday cake surrounded by the glow of candles with a remarkable "100" perched on top, that sentiment could only be echoed: "That's a wonderful thing."

funkkjunkie

09-12-2007, 04:39 PM

ANd if we're talking brass bands, love them all, specially the funky ones.

Stella Blue

09-12-2007, 07:16 PM

Hey, it took awhile for someone to mention Ellis Marsalis here - way too long.
He would be on my list, for certain. So would:
Maurice Brown
Jazz Vipers
Donald Harrison
And Kermit.
Okay that is my top five.
Really.
NOTHING will make me change it. Then, again, didn't I see someone mention Shannon Powell and...ah, forget it. This is impossible!...:)

Moon

09-12-2007, 07:21 PM

.yyr ZB as of this article in july of this year hes still alive and kickin..
Family celebrates 'Doc' Paulin's legacy of love, creativity

By Geraldine Wyckoff, Contributing Writer
July 23, 2007 talkback

When a smiling Doc Paulin, donning a black hat, suspenders and a wide tie rolled into the large, festively decorated room at La Belle Creole in Harvey the crowd was on its feet cheering "Happy Birthday!" Born on June 22, 1907, the noted trumpeter Ernest "Doc" Paulin was celebrating his 100th birthday.

It's difficult to imagine the world when Paulin grew up as a country boy in Wallace, Louisiana. It was his uncle, trombonist Edgar Peters, who started Paulin's life in music by giving him his first instrument, a cornet. Peters, who traveled between the country and the big city of New Orleans, would also take his nephew out with him and introduce him around.

"I got to handle myself a little bit," said Paulin during a rare interview in 1996.

Paulin moved to New Orleans in 1928 and played with some musicians but soon put together his own band. To offer some musical perspective, that was the year that the now jazz staple "St. James Infirmary" was published and 18 years after one of Paulin's favorite tunes, "Let Me Call You Sweetheart," was composed.

"You had to play everything to make a living - but if you couldn't play no jazz, you were in trouble," Paulin said adding that he also worked as a painter and cleaned houses. "That was a good job for a man because he could move things around."

Before being drafted into the Army during World War II, the trumpeter blew at hot spots in Storyville and on South Rampart Street and he particularly remembers a big place called Anderson's Café. When he was discharged, he returned to New Orleans and studied with the now-legendary Professor Victor at Grunewald School of Music. An independent sort who doesn't easily suffer fools and never joined the musicians'union, Paulin again put together his own band. "We had Bourbon Street monopolized," said the trumpeter of jazz music

Paulin married his wife Betty in 1949 and they raised 13 children in their modest Seventh Street home, which is now in the process of renovation. At the party, over 40 members of the Paulin clan surrounded the man of the hour who sat beaming in a wheelchair next to his lovely wife for a photo that would document the day. A deejay appropriately spun "Family Reunion."

It was his musical sons, trombonists Dwayne and Scott, clarinetist Ricky, trumpeter Phillip and bass drummer Aaron who were at the core of two bands - one brass, one classic New Orleans jazz - that provided the musical entertainment that was interspersed by often hilarious commentary. The other musical brother, saxophonist Roderick, was performing in Europe.

It's no coincidence that most of the Paulin brothers play different instruments thus enabling them to perform together as they did as members of their father's bands and as they do today with their own Paulin Brothers Brass Band. The patriarch decided who would take up the reeds, brass or drums. He even went so far as to tell their elementary school music teacher, a Mr. Harris, which instrument he wanted each to play.

"The way I look at it, you don't want a house full of trumpet players," said Paulin in the interview that was held in preview of the 1996 release of the Paulin Brothers Jazz Band along with Ernest "Doc" Paulin: The Tradition Continues. "It's called simple economics. I had to bring them to it. They used to follow me all the time when I went to parades. When they got good, I'd take them out."

At the party, other aspects of Paulin's life were represented. Appropriately seated in a corner of the room was a group of men from the Corner Club. Beginning in the 1940s, they hired Paulin's band to lead a second line that took off from Annunciation and Second streets. Later, the group also engaged his ensemble for its annual Mardi Gras Day march around the neighborhood.

The sons remember calling that particular procession the "death march" as they were forced to get up in darkness on Carnival Day not to have fun but instead to parade for some eight or nine hours. They also recall their father's warning: "You can get drunk but I'm not going to take you home."

Paulin's bands had many long-standing gigs even in the most unlikely places. Beginning in the 1930s, he would travel all the way out to Hahnville, Louisiana each Mother's Day to lead a second line that wove through the tree-lined, country roads culminating in a big barbecue.

Musical guests at the party included trumpeter Gregg Stafford, who showed off some hot moves on the dance floor, and clarinetist Michael White who long ago, at age 20, was a member of Paulin's band and this night sat in for some traditional blowing. "He is the last of a breed," White once proclaimed of the veteran trumpeter.

In between the music, the brothers and others told little stories about Paulin that particularly focused on his stern approach to music and business. The centenarian displayed amusement while listening to lovingly told tales about his views. "You listened to jazz or you just didn't listen to anything," was one description of life in the Paulin household. His legendary strictness on proper on-the-job attire and his intolerance for tardiness were often mentioned as the trumpeter nodded in total agreement.

Doc Paulin surprised many at the celebration when, toward the end of the evening, he rose from his chair and took a stroll around the room to greet his guests.

"I made history because I had so many sons in my band-especially playing this kind of music," the trumpeter once said. "That's a wonderful thing."

On viewing the big birthday cake surrounded by the glow of candles with a remarkable "100" perched on top, that sentiment could only be echoed: "That's a wonderful thing."

Good news. I never mind being wrong about things like this. Sorry ZyBon.

Zbonnie

09-13-2007, 08:21 AM

Good news. I never mind being wrong about things like this. Sorry ZyBon.I'm majorly relieved. Thank you SO MUCH for posting that article, byb!! Was it in OffBeat? Bit o' background -- the Paulin Bros. (and Geraldine Wyckoff) come to the B&B I stay at every year to play in the courtyard on whatever day they're doing the opening secondline at fest. What a treat and treasure to hear them close up like that AND get to hang out and shoot the shit with them!

bywterbro

09-13-2007, 08:53 AM

I'm majorly relieved. Thank you SO MUCH for posting that article, byb!! Was it in OffBeat? Bit o' background -- the Paulin Bros. (and Geraldine Wyckoff) come to the B&B I stay at every year to play in the courtyard on whatever day they're doing the opening secondline at fest. What a treat and treasure to hear them close up like that AND get to hang out and shoot the shit with them!

ey zb it was in the louisiana weekly, a community newspaper...
might i ask which b&b that is?
heres the link for the article..
http://www.louisianaweekly.com/weekly/news/articlegate.pl?20070723o

freebo

09-13-2007, 12:25 PM

bywterbro

09-13-2007, 12:36 PM

Not to hijack this thread back to its original theme and all, ;) but I gots to put in a HUGE recommendation for Mr. Tim Laughlin.

festbabe you should definitely check this guy out... as his instrument is the clarinet.

He plays trad style, but writes his own modern tunes, and they are FANTASTIC.

Seriously, go see him at da Fest, and go buy his CD, 'Isle of Orleans'. Mmm mmm, tasty!

yyr freebo...saw him a few times....great music, and he has the outstanding
neworleans pianist tom mcdermott in his band at times...

since a few deceased jazzplayers were mentioned heres a few more...

rip
sidney bechet
louis armstrong
louis prima,w sam butera and the witnesses (louis primas backup band)
kid ory
buddy bolden

festbabe

09-13-2007, 12:41 PM

Zbonnie

09-13-2007, 12:47 PM

might i ask which b&b that is?
You may -- although their 5 units pretty much have standing year-to-year reservations for JazzFest, 2 of them for our Boston krewe. It's Gentry House at 1031 St. Ann. http://gentryhouse.com/

aardy90210

09-13-2007, 01:14 PM

HOT 8 BRASS BAND

mmmmmmm...soooooo good....

/rebirth coming in close second

papafrog

09-13-2007, 03:58 PM

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Space Age Music Maker
Louis Prima

* Born 7 Dec 1910, New Orleans, Louisiana
* Died 24 Aug 1978, New Orleans

Louis Prima started playing professionally in his late teens around his native New Orleans, in the Dixieland style. At 22, Guy Lombardo saw him perform with Red Nichols and encouraged him to come to New York, where he formed his own band, "Louis Prima and his New Orleans Gang," and moved from Dixieland to swing. Although a fair trumpet player, Prima's strongest suit was his stage presence. He was a loud, joking emcee and singer, never reluctant to camp it up to suit the crowd. His greatest notoriety prior to the 1940s came when Benny Goodman played a marathon version of Prima's song, "Sing, Sing, Sing" at a landmark concert at Carnegie Hall.

In 1939, Prima broke up his gang and formed a big band, playing a combination of dance tunes and song he wrote that played off his own Italian heritage: "Angelina," "Zooma Zooma Baccala," "Baciagaloop." He also wrote several successful ballads, including "A Sunday Kind of Love," a big hit for Fran Warren with the Claude Thornhill Orchestra. He had a few hits during this time, mostly comic numbers like "Robin Hood."

In 1948, he hired a 16 year-old singer named Dorothy Keely Smith, whose clear, mature voice and striking pageboy hairstyle quickly earned a following for the band. Prima and Smith played up the contrast between their ages, sizes, voices, and styles. Although Prima broke up the band in 1949, he stayed with Smith and worked the lounge circuit, marrying her in 1952 (she was his fourth wife). Going nowhere with the lounge act, in late 1954, Prima accepted a booking at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas. On their way to Vegas, they appeared outside New Orleans with sax player Sam Butera. Soon after arriving in Vegas, Prima called up Butera and hired him to lead the band backing his act.

The combination of Prima, Smith, Butera, and Vegas created something special, and their late show became one of the hottest attractions in Vegas. Prima and Smith sang and joked up a storm, Butera and his band, the Witnesses, played a smoking blend of jazz, pop, and New Orleans R&B, and the material was considered pretty risque for its time.

In 1956, Capitol decided to record an album with Prima, and decided to capture their act live. The result, "The Wildest," was like nothing caught on disc before--the same kind of energy that fired early rock-n-roll artists like Elvis, but with material suited for an older audience. Capitol released 7 albums by Prima, Smith, and Butera over the next five years. They also appeared in a B-movie, "Hey Boy! Hey Girl," that hung a thin premise around their Vegas act.

Although they clicked onstage, by all accounts, Prima and Smith had a stormy marriage with infidelity on both parts, and they divorced in 1961. Prima moved from Capitol to Dot, married another girl singer, Gia Maione, and continued to work in Vegas. In 1967, he did the voice for King Louie the Orangutan in Disney's "The Jungle Book," singing a memorable number, "I Wanna Be Like You."

Prima's act was becoming passe in Vegas in the early 1970s, so he moved with Butera back to New Orleans, getting steady if not spectacular work for the tourist crowd. In late 1975, he underwent surgery for a brain tumor, went into a coma, and remained hospitalized until his death almost three years later.

Recordings

* Breaking It Up, Columbia CL-1206
* The Wildest, Capitol T-755
* Call of the Wildest, Capitol T-836
* The Wildest Show at Tahoe, Capitol T-908
* Las Vegas Prima Style, Capitol T-1010
* Strictly Prima, Capitol T-1132
* Hey Boy! Hey Girl, Capitol T-1160
* The Wildest Comes Home, Capitol ST-1723
* Louis and Keely!, Dot DLP-25210
* Louis Prima--His Greatest Hits, Dot DLP-25262
* Together, Dot DLP-25263
* Pretty Music--Prima Style, Dot DLP-25264
* Wonderland By Night, Dot DLP-25352
* Blue Moon, Dot DLP-25385
* Doin' the Twist, Dot DLP-25410
* Louis Prima Plays and Sings, Hamilton SHLP 12144
* Blast Off! The Live New Sound of Louis Prima, Quad Records ST-0030

papafrog

09-13-2007, 04:25 PM

http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-9/118966746691610.xml&coll=1

Among projects that made the zone reports are some that have become icons of community recovery: the reopening of the Rosa Keller Library in Broadmoor; the renovation of Circle Food Store on St. Bernard Avenue; the revitalization of the Joy, Saenger, Orpheum and State Palace theaters along Canal Street.

Michelino

09-13-2007, 05:21 PM

Not to hijack this thread back to its original theme and all, ;) but I gots to put in a HUGE recommendation for Mr. Tim Laughlin.

festbabe you should definitely check this guy out... as his instrument is the clarinet.

He plays trad style, but writes his own modern tunes, and they are FANTASTIC.

Seriously, go see him at da Fest, and go buy his CD, 'Isle of Orleans'. Mmm mmm, tasty!

Can't let mention of Tim go by without his idol, Pete Fountain also getting on this thread! Both of them have had some great sets in Economy Hall.

mightyradgumbo

09-13-2007, 06:52 PM

d. all of the above
A little late to this party but there are many on this list that I absolutely love starting with a couple of the old guard Bob French and Pete Fountain

I would love to throw another Brass Band in the mix, one that both Kermit and Shamarr spent some time in: REBIRTH!!!!!!!!!

Zydekitten

09-13-2007, 07:07 PM

I can't stand it - asking me to choose a favorite NOLA jazz band is like asking to choose a favorite finger . . . I like them all, damnit and can't pick just one (or even a couple). :) :o

grisgris

09-13-2007, 07:10 PM

I'm a Jonathan Batiste fan.

mightyradgumbo

09-13-2007, 07:19 PM

I can't stand it - asking me to choose a favorite NOLA jazz band is like asking to choose a favorite finger . . . I like them all, damnit and can't pick just one (or even a couple). :) :o

That is why I pick the Thumb...find it much more positive to give a thumbs up than flip someone the bird...except when I am with Corona :p

Zydekitten

09-13-2007, 07:29 PM

That is why I pick the Thumb...find it much more positive to give a thumbs up than flip someone the bird...except when I am with Corona :p
Well . . . the thumb is good, but is it technically a "finger?" ;)

Ah yes, she does like her middle finger salutes, doesn't she? :D

Michelino

09-13-2007, 07:30 PM

I can't stand it - asking me to choose a favorite NOLA jazz band is like asking to choose a favorite finger . . . I like them all, damnit and can't pick just one (or even a couple). :) :o

I think the thread theme quickly became List all your favorite Jazz Bands and Players in, of or about New Orleans.

I can't think of one that is mentioned here that is not worth a good long listen...but everytime I return to this thread I remember someone that is missing....

for instance The Treme Brass Band with Uncle Lionel...why did we wait so long?

And New Birth and Li'l Rascals and Soul Rebels

...and if we are talking time-warp Jazz Fest Only groups..of course

The New Leviathan Oriental Fox Trot Orchestra is one of my all time favorites.

bywterbro

09-13-2007, 08:00 PM

I think the thread theme quickly became List all your favorite Jazz Bands and Players in, of or about New Orleans.

I can't think of one that is mentioned here that is not worth a good long listen...but everytime I return to this thread I remember someone that is missing....

for instance The Treme Brass Band with Uncle Lionel...why did we wait so long?

And New Birth and Li'l Rascals and Soul Rebels

...and if we are talking time-warp Jazz Fest Only groups..of course

The New Leviathan Oriental Fox Trot Orchestra is one of my all time favorites.

yyr M New Leviathan is so cool...but why did you say Jazzfest only?

heres a few more..
rip...Papa Celestin
Tom McDermott
Shanon Powell jam session at Donnas
Jason Marsalis

Michelino

09-13-2007, 08:20 PM

yyr M New Leviathan is so cool...but why did you say Jazzfest only?

Cause I've only seen them at Jazz Fest..and I thought that they came together only a couple times of years...but looking across the web, it looks like maybe they get out more than I thought.

bywterbro

09-13-2007, 08:27 PM

Cause I've only seen them at Jazz Fest..and I thought that they came together only a couple times of years...but looking across the web, it looks like maybe they get out more than I thought.

i saw them in Cabrini Park in the quarter one nite.....
great place to see them, all the freaky quarter residents
all decked out for dancin....
i love the orchestras uniform...
Jack Stewart whose one of the members owns Jelly Roll Mortons
original house, and is an important jazz historian in the city...

did you see this site..
http://members.aol.com/JCraft9586/NewLeviathan.html

Michelino

09-13-2007, 09:43 PM

i saw them in Cabrini Park in the quarter one nite.....
great place to see them, all the freaky quarter residents
all decked out for dancin....
i love the orchestras uniform...
Jack Stewart whose one of the members owns Jelly Roll Mortons
original house, and is an important jazz historian in the city...

did you see this site..
http://members.aol.com/JCraft9586/NewLeviathan.html

Yes I've seen it...and that quarter concert sounds great. For new festers who have any interest in the history of music, Leviathan is an absolutely must see.

Here's a quick montage from my own 2001 and 2006 fest photos.

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/Michelino/NOJHF/leviathanmontage500.jpg (http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i193/Michelino/NOJHF/leviathanmontage.jpg)

funkkjunkie

09-13-2007, 10:17 PM

As i've gotten over the initial compulsiveness while at fest, I've tried to stretch out and see all the musicians that traditionally appear in economy hall and the jazz tent at least once. Still working on it. And this year marks my 10th fest.

Corona

09-14-2007, 06:31 AM

That is why I pick the Thumb...find it much more positive to give a thumbs up than flip someone the bird...except when I am with Corona :p
roflmao:o

i wanna be in NOLA

09-14-2007, 07:58 AM

heres a few of mine...in no particular order...
...

Hot Club of New Orleans

...

We discovered Hot Club of New Orleans this past spring at JF. We thought we would sit for a minute and stay for a song or two. We never left the tent! I now have 2 CDs and listen to them regularly.

papafrog

09-14-2007, 08:02 AM

We discovered Hot Club of New Orleans this past spring at JF. We thought we would sit for a minute and stay for a song or two. We never left the tent! I now have 2 CDs and listen to them regularly.

next time your in nawlins try to see them on friday nite early show
at dba on frenchmen st...if you liked them at jazzfest, hearing them
in a small club is a special treat.....the violinist for hot club is also in
the vipers....and john the guitarist for vipers often plays with hot club..

i wanna be in NOLA

09-14-2007, 08:25 AM

next time your in nawlins try to see them on friday nite early show
at dba on frenchmen st...if you liked them at jazzfest, hearing them
in a small club is a special treat.....the violinist for hot club is also in
the vipers....and john the guitarist for vipers often plays with hot club..

That's good to know, thanks. I know what you mean about the large tent vs small club differences. We love Sonny Landreth and pick our JF weekend around which weekend he's appearing, but then listening to him at the Parish House or the Rock 'n Bowl is an even greater treat.

larrybawlmer

09-14-2007, 11:00 AM

bywterbro

09-14-2007, 11:11 AM

Danza : Played at JF the last 3 years but I haven't seen any recordings. Tom McDermott- Piano, Evan Christopher-clarinet, Matt Perrine-Sousaphone and bass, Shannon Powell-drums, Michael Skinkus-percussion . Catch them in the trad tent. Mind blowing stuff,I wish they'd record this line-up.

Astral Project- especially when they were a quintet with Tork

Michael White

Bonearama

Kermit -for entertainment value

I have to agree with you Larry, and i did list tom mcdermott as one of
my favorites, and altho this isnt the full group, its a good cd..
the full group is outstanding but there 2006 jazzfest set was their best..
louisianamusicfactory.com
Louisiana Music Factory
Danza
Danza Danza

Tom McDermott & Evan Christopher

Release Date: 2002
Recording Date: 2002

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TRACK LIST AND REALAUDIO® LINKS
1. Garoto (3:55)
2. Creole Eyes (3:46)
3. Swipesy Cakewalk (3:53)
4. The Carioca (3:11)
5. Valse #4 (3:46)
6. Mamanita (4:35)
7. Flambee Montalbanaise (2:35)
8. Estatico (4:10)
9. Magyar Sisters (3:40)
10. The Chrysanthemum (3:32)
11. Atrapado (3:29)
12. The Broken Windmill (3:51)
PERSONNEL
Tom McDermott - piano
Evan Christopher - clarinet
NOTES:
Tangos, Rag, Choros, Waltzes and a little Jazz
This CD continues the trend of my last record, "The Crave," which sought connections between America and the other New World music powerhouses. I'm joined on this project by Evan Christopher, a fantastically versatile clarinettist who shares my love of many types of music, or perhaps you could just say music in general. As New Orleans musicians we travel a great deal, and this has broadened our appreciation of other musical cultures as well as what New Orleans has to offer.

Zbonnie

09-14-2007, 11:14 AM

funkkjunkie

09-14-2007, 05:46 PM

I don't know about the current group, zybon, but I loooooove Karl Denson. Never miss him if I get the opportunity. And he is easy on the eyes too.

Fred (Texas JF Fanatic)

09-14-2007, 06:06 PM

Would we call Woodenhead Jazz? If so, they are #1 on my list.

Zbonnie

09-17-2007, 09:09 AM

I don't know about the current group, zybon, but I loooooove Karl Denson. Never miss him if I get the opportunity. And he is easy on the eyes too.Well, then, Vicki, I think I gotta go check him out and show him some Northern hospitality!;)

funkkjunkie

09-17-2007, 04:32 PM

I think you should, bon. :)

aardy90210

09-17-2007, 05:51 PM

Zbonnie

09-18-2007, 08:01 AM

Thanks, I'm listening now. You know what's funny? Denson's website does not even say what instrument he plays.

swag

09-18-2007, 09:01 AM

Thanks, I'm listening now. You know what's funny? Denson's website does not even say what instrument he plays.

Mostly sax, but he also plays a kick-ass flute.

larrybawlmer

09-18-2007, 10:39 AM

Hey this trio sounds pretty cool. A B3 hammond player with left hand or pedal bass and a killer drummer. I'm gonna check them out in Bmore. Straight jazz so far, nice to hear KArl stretch out his b bop chops

kkelman

09-18-2007, 12:00 PM

To know them is to love 'em. Good ( not so) clean fun. See them and be converted.

aardy90210

09-18-2007, 02:56 PM

Mostly sax, but he also plays a kick-ass flute.

not to mention a mean cowbell...

funkkjunkie

09-18-2007, 04:00 PM

Hell, yeah. Like I said, he's a do not miss for me. Enjoyed the greyboy allstars twice at waka a few years back.

Zbonnie

09-19-2007, 08:49 AM

Hell, yeah. Like I said, he's a do not miss for me. Enjoyed the greyboy allstars twice at waka a few years back.Guess what? I scored 2 free tix, so I will totally be there for the Karl Denson Trio!! WOOHOO!

funkkjunkie

09-19-2007, 07:21 PM

Schweeeeeeeet, bon!

Zbonnie

09-20-2007, 08:14 AM

Schweeeeeeeet, bon!Geez, how'd I know you were gonna say that?;) Between the $15 cover last night for Lil Brian and the Zydeco Travelers, $85 for a haircut and color tonight, a $15 cover tonite for KDT, $15 for the swing dance tomorrow night, $25 Sat. night for Curley Taylor and 2 other bands, it's shaping up to be an expensive weekend for just "staying home!" So, it's nice to get a break on one of those expenses. Ya gotta do what ya gotta do (read: get out and dance/listen when the music that moves ya comes to your town)!

Zbonnie

09-21-2007, 08:45 AM

This is probably as good a thread as any to ask for opinions about the current Karl Denson trio - whether it's jazz or something else. They're coming to Boston, I've heard great things about KD, may have heard a cut or two from KDTU, but have never seen him.Thanks for the recommendations, TH's! I saw the Karl Denson Trio last night and thoroughly enjoyed them! The drummer was awesome, and had an unusual kit set up - he was set up on the side, facing Denson and with his back to the audience. Obviously this was so he and Denson could see, hear, and play off each other. It worked. Denson's definitely got chops on the sax, and his technique on the one flute song I heard was incredible. The club was packed with 20-somethings bobbin' and groovin' and a good time was had by young and old.:) BTW, I went with a drummer and a sax player. The drummer overhead a young man in the men's room saying that the upcoming music was going to be straight jazz - NOT, we all subsequently agreed, but more like a funk/jazz/jamband, and maybe as close to jazz as a lot of the audience had gotten before. I told my friends I had gotten good recommendations on this site for the band and they wondered if there was any NOLA connection. Still don't know about that, but did find out they're from San Diego.

papafrog

09-21-2007, 09:15 AM

karl denson is connected to new orleans thru his musical relationships
with Robert Walter, Stanton Moore, and Lenny Kravitz....
hope that helps..

Zbonnie

09-21-2007, 02:26 PM

karl denson is connected to new orleans thru his musical relationships
with Robert Walter, Stanton Moore, and Lenny Kravitz....
hope that helps..
Yep, it does, thanks.

funkkjunkie

09-21-2007, 05:39 PM

He supposedly played a show on tues or wed daze between at bon temps roule this year. I left the Stomp to check it out, paid, but just couldn't bear to squeeze in that jam packed room. Tried to sneak a peek thru the window on the sidewalk but it was packed too. I have never seen bon temps so crowded. It was back to the stomp for me. And i've been jonesin for some Denson ever since.