[Dixielandjazz] New Orleans Brass -The CD

[Steve Barbone]

Here's an album review from the All About Jazz Website. If you are into the
current New Orleans Brass Band sound you'll love it.

To hear snips from this CD, visit:
http://www.putumayo.com/en/catalog_item.php?album_id=252

Cheers,
Steve Barbone

New Orleans Brass - Putumayo World Music (2007)
Style: Dixieland/New Orleans/Swing | Published: December 06, 2007

NOTE: If you want to listen to snips from this CD, visit:
http://www.putumayo.com/en/catalog_item.php?album_id=252
  
By Jerry D'Souza   (All About Jazz Website)           

Marching bands are an integral part of New Orleans. Where would a parade be
without one, or for that matter a funeral? No matter what the role is, they
bring in a special magic and joy.

Music evolves as it imbibes and imbues other genres. Marching bands were no
exception, as they pulled in different sounds including rhythm and blues and
funk as well as gospel, which served them well. This sampler dovetails on
the heritage and the influences and comes up trumps.

The CD starts off appropriately enough with ³Bourbon Street Parade,²
featuring brothers James and Troy Andrews. The song is a blistering march,
with James singing in the style of Louis Armstrong, even imitating the
gravel voice. Troy, who plays the trombone, generates a lot of heat but the
whole band comes together to make the listener salivate for more. Troy
returns on ³Dreamboat² with trumpeter Lionel Ferbos. The two complement each
other playing with a vivid imagination and lithe verve. Listening to them is
pure delight. 

Kermit Ruffins (trumpet and vocals) takes a high-spirited romp on ³Treme
Second Line (Blow Da Whistle).² The basic theme is a march, but Ruffins and
his band show an inventive dexterity as they pull out all the stops with
pithy inventions and a well-honed swing.

Glen Andrews and the Lazy Six take the gospel song ³Over in the Gloryland²
and bake it in the sunshine of a march beat. This has everything going for
it: a snare drum that drives forward, a bass that reinvents the word supple,
snaking keyboards and Andrews who plays the trombone both smooth and greasy
and sings all sweaty and hot. This trip is certainly an exultant one.

The enhanced CD has a video for ³Do They Play Jazz in Heaven,² by singer
Ingrid Lucia with Irvin Mayfield and The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra. The
video offers a travelogue of New Orleans, in which the band serves up
another tasty musical tidbit and a jolly good finale.

Track listing: Bourbon Street Parade; Blow, Blow Tenor; Whoopin¹ Blues; I¹ll
Fly Away; Over in the Gloryland; Dreamboat; It¹s All Over Now; St. James
Infirmary Blues; Dinah; Treme Second Line (Blow Da Whistle); Saints (Street
Beat); Do They Play Jazz In Heaven?

Personnel: James Andrews: vocals; The Yockamo All-Stars; Leroy Jones; John
Bouttè; Glen Andrews and the Lazy Six; Troy ³Trombone Shorty² Andrews; The
Dirty Dozen Brass Band with Dr. John; Bob French¹s Original Tuxedo Jazz Band
with Leon ³Kid Chocolate² Brown; Preservation Hall Hot 4; Kermit Ruffins:
vocals, trumpet; Dukes of Dixieland; Ingrid Lucia; Irvin Mayfield and The
New Orleans Jazz Orchestra.