[Dixielandjazz] 'Treme' Part 3

[David M Richoux]

Bill & all,

A really good resource for New Orleans Brass Band history is William  
Schafer's "Brass Bands & New Orleans Jazz" (LSU Press 1977) but it was  
published just before the "Rebirth" of N.O. Brass Bands in the late  
1970s. Out of print, but copies are available here and there.

  There is a book I have not read called "Keeping the Beat on the  
Street" by Mick Burns (LSU Press 2006) that seems to take up where  
Schafer left off.

> Told in the words of the musicians themselves, Keeping the Beat on  
> the Street celebrates the renewed passion and pageantry among black  
> brass bands in New Orleans. Mick Burns introduces the people who  
> play the music and shares their insights, showing why New Orleans is  
> the place where jazz continues to grow.

More possibly interesting books and films here:
http://www.hurricanebrassband.nl/Hoofdsite%20Book_video_dvd.htm

Also, as I have mentioned other times, the 3 books by Ned Sublette are  
essential reading for understanding the music and culture of New  
Orleans, Louisiana, Cuba, and the rest of the Caribbean as it relates  
to popular and jazz music.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Sublette

I have heard some people call the newer style of NOBB called "Hot"  
where the older bands like Olympia are either "Classic" or "Old  
School," but I am not sure that is a universal usage.

Dave RIchoux

On Aug 12, 2010, at 3:44 PM, Bill Haesler wrote:

> Further to David M Richoux's comment and my reply:
>
>> I was surprised the article did not mention his story being woven  
>> into the HBO "Treme" series - he was represented by Japanese actor  
>> Tatsuo Ichikawa as "Koichi Toyama."
>
> Dear Dave,
> By coincidence, that storyline (Episode 5) was broadcast here on  
> Wednesday night.
> Wonderful. Particularly the argument regarding Kid Ory and King  
> Oliver's 1923 Creole Jazz Band.
> It is these accurate little research things that make the series  
> believable.
> As Nita Hemeter, from New Orleans confirmed in her last email.
> In June-July 1995 I toured Germany for a month with the Australian  
> group, the Hot Gossip Jazz Band, during which we detoured to The  
> Netherlands for a one-off appearance at the 20th North Sea Jazz  
> Festival.
> The band that followed us on stage was a brass band from New  
> Orleans, composed mainly of young musicians.
> Backstage, during the changeover break after our performance,  
> several of these musicians from the NO enthusiastically  
> congratulated us and expressed amazement that Australians knew and  
> could play their Classic Jazz music so well.
> I have never been able to recall the name of that New Orleans band,  
> but assumed later that it was probably the Rebirth group.
> Yesterday, I finally dug out and checked the North Sea Festival  
> concert programme.
> It was the Treme Brass Band!
> Wow.
> Coincidence No. 2.
> At that time the Treme Brass Band included the following musicians:
> James Andrews, Kermit Ruffins (t) Corey Henry (tb) Kirk Joseph or  
> Jeffrey Hills (tu) Fredric "Fred" Kemp (sop/as) Elliot Callier or  
> Roger Lewis (ts) Lionel Batiste (b-d,vcl) Benny Jones (snare-d).
> How many of them made the trip to The Hague, I do not know.
> Very kind regards,
> Bill.
> Sydney, Australia.
>
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