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StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Spotlight on the Dirty Dozen Brass Band
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, let's take a look at some videos featuring the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, who will be back in St. Louis to perform next Thursday, July 12 at the Old Rock House. Founded in 1977 in New Orleans, the DDBB helped reinvigorate the city's brass band tradition by incorporating modern jazz, funk, and other genres, inspiring a new generation of players, bands and fans in the process. The most recent of DDBB's 14 albums is Twenty Dozen, released back ...
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Dirty Dozen Brass Band Celebrates 35th Anniversary At Newport Jazz Festival
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
2013 NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL® CELEBRATES THE 35th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND, WHICH REVOLUTIONIZED THE CLASSIC NEW ORLEANS BRASS BAND STYLE WITH FUNK AND BEBOP NEWPORT, RI: Showcasing the powerful and enduring excitement and influence of New Orleans brass band music on American culture, the 2013 Newport Jazz Festival presented by Natixis Global Asset Management is celebrating the 35th Anniversary of The Dirty Dozen Brass Band on Sunday, August 4, at 1:25 pm on the Harbor Stage. The ...
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Jazz This Week: Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Bonerama, "88 Squared," and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
For a lot of St. Louis jazz fans, there's a hole in this weekend approximately the size and shape of tenor saxophone giant Sonny Rollins, who, up until a couple of weeks ago, had been scheduled to play this Saturday night at the Touhill Performing Arts Center. Unfortunately, Rollins' continuing health issues forced him to cancel the show here, along with the rest of his summer schedule. Fortunately, there are lots of other jazz and creative music events on tap ...
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Jazz This Week: Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Bonerama, "88 Squared," Dave Dickey Big Band, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
For a lot of St. Louis jazz fans, there's a hole in this weekend approximately the size and shape of tenor saxophone giant Sonny Rollins, who, up until a couple of weeks ago, had been scheduled to play this Saturday night at the Touhill Performing Arts Center. Unfortunately, Rollins' continuing health issues forced him to cancel the show here, along with the rest of his summer schedule. Fortunately, there are lots of other jazz and creative music events on tap ...
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Dirty Dozen Brass Band to Play Sunday, June 23 at off Broadway
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band (pictured) is returning to St. Louis to play at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, June 23 at a new venue for them, the south side rock club Off Broadway. The best-known popularizers of the modern New Orleans brass band sound, DDBB made their most recent visit to St. Louis in May of last year to play at the Old Rock House. This time, they're playing the same night that their fellow New Orleans based band Bonerama is ...
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Jazz This Week: Stanley Clarke Trio, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, the Dead Kenny Gs, Glendale Jazz Festival, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Memorial Day weekend is always a busy time, and there's lots to do in St. Louis over the next several days, including the annual Bluesweek Festival, which this year has moved from fall to spring. Fortunately, that packed calendar of events also includes a number of jazz and creative music performances worth checking out. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, virtuoso bassist Stanley Clarke (pictured) opens a four-night stand continuing through Saturday at Jazz at the Bistro. Clarke was at ...
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Dirty Dozen Brass Band to Perform Friday, May 25 at Old Rock House
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band (pictured) are returning to St. Louis to perform at 9:00 p.m., Friday, May 25 at the Old Rock House. Jazz/funk/"world music" band Snarky Puppy will open. The DDBB last played in St. Louis in February 2011 at the Sheldon Concert Hall. This time around, their show comes just one day after the New Orleans Suspects, a new band featuring DDBB saxophonist Kevin Harris and guitarist Jake Eckert, are scheduled to play the Old Rock House. ...
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Dirty Dozen Brass Band Sign With Savoy Jazz, New Album "Twenty Dozen" Set for Release May 1st
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Michael Ricci
Band Celebrates Its 35th Anniversary With Live Dates Including BAM Residency With Dr. John & Headlining Jazz Fest SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 27, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — Exactly thirty five years ago born in the New Orleans neighborhood of Treme, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band revolutionized the New Orleans brass band by incorporating funk and bebop into the traditional style. Anchored by original members Roger Lewis, Kevin Harris, Gregory Davis, Efrem Towns and Kirk Joseph, the band has signed with ...
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Jazz This Week: Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Jon Cleary, St. Louis Jazz Orchestra, the Bosman Twins, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week's jazz and creative music menu in St. Louis features all sorts of sounds, from big band to cabaret to New Orleans roots music to several different flavors of modern jazz. Let's go right to the highlights... On Thursday evening, the St. Louis Jazz Orchestra, directed by bassist Jim Widner, performs at the Touhill Performing Arts Center; and pianist Ptah Williams and guitarist William Lenihan team up to do a free duo concert for the Jazz at Holmes series ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Gettin' Dirty with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, we shine our video spotlight on New Orleans' Dirty Dozen Brass Band, who will be back in St. Louis to perform next Saturday, February 26 on a double bill with singer/pianist Jon Cleary at the Sheldon Concert Hall. The DDBB have played here numerous times in recent years, with their last visit coming in November 2009 at the Broadway Oyster Bar. The four clips featured today are all of fairly recent ...
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