New Basics Brass Band

New Basics Brass Band: Good Times Are Likely

by Mark Corroto
October 7, 2005

Life is nothing but a party. Well, actually with today's wars, hurricanes and floods, gas prices, and the decline of the middle class--not to mention the growing influence Dick Cheney has on snack food--life's party is often canceled.

But there is good news. Nobody can stop you from partying to the sounds of the New Basics Brass Band in your car, living room, or earbuds. This Ohio-based band (no, it's not a collection of refugees from New Orleans) ...

Jazz Arts Group Presents Brass & Grass Feat. New Basics Brass Band & The Relentless Mules - Sat. Apr. 26

Source: Scott Vezdos
April 17, 2014

Columbus, OH – The Jazz Arts Group’s 2013-14 Inside Track season finale heats up the Lincoln Theatre stage with an ear-bending collaboration of funky New Orleans jazz and bluegrass when local favorites New Basics Brass Band and The Relentless Mules join forces on stage for “Brass & Grass” on Saturday, April 26. Taste how the common ingredients of gospel, blues, swing, and improvisation stir together into this tasty, toe-tapping gumbo! Whether reinterpreting others (James Brown, Allen Toussaint, Professor Longhair) or ...
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Jazz Arts Group's PBJ & Jazz Presents New Basics Brass Band

Source: Michael Ricci
February 13, 2012

Columbus, OH: The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) will enlist the infectious horns of the New Basics Brass Band to heat up the Lincoln Theatre ballroom on February 18, 2012 for the next PBJ & Jazz concert presented by Bob Evans Farms. Due to popular demand, this years season has been expanded to include two performance times per concert, beginning at 10:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Originally launched in 1995, the sousaphone-driven New Basics Brass Band layers jazz, R&B, ...
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