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Jambalaya
Brass Band to Perform Free Concert
at
the Goddard Community Center in NYC
In support of their latest CD release, On the Funky Side (currently charting on
the CMJ and The Roots Music Report Charts), Jambalaya Brass Band will be performing
a free concert at the Goddard Riverside Community Center/Bernie Wohl Center on Wednesday,
October 9, 2013 from 7:00 to 8:00 pm. Jambalaya
Brass Band’s previous CD, It’s a Jungle
Out There, resulted in heavy broadcast radio rotation on eighty-five
stations nationwide, as well as countless national and worldwide Internet radio
stations, and charted in the top five of the CMJ Charts, The Roots Music Report
and the Cashbox Charts. This tight and
tasty ensemble is the ultimate New Orleans party band which On The Funky Side reaffirms yet again
with style and gusto, and Jambalaya Brass Band live is a flat-out celebration from
start to finish.
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At the Goddard Community Center, along with
tunes from On the Funky Side and
their previous successful CD It’s a
Jungle Out There, Jambalaya Brass Band will be performing other original
and New Orleans party and 2nd line favorites. The band’s foundation will be provided by Ralph
Hamperian on sousaphone, Kevin Raczka on snare drum, and Chauncey Yearwood on bass
drum & cymbal—and this rhythm section cooks on high, so be sure to wear
your dancing shoes! Filling out this
tasty gumbo and adding the spice on top will be the trombone of Curtis Fowlkes,
the trumpet of Steve Gluzband, and the tenor sax of leader and founder Ric
Frank, an alumnus of the Duke Ellington Orchestra.
"
Jambalaya could stand side-by-side with . . . any New Orleans brass band in
terms of sheer exuberance and energy . . . a party from start to finish."—Henry Smith for
All About Jazz
The Jambalaya Brass Band is a group of
seasoned musical pros from a variety of impressive previous musical settings as
diverse as the Duke Ellington Orchestra to the Lounge Lizards, yet they have a
knack for integrating these disparate musical experiences into one dynamic
setting. These seasoned New York
purveyors of authentic American ‘roots’ music play a delightful spicy musical
gumbo of New Orleans fare influenced by the likes of Buddy Bolden, Jelly Roll
Morton, Louis Armstrong, Rebirth and Dirty Dozen brass bands, straight through
to the heights of their own modern sounds that incorporate elements of R&B,
Gospel, Funk, Latin and Be-bop. They
embody the history of the best American music of the last hundred years while
at the same time suggesting a prescient trajectory of America’s musical
future. The Band’s arrangements are
original and innovative while the playing is simultaneously precise and
spontaneous, yet all is conceived with imagination and wit. After-all, this is New Orleans party music
and Jambalaya Brass Band is always a joyous musical celebration as they have
proven on many occasions.
Playing On
the Funky Side at a party is a sure bet, but seeing these talented players
live really brings the party directly home to you.
Show Time: Wednesday, October 9, 2013, from 7:00
to 8:00 pm
Location: 647 Columbus Ave. (btw 91st and
92nd St.) NY, NY 10025, (212) 799-9400 ext. 206 (LaKisha Williams), www.goddard.org
Admission: Free
Visit Jambalaya
Brass Band on the Web at: www.jambalayabrassband.com
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Entertainment Inc., (212) 543-9998, info@redwoodentertainment.com, www.redwoodentertainment.com |
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