Jazz / New Orleans R&B; New Orleans Brass Bands
Recorded: Aug-Sep 1987
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Gregory Davis - Trumpet & Vocals
Roger Lewis - Baritone & Soprano Sax
Kevin Harris - Tenor Sax
Terence Higgins - Drums
Jamie Mclean - Guitar
Efrem Towns - Trumpet, Fluglehorn
Kirk Joseph - Sousaphone
Revert Andrews - Trombone
Additional personnel:
Dr. John, Dizzy Gillespie, Branford Marsalis
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band certainly knew how to have a good time while playing their music. Their spirited blending of New Orleans jazz parade rhythms with R&Bish horn riffs made them flexible enough to welcome guests Dr. John (who sings and play piano on "It's All Over Now"), Dizzy Gillespie ("Oop Pop A Dah") and Branford Marsalis ("Moose the Mooche") to their Columbia debut without altering their music at all. With Gregory Davis and Efrem Towns playing strong trumpet in the ensembles and occasional solos, and with sousaphonist Kirk Joseph not letting up for a moment, this is a typically spirited set by the unique DDBB.
---Scott Yanow, allmusic |
