TAG: Jason Slack

Mar28

A JAZZ THING: New Orleans Hip-Hip Brass

By blending hip-hop with traditional horns, New Orleans's brass bands are attracting the next generation (Geraldine Wyckoff) 

There was a period when younger people considered the New Orleans brass band style to be old men’s music. Sure, kids would step out to watch a jazz funeral or second-line parade pass by, but the traditional music played by graying musicians didn’t excite them much. …MORE