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Dirty Dozen Brass Band at Blue Note New York

Courtesy of Blue Note New York | Posted on February 28, 2017

Where

Blue Note New York
131 West Third Street
New York, NY
Map
212-475-8592

When

Thu, June 1, 2017
8:00 pm

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Musicians

Dirty Dozen Brass Band
band / ensemble / orchestra

About

DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

In 1977, The Dirty Dozen Social and Pleasure Club in New Orleans began showcasing a traditional Crescent City brass band. It was a joining of two proud, but antiquated, traditions at the time: social and pleasure clubs dated back over a century to a time when black southerners could rarely afford life insurance, and the clubs would provide proper funeral arrangements. Brass bands, early predecessors of jazz as we know it, would often follow the funeral procession playing somber dirges, then once the family of the deceased was out of earshot, burst into jubilant dance tunes as casual onlookers danced in the streets. By the late '70s, few of either existed. The Dirty Dozen Social and Pleasure Club decided to assemble this group as a house band, and over the course of these early gigs, the seven-member ensemble adopted the venue's name:The Dirty Dozen Brass Band....

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