Revolutionary Snake Ensemble

The Revolutionary Snake Ensemble is a costumed funk/street beat improvisational brass band performing a unique blend of traditional New Orleans and other original modern improvised celebratory styles. Performer Magazine noted that the band "may operate from the traditions of New Orleans music, but the boundaries are pushed wide open when they actually play."

Leader Ken Field, a longtime member of the modern music ensemble Birdsongs of the Mesozoic formed the group in 1990 with trumpeter and cartoonist Scott Getchell to entertain at a pagan women's ritual celebration. As a performer, Field has worked as a sideman with countless renowned reggae, funk, rock, jazz, and world beat artists - and performed for former President Bill Clinton....

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The Revolutionary Snake Ensemble is a costumed funk/street beat improvisational brass band performing a unique blend of traditional New Orleans and other original modern improvised celebratory styles. Performer Magazine noted that the band "may operate from the traditions of New Orleans music, but the boundaries are pushed wide open when they actually play."

Leader Ken Field, a longtime member of the modern music ensemble Birdsongs of the Mesozoic formed the group in 1990 with trumpeter and cartoonist Scott Getchell to entertain at a pagan women's ritual celebration. As a performer, Field has worked as a sideman with countless renowned reggae, funk, rock, jazz, and world beat artists - and performed for former President Bill Clinton.

Revolutionary Snake Ensemble has been twice nominated by a panel of music writers and critics for a Boston Music Award. Glenn Astarita on NPR’s Morning Edition said, "They've pretty much modernized the traditional concept, and they've spun it into a singular sound that's very unique and very vibrant. They went past the tried and true. They managed to do it all with a very distinct musical persona."

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