The middle part of the proGram didn’t swat it away.
Soul Makossa- Mel Holder
New Paths- Michael Eckroth Minas Messengers
The Plan- Cantrips
Green Nails- The Barigozzi Group
Dark Hands- The Barigozzi Group
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Bir Anda- Sosyete ’25
Bilmece- Sosyete ’25
Atlas Mountain Hop- Club d’Elf
Like A Silence- Club d’Elf
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Stamp Yer Feet Dub (Barabus Dub)- The Crabs Corporation & Spider Ink
Super freak- Soul Sugar & Dub Shepherds Ft. Jolly Joseph
Duala- Gerardo Frisina
Me and You- Bonobo
The first part of today’s proGram tasted pretty good.
Butt Dial- Larry Keel & Peter Rowan
Spoonful- Will Johns Ft. Tomiko Dixon
Jelly Smackin’ Mama- PK Mayo
Gimme A Break (Bartender)- PK Mayo
I’m Afraid To Fall Asleep- Albert Castiglia
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Make It Alone- Cast of The Wanderer
The Willow (Remix)- The Damn Truth
Folsom Prison Blues- Eddy and the Dirty Boys
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The Veil Of Isis- Astral Magic Ft. Fred Laird
Something Sparkly (Smoky Remix)- Tadpoles
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Mr. Train Conductor- Jalen Ngonda
Burning Temptation- Jalen Ngonda
Pé De Foguete- Tyaraju & Dutra
On June 17th , I once again checked out the Happy Hour event at Snug Harbor. André Bohren is a lifelong musician, having played professionally from the age of 14. Growing up in a musical environment and picking up many different instruments helped keep his interests varied. André is a well-versed classical pianist who pulls from a deep repertoire built from a lifetime of study. Additionally, he plays drums with a multitude of bands, notably Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes, Rory Danger and the Danger Dangers, The Walrus, The Desert Nudes, and his late father, Spencer Bohren. André is also an in-demand studio musician, record producer and musical arranger.
The final part of this week’s program knows what is to come.
SEE RACE FOR YOUR LEG- Lagos Thugs
Na Dem- Seun Kuti & Egypt 80′ Ft. Tom Morello
Bird- LEENALCHI
Here Comes That Crow- LEENALCHI
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Concept of Love- Ibibio Sound Machine
Orbit- Tatyana Jane
01 Am- Gabriele Poso
The Bottle- Brian Jackson & Masters At Work Ft. OMAR
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Girls Like Me/Django Theme- Dotschy Reinhard
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Dialogue With The Ancestors (ii)- Gustavo Cortiñas
GO ‘HEAD GET DOWN- Immanuel Wilkins (Live)
Shuffle Boil- Kenny Barron Trio (Live in Brecon 1995)
Not Said, Not Heard- Elsa Nilsson’s Band of Pulses
Dactyl- Le Boeuf Brothers Ft. Linda May Han Oh & Christian Euman
The mid part of the proGram knows what real force looks like.
Waiting- Beth Orton
Promise To Keep- Ella Thompson
365 Flavors- The California Honeydrops
Deep Down In My Soul- Freedust Ft. Mabreezee
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It’s Gotta B U!- Tony Adamo
Grey Cheeks- The Barigozzi Group
Rose Nose- The Barigozzi Group
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Canto Andino- Hermanos Gutiérrez
Oyun- Sosyete ’25
Ayara- Taftir
Left Hand of Clyde- Club d’Elf
New Speedway Boogie- Club d’Elf
Someone’s Always There- Eleven 76
The first part of this week’s proGram was in a constant spurt.
Delaney and The Ditch- Lester Winchester McKendree
Baby’s Carburetor- Lester Winchester McKendree
Gotta Serve Somebody- The Name Droppers
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Let It Ride- The Trevor B. Power Band
Richland Swing- Harrell “Young Rell” Davenport
Shiny Curly Red Hair- The Blind Dog Mayer Group
Love For Money- PK Mayo
Texas Toast- PK Mayo
Boogie Joint- Russ Green
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‘71- Slow Accordion
It Isn’t Soul- Little Barrie
The Black Wind- Surya Kris Peters
Ice Cream and Lies- Cheer-Accident
The final part of this week’s proGram was looking for some bees to shake these.
Yan- Sosyete ’25
Sev Delice- Sosyete ’25
Shivers- Kerbside Collection
No Me Voy- Orquesta Akokán Ft. Carolina Oliveros
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Push- District Five & Saul Williams
Unstart- Oak Ay
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It’s Your World- Brian Jackson & Masters At Work Ft. Raheem DeVaughn & J. Ivy
Moonshine- Brian Jackson & Masters At Work Ft. Carl Cornwell (live)
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Lumbalú- David Sánchez
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III. Universal Truth- Emmet Cohen
The middle part of the proGram could not be let go.
Heavy Load- Mina Moore
Wave- The Milky Way
Under The Jamaica Moon- The Milky Way
Falling Over Backwards- Brinsley Schwarz
Red Face- The Barigozzi Group
Violet Lips- The Barigozzi Group
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Ain’t No Sunshine- Hot 8 Brass Band
**pre-recorded conversation with BIG AL of Hot 8 Brass Band**
Midway- Hot 8 Brass Band
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Chicken Leg- Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio
Bolverk- Kronstad 23
Høytrykk- Kronstad 23
Hay- Lisathe
Dream- Lisathe
The first part of the proGram farms for the futures.
Achy Breaky America- Adam Brodsky
Blues Of The Future- Danny Marks
Beltline Blues- Danny Marks
Two Too Many- March to August
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I Be Tryin’- Harrell “Young Rell” Davenport
Nite Creepin’- Harrell “Young Rell” Davenport
I Can’t Hold Out- GA-20 & Charlie Musselwhite
Paper Doll- Samantha Fish (Live)
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Landscaping- Guided By Voices
What Am I Supposed To Do- Grainne Duffy
Home- Wooden Overcoat
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Talk It Up Like It’s Wanted- Little Barrie
Anything You Are- Little Barrie
Fight For Innocense- Cheer-Accident
Keep In Touch- Cheer-Accident
Drawing on the traditional jazz heritage of their hometown of New Orleans, Hot 8 Brass Band are renowned for including elements of funk, hip hop, rap, & its local variation, “bounce” in their music. The collective earned a win in the 64th Annual Grammy Awards 2022 for their feature on John Batiste’s ‘Album of The Year’, following the nomination of their ‘The Life & Times Of…’ LP for ‘Best Regional Roots Album’ in 2013. Transcending genres & trends, Hot 8 have performed & collaborated with the likes of Jon Batiste, Blind Boys of Alabama, Basement Jaxx & Alice Russell, and provided live support for Mos Def, Lauryn Hill & Mary J Blige. After a festive appearance Live at Maida Vale for Lauren Laverne (BBC 6 Music), the Hot 8 Brass Band performed for Jools Holland’s annual Hootenanny on BBC Two to welcome in 2019. Later that year, after taking to the stage at the BRIT awards in February, Hot 8 Brass Band were invited on the European leg of George Ezra’s tour. Inspired early by the music of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band & Rebirth Brass Band, original bandleader Bennie Pete worked to bring together members of 2 existing bands at Fortier High School, the Looney Tunes Brass Band & the High Steppers Brass Band, to form Hot 8 Brass Band in 1995. They gained local recognition playing on the streets of their hometown, in Second Line Parades and at traditional Jazz funerals. Cutting their teeth by playing mainly pop/soul cover versions & traditional pieces, they also developed a repertoire of original material. The release of their 1st album ‘Rock With The Hot 8’ was impeded by the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 as the lives of all band members were heavily impacted and the band’s career progression was put on hold. During this time, Bennie Pete and his bandmembers used their music to support & rally the displaced community, via various charity & community initiatives. In 2007, multi-instrumentalist & producer Quantic picked up on Hot 8 Brass Band’s cover of “Sexual Healing”. Playing it live at a DJ set in New York, the track gained an unprecedented round of applause and Quantic sent it to Paul Jonas & Robert Luis at Tru Thoughts Records in Brighton, UK. The pair travelled to New Orleans with the intention of meeting & signing the band, beginning a long & ongoing partnership between band & label that started with a reissue of ‘Rock With The Hot 8’. The success of ‘Rock With The Hot 8’, including the band’s renowned cover of “Sexual Healing”, as well as the Snoop Dogg cover “What’s My Name (Rock With The Hot 8)”, paved the way for the band’s 2nd album ‘The Life & Times Of.. The Hot 8 Brass Band’. Released in late 2012, the LP was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Regional Roots Music Album. The first in a 2-part set of albums, it was closely followed by sister release ‘Tombstone’ in 2013. Hot 8 Brass Band celebrated their 20th anniversary in 2015 with the release of ‘Vicennial’, featuring raucous cover versions & original numbers. In 2017, Hot 8 Brass Band celebrated the live music of New Orleans, with a studio album that focused on capturing the spontaneous live energy of their street performances. The release followed a sold-out show at London’s Roundhouse and an appearance at Glastonbury Festival. Their midday opening of the West Holts stage attracted the largest crowd in the stage’s history. The ‘Big Tuba’ album marks the return of the Hot 8 Brass Band with their first new project since 2019, it features the singles “Big Tuba”, their cover of Bill Withers’ “Ain’t No Sunshine”, & “Fight Song”. The album title is a heartfelt tribute to Bennie Pete, the band’s co-founder & sousaphone player who sadly passed.
I had the pleasure of catching up quick with Alvarez BIG AL Huntley, bandleader of Hot 8 Brass Band recently about the June 18th event in Madison at the Atwood Music Hall. We get into what people who plan to head out (oh and you definetly should be planning to) to catch the show we find out there could be one or two ‘new’ tunes not on the Big Tuba album, after all this is the Big Tuba tour where the band always will #BrassHard. We get into the Big Tuba album from the ideas to the tribue flowers that it has and still is delivering. Of course these cats don’t go anywhere without brinGing New Orleans with them so we chat a bit about brining that scene with them. This scene will be all that you think of and more once that energy starts flowing around thew room.
Photo by: ChristopherBethell
The 3rd part of the proGram reminds that sometimes you just gotta poke around.
Hey Jude- Pat Leary & Thomas Kelleher
L.S.S. Groove- Detroit Rising & Mark Adams
Cecilia- Jonathan Suazo
Countdown- Paul Hecht
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Country Zart- Jon Batiste
K’s Shuffle- David Janeway Ft. Robert Hurst & Billy Hart (Live at Blue Llama)
Anthropology- Richard Baratta
Pseudo latin vibe- New Jazz Underground
Oney Ones One- New Jazz Underground
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Pettiford- Steven Bernstein
Sitting on Top of the World- Steven Bernstein
Blues For Little J- Jimmy Scott
DDAT Suite, mvt. 1 Narbona- Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band
