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Mardi Gras (2004), Rex (© 2004 mardigras.com)Mardi Gras Music
On this New Sounds, it’s all about horns, groove, and the urge to shake one’s money-maker. Hear the latest from Frank London’s Klezmer Brass All-Stars, a Klezmer/Balkan/Brazilian/New Orleans-inspired collection “Carnival Conspiracy.” This record might help to temporarily reverse the social order, shake things up, and shock people into new ways of experiencing the world – along with bringing together the intellectual, the booty shaker, and the Hasid. Plus it’s fun! Also, listen for the combined sound of military brass bands, voodoo ritual chants and rhythms, scratchy American jazz records, with a dash of Fela’s Afrobeat that is Benin’s Gangbé Brass Band. And more over-caffeinated music from the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble, something from the famed Wild Magnolias of New Orleans, and maybe we can make way for the Rebirth Brass Band.
PROGRAM # 2517, Brass Band Music for Carnival (First aired on Tues, 2/28/06)
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RECORDING |
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Rebirth Brass Band |
NS Live, BAM 4/30/94 |
Mardi Gras in New Orleans, excerpt [1:30] |
Listen and download at www.rebirthbrassband.com |
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Revolutionary Snake Ensemble |
Year of the Snake |
Iko Iko [5:30] |
Innova #599
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Bo Dollis & the Wild Magnolias |
NS Live, BAM 4/30/94 |
Golden Crown [6:00] |
Wild Magnolias CD called “I'm Back . . . at Carnival Time" is available at www.rounder.com |
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Frank London’s Klezmer Brass All-Stars |
Carnival Conspiracy |
Out of What? [6:00] |
Piranha #1902 **
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Brass Unbound |
Secret Children of the Colonial Brass Band |
Morenada [3:00] |
Pan #33 issued as part of the book “Brass Unbound” by Rob Flaes, KIT-press, Netherlands. |
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Street Music, Vol. 5 – Shyam Brass Band |
Bhajans |
Hey Naam Re [4:00] |
Tips #5321
Indian release
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Gangbe Brass Band |
Whendo (Roots) |
Remember Fela [4:00] |
World Village #468050 ** www.worldvillagemusic.com |
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