After following the tradition long enough, sometimes you reach a point where you become the tradition. Such is the case with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, which has over 27 years and ten records ...

In this behind the scenes documentary, Liberty Brass Band performs a freshly minted funeral dirge for the 2015 Smithsonian Folkways release 'New Orleans Brass Bands: Through the Streets of the City.' ...

Whether two-steppin’ toward a birthday party, second line parade, or jazz funeral, New Orleans’s Hot 8 Brass Band always keeps it big, bad, and brassy. But over the years, the Hot 8’s battled through ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Traffic along the teeming streets of Chinatown came to a standstill: death was parading by, heralded by the clear, sharp notes of a brass band. Women looked up from their grocery ...

Bennie Pete Jr., the Hot 8 Brass Band’s widely respected and beloved co-founder and sousaphonist, will be sent home the first weekend in October. Pete died Sept. 6 of complications from COVID-19 and ...

“The Funeral Band” is a fun film about a brass band that aims to show the heart of a New Orleanian, according to its creator, Nicholas Manuel Pino. Currently in post-production, it will make its debut ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Traffic along the teeming streets of Chinatown came to a standstill: Death was parading by, heralded by the clear, sharp notes of a brass band. Women looked up from their grocery ...

Jazz permeates everything in New Orleans, a city where, as Sidney Bechet once said, “Music is as much of a part of death as it is of life.” Funeral for a Friend, the stirring new CD from the Dirty ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Traffic along the teeming streets of Chinatown came to a standstill: death was parading by, heralded by the clear, sharp notes of a brass band. Women looked up from their grocery ...

A most unusual concept album, Funeral for a Friend visits the stations of a traditional New Orleans funeral proceeding, with gospel music serving as its thematic foil. From a parade succession to the ...