Over the past 18 months, Alejandro de los Rios, Jonathan Bachman and Michael Seaman have traced the history of New Orleans brass band music for their film “Brass Roots.” De los Rios and Bachman, both ...

It’s an understatement to say that, at 79, Benny Jones Sr. is one of the oldest active musicians in New Orleans. Because Jones is not just active. He’s overactive. Every day, several times a day, ...

The Grammy Award-winning Dirty Dozen Brass Band will perform at Fort Mose Historic State Park on Sunday, Feb. 16 at 7 p.m. The New Orleans-based band is known for its unique "musical gumbo" sound that ...

The Dirty Dozen Brass Band formed in New Orleans in 1977, when interest in traditional brass-band music had hit an all-time low. The genre was widely viewed as dated music played by stodgy, tuxedoed ...

In the early 1990s, bass drummer Derrick Moss, snare drummer Lumar LeBlanc and other members of the Young Olympia Brass Band decided to split off to form a new brass band: The Soul Rebels. They wanted ...

(NOTE: Jonathan Bachman and I are currently in the beginning stages of filming a documentary focused on contemporary New Orleans brass bands, from Dirty Dozen to Rebirth to Soul Rebels and more, we'll ...

A music-loving grandfather, at 95 years old, has been crowned the world’s longest serving brass band player by Guinness World Records — and he's tooting his own horn about it, given that he'll be able ...

“You could have the best rock and roll band playing on stage, and a brass band would come and turn the whole house out. Something about that energy that a brass band brings: we got music for your mind ...

Brass band fans are promised a treat when a renowned ensemble performs in a North Yorkshire town's abbey. The world-famous Black Dyke Brass Band will take to the stage at Selby Abbey on Saturday, ...