Treme Brass Band photographed by Eliot Kamenitz

Treme Brass Band will perform at the New Orleans Jazz Museum's Balcony Courtyard concert series on Tuesday, September 13th at 5 PM CDT.

Bring your blanket! Seats are not provided for outdoor programs. 

In case of inclement weather, this concert will be moved indoors or rescheduled.

Enjoy jazz music from home with the New Orleans Jazz Museum! Join the Jazz Museum online for their weekly Courtyard Live-Stream Concert Series, in which dynamic jazz musicians perform live from the Jazz Museum’s balcony! Tune in every Tuesday at 5 pm on facebook.com/nolajazzmuseum/live to watch for free.

The Treme Brass Band is one of the nouveau brass bands in New Orleans that owes a musical debt to both the late, great Danny Barker, who jump-started the dying brass band tradition with his Fairview Baptist Church School for Brass Bands, and the innovative Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Since the Dozen's success, a number of other bands have come up. The Treme Brass Band is one of the leaders in the genre and has featured a stellar cast of musicians, including Kermit Ruffins and James Andrews.

The Treme Brass Band pays homage to its hometown heritage in many of the tunes on two CD's, Gimme My Money Back (1995) and I Got a Big Fat Woman (1996).  "The Old Rugged Cross" is played in traditional dirge style, while "Just a Closer Walk With Thee" gets a souped up beat. There are allusions to historic places and events, like the "Back O' Town Blues" and the "Darktown Strutters Ball." A song made famous by Louis Armstrong that gets big play: "I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You," along with the "Food Stamp Blues." The funky beat, brassy rhythms, and boisterous laughter announce that you are in the “City That Care Forgot”, and that you are listening to the new wave of brass band music, interpreted the Treme Brass Band way, as the Second Line heads out the door. ~ Rose of Sharon Witmer, Rovi

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