In what might be the most underrated track from the album Lifted, “Might Not Make It Home” captures the sound of Trombone Shorty as a fully-developed artist, free of any genre-defining labels, launched into a stratosphere somewhere between Earth, Wind & Fire and Parliament/Funkadelic. And yet, Trombone Shorty’s musical roots remain firmly planted in New Orleans.
Read MoreJ.J. Johnson’s admiration for Miles Davis was present throughout the album We’ll Be Together Again, recorded with guitarist Joe Pass, which features this version of “Solar” alongside a version of “Nature Boy” in similar fashion to the trumpeter’s own landmark arrangement.
Read MoreThe proceeding interaction between father and son, Ellis and Delfeayo Marsalis, is so playful that it becomes difficult to hear exactly who is leading and who is following - it is a musical flirtation between two life-long admirers of each other.
Read MoreTrombonist Lamar Heard Sr. came to Big 6 Brass Band from playing with Stooges Brass Band, a byproduct of Rebirth’s success in the early 90s as well as the catalyst for hip hop’s influence on brass band music by the turn of the century.
Read MoreSwedish guitarist Anders Osborne started a long way from home.
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