Various Artists – Through The Streets Of The City: New Orleans Brass Bands

Description

Release Date: 2014

Label: Smithsonian Folkways Records

Tracklist

1. Paul Barbarin’s Second Line – Liberty Brass Band
2. The Sheik Of Araby – Treme Brass Band
3. Panama – Liberty Brass Band
4. Liberty Funeral March – Liberty Brass Band
5. Steamin’ Blues – Hot 8 Brass Band
6. We Shall Walk Through The Streets Of The City – Treme Brass Band
7. Keepin’ It Funky – Hot 8 Brass Band
8. Old Rugged Cross – Liberty Brass Band
9. Grazing In The Grass – Treme Brass Band
10. New Orleans (After The City) – Hot 8 Brass Band
11. Give Me My Money Back – Treme Brass Band
12. Lily Of The Valley – Liberty Brass Band
13. Shake It And Break It – Hot 8 Brass Band
14. Amazing Grace – Treme Brass Band
15. Whoopin’ Blues – Liberty Brass Band

Notes

For more than a century, the signature sound of New Orleans has been the brass band known second line, a source of celebration, collective expression, and community pride. New Orleans Brass Bands brings US three musical generations of renowned second liners the classic sound of the Liberty Brass Band, the tradition-dening Treme Band, and the younger funk musicians of the Hot 8 Brass Band. Together, the three groups paint a stylistic panorama of this life arming pillar of American music.