New Orleans Brass Band
New Orleans Brass Band, The Mississippi Swamp Dogs, is the perfect band to liven up your event! Playing a fabulous mixture of New Orleans Jazz, Funky Street tunes & Classic Pop tunes, the band can be booked as four players up to nine pieces. After Emancipation which happened in 1865, the first black New Orleans brass bands began performing in public events. These included baseball games, funerals and business openings. So, the band is perfect for an indoors or outdoors wedding party. It is fabulous for a corporate event. Why? Because if reflects energy, creativity and fun. Product promotion launches really benefit from the look and sound of the band.
The band is made for a garden party!. Being acoustic has enormous benefits regarding logistics. Light rain is not an issue with electrics (there are non) and the band can move around a site quite freely. Below is a short clip of the band playing for a recent a promo event.
New Orleans Brass Band
New Orleans Brass Band for a Funeral. The Mississippi Swamp Dogs have an enviable reputation, countrywide, for their performances at funerals specialising in both African and West Indian Funerals. As well as this specialisation we have also played, hundreds of times, for Catholic, Protestant Funerals and humanist funerals. The band have a large and authentic repertoire of hymns and traditional tunes that reflect the New Orleans tradition. We even play the two tunes associated with the film Live and Let Die, where the opening scene is a New Orleans Funeral.
New Orleans Brass Band
Brass bands had been part of New Orleans culture for many years, even before Emancipation, because of the influence of German, French and Spanish musical culture, Brass Bands were ubiquitous in the city. However, from the beginning of the twentieth century the black bands were making the genre their own and had a noticeable influence in the development of jazz. Here is a wonderful article of the music. Click here to read more.
New Orleans Brass Band
Hire a New Orleans Brass Band. To hire the band contact Jeff Williams, bandleader, trombonist and vocalist. He can discuss the particular event you are organising & make recommendations on size of the band required & how to use the band to maximum effect. The quote’s based on how much music you require, number of musicians needed & the distance from London. This is where the band is based. A four or five piece band is suitable for most funerals. A product promotion may benefit from a larger band. In other words the more impact you are looking for the bigger the band!