A Day in New Orleans With The TBC Brass Band
It was Satchmo Summer Fest weekend in New Orleans, and my friends in the To Be Continued Brass Band, or TBC, had invited me to …
It was Satchmo Summer Fest weekend in New Orleans, and my friends in the To Be Continued Brass Band, or TBC, had invited me to …
Sunday nights at the Blue Nile have been a long-running regular set for the To Be Continued Brass Band (also known as the TBC Brass …
After dinner, I faced something of a dilemma, as the Treme Brass Band was playing at Kermit Ruffin’s Mother-In-Law Lounge on Claiborne, but the 21st …
As I was walking down Bourbon Street near the Four Points by Sheraton hotel, I finally came upon what I had been looking for all …
With no second-line, I spent the afternoon browsing in the French Market, and walking around the French Quarter. I was vaguely hoping to run into …
In the early afternoon, this traditional brass band was playing in front of the Cabildo at Jackson Sqaure. The song, “Everybody Ought to Know” is …
While enjoying my cafe au lait and beignets at the Cafe du Monde, I thought I heard the satisfying boom of a bass drum. It …
A guest drummer takes a solo with the Mainline Brass Band at the Blue Nile on Frenchmen Street in New Orleans, January 6, 2013
Mainline Brass Band’s drummer Jermal Watson takes a solo at the Blue Nile in New Orleans, January 6, 2013
After I got to New Orleans, got checked into my room and had dinner at Copeland’s Cheesecake Bistro, my friend Edward Jackson of the TBC …