Song:Unclean Waters
Album:Buck Jump
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band was one of the first bands to modernize traditional New Orleans brass band music with jazz and funk. It started in 1972 as a youth music program at Fairview Baptist Church in New Orleans. At first they were called Hurricane Brass Band and then Tornado Brass Band. At the time, brass bands were not popular in New Orleans. The musicians decided to incorporate jazz and funk elements. The name came from a social club where sax player Benny Jones was active. He didn't stay in the band. The band leader is trumpeter Gregory Davis. They started getting a following when radio station WWOZ owner Jerry Bock recorded them and played them on the station. Their big break came when legendary promoter George Wein booked them to tour Europe. And that led to Dirty Dozen signing with Concord and the 1984 album My Feet Can't Fail Me Now. They played the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1986 and that was released as an album by Rounder. They signed with Columbia in 1987 and the album Voodoo featured guest appearances by Dr. John, Dizzy Gillespie and Branford Marsalis. Dirty Dozen recorded four albums for Columbia. They signed with Disney owned Mammoth Records in 1996. Unclean Waters is from the 1999 album Buck Jump which was produced by John Medeski. Unclean Waters was written by sax player Kevin Harris. The album is available as a digital download. Since then they have recorded for Ropeadope, Shout! Factory and their latest CD Twenty Dozen on Savoy in 2012. Dirty Dozen plays plenty of clubs and jazz festivals. This fall they will headline the Take Me To The River national tour of New Orleans music including Ivan Neville, Ian Neville and George Porter Jr. Check them out if they are coming your way. Here's the Dirty Dozen Brass Band performing Unclean Waters at the 2010 West Oak Lane Jazz & Arts Festival in Philadelphia.
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