Song:Just A Closer Walk With Thee
Album:Treme: Music from the HBO Original Series Season 1
I'm sure it won't surprise anyone that I was a huge fan of the HBO series Treme which ran from 2010-13. Treme was set in post Katrina New Orleans. The show was created by David Simon and Eric Overmyer. Simon is the man behind The Wire which is one of the greatest shows in TV history. Overmyer is behind the hit Amazon series Bosch. The Bosch character is a big jazz fan so of course I'm a fan of the show. Fans of The Wire need to watch Treme. Many of the actors who appeared in The Wire also appeared in Treme. Treme can be streamed on HBO Max in the US and Crave in Canada. One of the best things about Treme was all of the great New Orleans musicians who appeared on the show. Episode one featured the Treme Brass Band performing Just A Closer Walk With Thee at a funeral. Fans of The Wire will recognize actor Wendell Pierce in the scene. He played a trombonist on the show. This appears on the season one soundtrack for Treme. There are all kinds of great musicians on the CD. The Treme Brass Band also recorded Just A Closer Walk With Thee on their 1995 CD Gimme My Money Back on Arhoolie Records. They were a big part of the New Orleans brass band revival mostly as a street band. They have only recorded a few albums. They were led by Benny Jones Sr. on snare drum and Lionel Batiste on bass drum. The rest of the band was very fluid. Kermit Ruffins is among the musicians who went through Treme Brass Band and he cites Batiste as a big influence. Lionel Batiste died in 2012. But Benny Jones Sr. is still around. So I assume that Treme Brass Band are still performing in the streets of the Treme section of New Orleans. Here's the Treme Brass Band with Wendell Pierce performing Just A Closer Walk With Thee from season one episode one of the HBO series Treme.
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