Dirty Dozen Brass Band: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

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Bob Boilen | February 28, 2017 - They're simply an abundance of euphoria. The Dirty Dozen Brass Band blasted the Tiny Desk with a Sousaphone, trumpets, saxophones, guitar and drums, at stunning volume, for a joyful celebration.
This band has been mixing be-bop and funk for 40 years. Around this time of year, when Mardi Gras revelry is fueled by New Orleans jazz, it was so good to feel their sounds in the office. Since today is Fat Tuesday - just before Lent and its fasts begin for some - we are sharing the party we hosted, filled with brass and sass from this fixture of great American music. Enjoy.
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Set List
"Use Your Brain"
"Best Of All"
"Tomorrow"
"My Feet Can't Fail Me Now"
Musicians
Roger Lewis (baritone sax); Gregory Davis (trumpet, vocals); Kevin Harris (tenor sax, vocals); Efrem Towns (trumpet, vocals); Kirk Joseph (sousaphone); Julian Addison (drums); Takeshi Shimmura (guitar)
Credits
Producers: Bob Boilen, Niki Walker; Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin; Videographers: Niki Walker, Morgan Noelle Smith, Bronson Arcuri; Production Assistant: Maia Stern; Photo: Claire Harbage/NPR.
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@susancain8505 3 жыл бұрын

New Orleans should be preserved as an historical site in the history of American music. It is part of the backbone in American music and its historical importance can not be overstated.

@chriswarwin7117 3 жыл бұрын

Amen! I believe it's the Heart and Soul of American music -- birthplace of Jazz, Blues, R&B

@DariusJones Жыл бұрын

@SusanCain, speak that truth.

@douglasdavidmisascamacho6459 8 ай бұрын

I would say for all humanity to highlight.

@barrymclaughlin3131 5 ай бұрын

Nola. Is. The. Best. Place. Ever. If. You. Want/Need. Good. Music. Period.

@redmorganmusic1 4 ай бұрын

New Orleans is the reason America has a music to call its own " Jazz"!

@Chinchu86 7 жыл бұрын

The real MVP of this band is the guy in the back playing the sousaphon, those basslines are AMAZING...

@Rastafarian1882 6 жыл бұрын

Kirk Joseph one of the best to ever do it!

@iankorman4014 5 жыл бұрын

I have always liked the bari sax part of their sound as well.

@jameslaugtug8937 5 жыл бұрын

To my ears, 1/2 of the sound is the tuba/bari sound on the bottom of it all

@fabriziomanno7925 4 жыл бұрын

*BRASSLINES

@HuckTheUser 4 жыл бұрын

Correct

@vividius7951 6 жыл бұрын

look at the feller on drums "I'm gunna wear this big sweater because I don't plan on breaking a sweat"

@vividius7951 6 жыл бұрын

so chilled

@benjamenemery3260 3 жыл бұрын

Jazz drummers usually don’t. Drumming doesn’t need to have a lot of energy, this guy proves it

@vividius7951 3 жыл бұрын

@@benjamenemery3260 I have a drummer friend - plays a lot of jazz - he's more relaxed than this guy even

@loucypher9213 3 жыл бұрын

Ha! Yes, I was thinking exactly that! He looks very much in control...and what a solo! Love it.

@stevesalke5404 6 жыл бұрын

The Sousaphone is the most important and hardest working instrument in the brass bands. This guy rocks!

@whales2983 3 жыл бұрын

the way the guitar peeks through from the bottom of the sound is so satisfying

@cedriclasry9151 4 жыл бұрын

face-melting drum solo from the guy who looks like he's strolling in the park

@JazmineButlermusic 3 жыл бұрын

Julian Addison is the man!

@HMBartleby 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah he just changes time signature so easily

@Josh-dx6kj 3 жыл бұрын

Holy smokes! The guy on the sousaphone plays those base lines with some ferocious speed. What a great band!

@bbyqngel 6 жыл бұрын

these tiny desk concerts are life changing

@jameslaugtug8937 5 жыл бұрын

FYI if you have ROKU...there is a Tiny Desk Channel. (maybe other streamers also?)

@josecarlosvileladiaz5706 4 жыл бұрын

angelina chai Definitely!!!

@pascalemoisan9265 4 жыл бұрын

just discovered it 2020... thanks corona virus for bringing me here : P

@shannonabrown 4 жыл бұрын

Especially NOW!!!!

@Altenurgy 3 жыл бұрын

Right on!! So many bands I wouldn't ever even considered are now in my regular rotation.

@mundanemusic5005 7 жыл бұрын

The way the tuba player is rockin that bass line like a jazz bass guitar is just amazing!! Brilliant band! 👍😀

@b.stubbs6359 7 жыл бұрын

The Mundane Music Archive its a sousaphone dude

@johnmcclintock8004 6 жыл бұрын

Yea !!! and the drummer plays so perfectly and so EFFORTLESSLY !! Hell ..they ALL DO !! AMAZING BAND !!

@Rastafarian1882 6 жыл бұрын

the legendary Kirk Joseph on sousaphone

@revspook 6 жыл бұрын

Sousaphone player. #notatuba

@THETOPMAN97 5 жыл бұрын

@@revspook a sousaphone is a type of tuba so you can call it by both names

@jjj-fq4dw 7 жыл бұрын

that drummer plays so smoothly

@dancolley4208 6 жыл бұрын

like a metronome !!!

@leonardodutra8787 3 жыл бұрын

NOLA school!!

@MonkPetite 3 жыл бұрын

And open not cross over ..

@MarkBonneaux 3 жыл бұрын

I came to this video from Moon Hooch's video... Can't think of 2 more radically different styles but both are amazing

@cpresleyphotos 4 жыл бұрын

You know that feeling of being consumed by debt and all of the stress life throws at you. I just turned this on and danced by myself and all of my troubles don't seem as suffocating as they did before. This music is magical guys!

@cilla8137 Жыл бұрын

Same❤

@thomasarmstrong3617 3 жыл бұрын

The bari sax player is the man. Guys that play like him are rare... give that man a raise

@tubafats100 2 жыл бұрын

Roger Lewis

@jordanhal2814 Жыл бұрын

He’s doing ok. Not any better than anyone else.

@Travelwidedickygreenleaf 2 ай бұрын

Word up!

@atsushiriver8932 2 жыл бұрын

As a Japanese, I'm proud that Ken Niimura is participating in such a wonderful band with a guitar.

@lesliebrown6428 2 жыл бұрын

Not a Japanese...but got the same msg from Ken. N.

@latinxcombo3612 2 жыл бұрын

Ken Niimura is great, but why do you get credit?

@atsushiriver8932 2 жыл бұрын

Originally I liked this band and found this KZfaq

@latinxcombo3612 2 жыл бұрын

@@atsushiriver8932 As an American Chicano, I am proud that Ken Niimura is participating in such a wonderful American band. 👍

@wearethehaunted3831 2 жыл бұрын

Just an average white dude ,proud that Ken Niimura is playing in this amazing band!!

@joshua4098 3 жыл бұрын

Most underrated bass factory of all time...That tuba, mic'd right, sounds really phenomenal.

@vettemaniac2237 Жыл бұрын

Went to NOLA a few years back and the music in clubs and on street corners was AMAZING!! We ended each night in the same club for some Zydeco. Believe me when I say, this music is good for the soul.

@ingridpinzon1989 4 жыл бұрын

Quarantine with the Tiny Desk Concert series is like heaven. Thank you!

@initialdluvr 2 жыл бұрын

I freaking love brass bands. One of America's greatest fine art treasures.

@sereroserera367 7 жыл бұрын

Impossible not to feel the deep groove during the drummer's solo at 6:25 and the chords that come right after man

@chrisharper2658 3 жыл бұрын

This one never gets old no matter how many time I watch it.

@KFCJones 7 жыл бұрын

hats off to the soundman, this sounds great on my phone. that can't have been easy...

@arnoldlane68 7 жыл бұрын

#true

@redpilllogic7465 5 жыл бұрын

I've said the same thing on a few of these NPR Tiny Desk Concerts. Big shout out to the sound crew...excellent job guys! I'm sure the confined space and all the books in the room make their jobs a whole lot easier. The room acoustics are perfect for live performances.

@lucianon.carvalho6929 4 жыл бұрын

@@arnoldlane68 Specially when you have so many loud instruments, covering whole frequency ranges from very low (tuba) to very high (trumpets). Tricky job!

@magdaguennadi3781 4 жыл бұрын

Arnold Lane njjj'hh

@brunodiaz4726 3 жыл бұрын

Its rare to find music videos with this quality

@xdr8kx 7 жыл бұрын

Perfect Tuesday morning jams

@MikeHoopes 7 жыл бұрын

That is one smooth drummer, sounding like that, in a sweater & tie, and yet not breaking a sweat.

@lee-tanlu6065 3 жыл бұрын

How many times I have to come back to this video to satisfy my desire and hope to listen to them in person someday!

@rodneyjones3680 6 жыл бұрын

Amazingly clean, nobody stepped on nobody's toes-lots of space even the rhythm guitarist had his own groove going on in between everybody. Just goes to you don't have to be loud or a show-off if you play within the music-although there are times when you have to fire up a dead audience. This wasn't that time. These guys are good, they are pros. I love it.

@bateriadepetaluma 7 жыл бұрын

swooning over that handsome drummer.

@lumpyfishgravy 6 жыл бұрын

I wanna congratulate the engineers on a lively balanced sound. I guess those all books at back do a good job!

@audio7887 3 жыл бұрын

Much love for the Dirty Dozen... shout out to Kirk Joseph for walking that sousaphone badder than any bass line!

@Dean-cw4xg 5 жыл бұрын

If their playing doesn't put a smile on your face I don't know what will.

@LuCasket71 7 жыл бұрын

I will never forget the work these guys did on Dave Matthews first solo album 'Some Devil' been a fan ever since, and the music just keeps coming.

@panzerKO 7 жыл бұрын

Amazing. The Japanese dude plays really well, not to mention the stage presence with the faces he pulls

@wstnli725 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent music that remembers me a little from the best of the 70's bands. Wishing this kind of music comes again.

@alexdesslin 7 жыл бұрын

the sousaphone TUBA bass player id incredible the sound is just fabulous !! and also the rest of the band sounds like a real BIG band !!! ohhhh yeaaaaaaah !!!

@omarkempkes5121 4 жыл бұрын

Mercy Lord! That drum solo gave me the goosebumps!

@Bimp_Lizkit 6 жыл бұрын

So much pure happiness. We all need more of this.

@MrBoganini 3 жыл бұрын

Magic tuba player!!! So groovy! It seems like any bass guitar players should take lessons from this guy!)))

@panpolypuff 7 жыл бұрын

Some of the greats here, folks! Had the privilege to see Dirty Dozen live in Seattle a couple years ago, and got to hang out and chat with their incredible tuba player, Kirk Joseph, afterwards. Amazing lineage here, and some of the purest musicianship you'll ever find.

@kohls16 7 жыл бұрын

Saw and met them in Syracuse last year. Such down-to-earth and genuine great people, not to mention, first class musicians. They put on one helluva show.

@lnarachi 4 жыл бұрын

@@kohls16 Agree - these guys are amazingly real...

@jasongregory3330 6 ай бұрын

My God That drummer is so clean and absolutely grooves. The reverse traditional grip is pretty wild as well. Hands for days!

5 жыл бұрын

The funk just got serious. My hat is off to whoever is doing the arranging for this group, cause they can write their ass off!

@NoOne-yy8ok 2 жыл бұрын

Never heard better sound coming out of a trumpet! Incredible!

@SpeedWhomp420 2 жыл бұрын

You should check out Lucky Chops and Too Many Zoos. Incredible trumpeters in both of those bands!

@t2i0a1g0o 4 жыл бұрын

man! this drum solo man!!! WHAT A DRUM SOLO!!!!!!

@destadsreporter4821 2 ай бұрын

thanks for the good vibes and all the positive consequences resulting from the good vibes!

@johnmcclintock8004 6 жыл бұрын

I saw them on a late night talk show ..Letterman, I think about 30 years ago..... and have been a fan ever since.. Wish someone would upload that performance, cause it was MAGIC !!.

@mlopezr28 4 жыл бұрын

What a great musicians ! And the way Mr Joseph pulls the bass line with the Sousa is just insane. I’m a Sousa player and I can somewhat tell how much mastery you should have to play like he does.

@memoherrerasounds 5 жыл бұрын

This video is one of my favorites Tiny Desk Concerts!

@ritaburgess6239 2 жыл бұрын

The 237 👎 have no 💙💜💚🧡💛💓 - and no SOUL! Thank you, Dirty Dozen and NPR for making my Friday afternoon bright.

@MetalBback 3 жыл бұрын

Kirk Joseph!!!!!! sousaphon so Rockin! I never seen it so jammin, I have become a better person.... thanks for this!

@rud1rude 4 жыл бұрын

I inherited my grandads trombone 1 week ago and having so much fun learning. Now I am able to jam and this vid has helped me so much. Dancing around the front room learning some melodies. Love it. :)

@Grayham4 7 жыл бұрын

Love these guys from the first ten seconds

@mroberts5978 4 жыл бұрын

You know these guys have played their whole lives

@colingraham1849 7 жыл бұрын

drum solo = face melting, woooooow!

@yladoma 7 жыл бұрын

One of the best Tiny Desk concert I have heard, I really like it ! it's like canned joy, and the joy is spreading because the box is openned, ya'know w' mean?

@DC_malark 3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad to be able to call Efrem a friend. Love that trumpet.

@tobor58 4 жыл бұрын

Never saw this till today. This simply Delicious, and Joyful Noise .. did I say Delicious? Thank you NPR you and KZfaq.

@hatshepsutmaatre8510 4 жыл бұрын

This band is INCREDIBLE

@MagicNateball 2 жыл бұрын

He has got to be one of the most skilled Sousaphone players I have ever heard. Those basslines... er... brasslines are just perfect.

@Manuel-oe4gv 7 жыл бұрын

*That sousaphon = perfection .Reminds me The J.B's band.*

@davidbento9459 5 жыл бұрын

Smokin hot, the drummer has some chops woah,, and not even breaking a sweat all chill.. All the great music comin out of NOLA as always!

@ringoordonez4106 4 жыл бұрын

KZfaq's suggested videos of NPR does not disappoint. I always discover great music here.

@CortezBurt 4 жыл бұрын

I've just recently discovered these tiny desk concerts. These are absolutely amazing. This drummer is absolutely amazing. They all are. But I want to give kudos to the drummer. It's something about open-handed drummers.

@StudioC41 5 жыл бұрын

I had the pleasure to listen to Efrem perform at Jackson Square, NOLA, the other night. I was doing some research on him and found this video. Totally mind blown I was talking to a legend and didn't realize it!

@ultimatebluegrassplaylistc3087 4 жыл бұрын

This is one of the best Tiny Desks! Man that first song, they just come out swinging hard. It gets better with every listen

@AC2N 5 жыл бұрын

Du pur bonheur, un band fantastique. Seulement au service de la musique, pas dans le culte de l’image ni de l’ego. Des acteurs qui ont une vie riche derrière eux. Beaucoup, plein de choses à raconter. Excellent le virage dans le style AfroJazz, façon Sonny Rollins.

@ulyssesmcdonald2495 7 жыл бұрын

an unbelievable organization of love, precision and mastery!

@FrankyWess 7 жыл бұрын

blast from the past. keep 'em coming...love it

@lidaraz 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, I put on some music to bear with a bad work day and I've ended up clapping and dancing in front of the PC. Great mood!!

@robertyuille3774 4 жыл бұрын

Tiny DESK - your sound engineering is magnificent --

@cesar_grooves 5 жыл бұрын

outstanding!!! Drum is in Heaven with such a Setup.....and what a B(r)assplayer Sublime..Lovely i'must say!!

@fcsaldanha 5 жыл бұрын

That drummer is lit AF!

@precepts6644 7 жыл бұрын

I so LOVE this band! raw and fresh music for a perfect start

@taylorr.3464 5 жыл бұрын

About my 10th time watching this, and it's still as good as it was the first time. Just really joyful musicians.

@andrerodrigues6596 4 жыл бұрын

this is the best drummer i've ever seen in my life

@longshot789 5 жыл бұрын

My favorite jazz band of all time. Thanks for hosting them, and thanks to the band for cranking out so many goddamned awesome tunes my entire life!

@crunchingcolors 6 жыл бұрын

6:52 - 8:05 Nasty drum solo😎

@lordbenjamincunningham1763 3 жыл бұрын

Drum & bass. Bass & drums. 🤯

@lordbenjamincunningham1763 3 ай бұрын

How good is it 😍🤩😍🤩😍🤩😍🤩😍

@jaguarlopez2131 4 жыл бұрын

All respect to this Masters. "Musica es la vida"

@alfonshomac 7 жыл бұрын

If I ever make a Mario-like scroller level, I'm calling these guys

@GoldenLife-uq2ms 6 ай бұрын

NOLA musicians. best in the world! WWOZ radio station in the WORLD! LOVE YOU DD Brass Band!

@mariaedwards2785 3 жыл бұрын

Just what I needed to get my Monday started. NPR - your Tiny Desk concerts are the best and thank you for showcasing the amazing & infectious funk/bebop of Dirty Dozen Brass.

@DAFye2008 3 жыл бұрын

I'm digging that right-hand traditional playing from the set player

@dustinhayner7135 Жыл бұрын

I've always hated and loved dissonece? Yall killed it!😁😁😁

@AmandaKaymusic 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome and enticing performance. Thanks for including this talented bunch in your tiny desk series.

@simonbrooksstoryteller 7 жыл бұрын

The sound is totally inspiring. I would love to spend a day working the engineer, learning! And the band are superb!

@wailakiyt 2 жыл бұрын

Love this band. I am going to watch for them traveling, and Big Easy has been on my bucket list forever.

@emberos 7 жыл бұрын

the dirty dozen brass band should not need to ask you to dance. they should just play and your feet should obey.

@TheDeerhunter358 6 жыл бұрын

The second I read your comment I became aware that I was indeed unknowingly shaking my feet while laying down in bed.

@limafabioo 4 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha true story!

@jackburkhardt7 4 жыл бұрын

They gotta give guitar some solos, I can hear him shredding in the background and ooh booyyy

@Maxime_Petit 4 жыл бұрын

Oh boyyy he can play

@mattsimon2646 4 жыл бұрын

i bet he leads a ska band on the sly

@deidonius2059 3 жыл бұрын

FELICITACIONES AL BATERISTAA

@thundercheeks1989 2 жыл бұрын

This is why America is great, right here

@nomadicmonkey3186 4 жыл бұрын

Tiny desk concerts never cease to amaze me.

@edwardhensley 7 жыл бұрын

Brilliant. Especially love the sousaphone player's work.

@laurabruton131 Жыл бұрын

Been in love with DDBB since they were born/formed😍🥰😍🥰😍 They rock the house 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥wherever they land-take that from a #1 fan!

@BikeKayaker 2 жыл бұрын

These guys are awesome! I've been listening to them ever since I watched this.

@Rahnotrob 7 жыл бұрын

How can you not smile while watching this?

@liznola9684 2 жыл бұрын

Oh, I so love these guys. Very first band I heard in New Orleans in 1989... at the Ice House, August, Christmas lights all over the bar. People dancing on the floor. My eyes wide open wondering about fire safety... completely missing the point.