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Toast Of The Nation 2019

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Toast Of The Nation

Toast Of The Nation 2019

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Celebrate the New Year from Blue Note venues around the world, with performances by The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Joshua Redman and Brad Mehldau, Fred Hersch, Ron Carter, Buika and Dee Dee Bridgewater.

Joshua Redman and Brad Mehldau

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The Dirty Dozen Brass Band On Mountain Stage

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Mountain Stage

The Dirty Dozen Brass Band On Mountain Stage

After more than 35 years together, the Crescent City legends still play a wildly energetic blend of jazz, R&B, funk and more. Hear them play four songs, including a nine-minute crowd favorite.

The Dirty Dozen Brass Band On Mountain Stage

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Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Live In Concert
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Newport Jazz Festival

Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Live In Concert

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2013 marked three dozen years since the first incarnation of the group coalesced to resurrect a then-disappearing tradition — and infuse it both bebop and funk. Hear their danceable Newport set.

Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Live In Concert: Newport Jazz 2013

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Mountain Stage

The Dirty Dozen Brass Band On Mountain Stage

Hear the group reinvigorate the sound of New Orleans jazz, recorded live in West Virginia.

The Dirty Dozen Brass Band On Mountain Stage

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Concerts

A Joyful Southern Music Parade in St. Louis

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The Dixie Hummingbirds came together in the '20s to sing gospel music. The Dirty Dozen Brass Band rose in the '70s to dance in the Crescent City streets. At the Sheldon Concert Hall in St. Louis, they sing, praise, and parade together.

The Dixie Hummingbirds in Concert on JazzSet 3/31/06

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Five New Orleans Brass-Band Jams

Drummer Benny Jones Sr. is the leader of the Treme Brass Band. He also has an awesome hat. Pompo Bresciani hide caption

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Take Five: By Region

Five New Orleans Brass-Band Jams

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William Claiborne, the first American governor of the Louisiana territory, believed New Orleans was ungovernable due to the citizenry's preoccupation with dancing. Two centuries have passed, and that much hasn't changed. Hear five songs from New Orleans' modern brass-band tradition that are bound to make you move.

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