This Is The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Collection

Dirty Dozen Brass Band | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 12, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Shout Factory
• ASIN: B0007X9UOC
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #20,025 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #29 in Music > Jazz > New Orleans Jazz

Track Listings

1. My Feet Can’t Fail Me Now

2. Mardi Gras In New Orleans

3. Blackbird Special

4. Oop Pop A Dah (with Dizzy Gillespie)

5. Charlie Dozen

6. Freakish

7. Cissy Strut

8. Don’t You Feel My Leg (with Danny Barker & Eddie Bo)

9. Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)

10. Bongo Beep

11. Use Your Brain

12. John The Revelator

13. Unclean Waters

14. Hannibal

15. Just A Closer Walk With Thee

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Since their humble beginnings in 1977 the Dirty Dozen Brass band has championed the sound of lowdown horns from the streets of New Orleans to the entire world. The band’s first, long overdue, multi-label anthology takes music from ten albums and stuffs it all onto one disc, resulting in 80 minutes of the most lively sounds you’ll hear this side of Bourbon St. From spirituals ("Just a Closer Walk with Thee"), to R&B (Marvin Gaye’s "Inner City Blues"), Crescent City classics (The Meters’ "Cissy Strut"), Charlie Parker covers ("Bongo Beep") and groove-happy originals, the horn, percussion and later guitar augmented outfit keeps the funk flames fanned. Greasy and fluid sousaphone bass parts by mainstay Kirk Joseph kick up the second line dust, while the punchy five piece horn section blows with the intensity of a Crescent City hurricane, both in unison and taking solos that move from soul to jazz and back again. These fifteen songs only scratch the surface, as the band’s remarkable collaborations with Dr. John and Elvis Costello are MIA. The compilers, instead, successfully chose tracks representative of the group’s versatile jazz and roots approach. It’s nearly impossible to play this album and stay seated, and who would want to? The compilation captures the heart of New Orleans’ most passionate and well-known brass band that finds the funk regardless of which genre they decide to delve into. --Hal Horowitz

Product Description

The first career-spanning collection from the quintessential N'awlins brass band!

For the past three decades, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band has taken the traditional brass band music of New Orleans, combined it with funk, jazz, gospel and soul, and introduced this special blend of the old and the new to the rest of the world. In the process, they’ve won the approval of not only fans and critics, but also the taste-making musicians they’ve collaborated with in the studio—Elvis Costello, Dave Matthews, Modest Mouse and others.

This Is The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Collection is the first compilation to include songs from every album they’ve released, including four tracks from out-of-print records.

Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Top-notch overview of their finest moments, July 18, 2005

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Stumpy (LA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: This Is The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Collection (Audio CD)

The Dirty Dozen Brass Band have jammed with more bands than almost anyone else. Widespread Panic, Dave Matthews, Dr. John, Elvis Costello, the Black Crowes, Modest Mouse, David Bowie are just a few. The thing is, many people may not be familiar with some of the Dirty Dozen's own albums, many of which are now out-of-print. This brand new collection includes tracks from the ten albums released during the Dirty Dozen's 27-year career. The album kicks off with the classic "My Feet Can't Fail Me Now" and doesn't slow down until the closing track "Just A Closer Walk With Thee" from their Funeral For A Friend album. In between you'll find some of the most inspired and infectious grooves ever committed to disc.

Everybody digs New Orleans. Why not check out the best of the best New Orleans has to offer?

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Funk Perfection, March 17, 2006

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Dr. Richard Bedrosian (www.MySelfHelp.com, Northboro, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: This Is The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Collection (Audio CD)

This was my first exposure to the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, and I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to hear them. Their sound is a sort of perfectly realized funk: Fun tunes, energetic arrangements, and spirited solos. References to the rich musical traditions of New Orleans are ever present and give the music a richness and a sense of history, but this band always sounds fresh and alive. I'll bet their live performances are something special.

Since I wear my Ipod when I run and work out, I need snappy tunes that hold my interest - my current playlist uses more songs from this CD than any other in my collection - I think that's a good measure of the fun you will have with it!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars ...From ArtsyFartsy News, July 2010, August 25, 2010

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Robert Burridge Studio - See all my reviews

This review is from: This Is The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Collection (Audio CD)

More music! My taste in music is rather eclectic. In my studio and during workshops I play many different styles - classical, world, jazz, lounge... This month I wanted to hear jazzy beats and some 60s R&B! Those of you have have been in my workshops have probably heard some these. Enjoy!