Dirty Dozen Brass Band baritone saxophonist Roger Lewis was initially skeptical about revisiting Marvin Gaye's timeless "What's Going On." "When we first were talking about attempting to do Marvin ...

Before they were playing jazz festivals all over the world, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band honed their skills in a small bar called the Glass House in one of New Orleans’ toughest neighborhoods. The first ...

Earlier this year, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band performed for NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series. The seven-piece group brought the 40 years of experience under its collective belt to a national audience ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (NEWS RELEASE) - Formed in 1977, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band are the pioneers of the modern New Orleans brass band movement and are referred to as the brass band equivalent of Duke ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A founding Dirty Dozen Brass Band member has died. In a social media post, the band announced that drummer Lionel Paul Batiste Jr. died Monday (July 22) night. “R.I.P. to one of ...

The Tipitina’s Record Club’s current release, “Dirty Dozen Brass Band with Dizzy Gillespie: Live in New Orleans,” brings up some old memories for Gregory Davis. The Dirty Dozen trumpeter and ...

Do you ever think about where bands start and then where they end up, and what on Earth the people who started the band would’ve thought about where it would take them if they’d had any idea? Take, ...

Lionel Paul Batiste Jr., one of the original members of Dirty Dozen Brass Band, has passed away. The news of his passing was posted via the band’s Instagram account on Monday, July 22, stating: “R.I.P ...

In the New Orleans of yesteryear, some residents of the Big Easy enjoyed a vital community amenity, the tradition of the social aid and pleasure club. When a resident died, if their family could not ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — One of the original members of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Lionel Paul Batiste Jr., has died. The band made the announcement through a social media post on Monday, July 22.

The New Orleans super sensation, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, offers a 'street to stardom' music story and sound, that leaves you bebopping. They come to strut their stuff on April 13 at Broward Center for ...

Texas Tech University’s Presidential Lecture & Performance Series (PLPS) will host the brass band, Dirty Dozen Brass Band at 7 p.m. Wednesday. The event will be held in the Allen Theatre, inside the ...