Youngblood Brass Band
| Youngblood Brass Band | |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Jazz , hip-hop , punk |
| founding | 1997 |
| Website | youngbloodbrassband.com |
| Founding members | |
| David Henzie-Skogen | |
| Nat McIntosh | |
| Current occupation | |
Percussion, vocals |
David Henzie-Skogen |
percussion |
Tom Reschke |
percussion |
Moses Patrou |
percussion |
Jonah Gaster |
Sousaphone |
Nat McIntosh |
| Charley Wagner | |
Trumpet |
Mike Boman |
| Tony Barba | |
saxophone |
Zach Lucas |
| Joe Goltz | |
trombone |
Matt Hanzelka |
| former members | |
Sousaphone |
Arian Macklin |
trombone |
Jerome Harper |
Sousaphone |
Kenny Bentley |
The Youngblood Brass Band is a brass band from North America that combines traditional brass music with hip-hop , funk and jazz . The band was founded in 1997 as One Lard Biskit Brass Band and today consists of eleven members.
history
Foundation and beginnings
In 1994 the singer David Henzie-Skogen went to the local high school in Madison , Wisconsin in search of like-minded people to form a brass band. It was there that he came across Nat McIntosh, who was the sousaphonist for Mama Digdowns Brass Band at the time . Together with Josh Smith ( trumpet ), Ben McIntosh ( trombone ), Jason Smith ( drums ), Mark Chilson (trombone), Garrick Witte (trumpet), Vinnie Okada (alto saxophone ), Matt Picket (trombone), Brian Berkin (saxophone ), Chuck Wagner (trumpet), Joe Goltz, Matt Miller (both trombone), Mike Bonan (trumpet), Matt Rappaport ( percussions ), Carl Bartsch (tenor saxophone) and Jason Flaks (drums) they form a brass band that initially performed under the name One Lard Biskit Brass Band . With this line-up they also played their first album in the style of a classic New Orleans Brass Band, which was released in 1997 under the title "Better Recognize".
The One Lard Biskit Brass Band disbanded as early as 1997 , after which some of the musicians founded the Youngblood Brass Band in the same year .
Musical mix
While the band played exclusively traditional brass music in the first few years, their music was increasingly influenced by hip-hop, jazz and funk and David Henzie-Skogen's vocals alternated with rap passages. The band tore down musical boundaries and combined very different styles into a mix. The bass line of Nat McIntosh's sousaphone in particular makes the music unmistakable. The group works with rapper Talib Kweli , Mike Ladd and Ike Willis , among others .
Replacement
In mid-2009, the departure of the sousaphonist Kenny Bentley, who had supported the band musically since 2004, was announced. Nat McIntosh also left the group temporarily, but has been back in the band since their 2010 European tour. The line-up of the Youngblood Brass Band has since looked like this:
- Dave Henzie-Skogen (percussion, vocals)
- Tom Reschke (percussion)
- Jonah Gaster (percussion)
- Nat McIntosh (Sousaphone)
- Charley Wagner (trumpet)
- Mike Boman (trumpet)
- Joshua Smith (saxophone)
- Joseph Goltz (trombone)
- Matt Hanzelka (trombone)
Collaboration with Bligg
In 2011 the Swiss rapper Bligg re-recorded his album "Bart Aber Herzlich", originally published in 2010, together with the Youngblood Brass Band in their recording studio in the USA. The product of this collaboration was published in 2011 under the title "Brass aber cordially" and promoted by the participating musicians on a joint tour. The Youngblood Brass Band also appeared in 2012 together with Bligg as a show act in the finale of the television show “ The Greatest Swiss Talent ”.
Discography
One Lard Biskit Brass Band
- Better Recognize (1997)
Youngblood Brass Band
- Word On The Street (1998)
- Unlearn (2001)
- Center: Level: Roar (2003)
- Live.Places ( Live album ) (2005)
- Is that a riot? (2006)
- Brass but warmly (2011) - collaboration with Bligg .
- 20 Questions ( EP ) (2013)
- Pax Volumi (2013)
- Covers 1 (2018)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Youngblood Brass Band . On: laut.de
- ↑ KEN BENTLEY sousaphone . On: asphaltorchestra.com
- ^ Daniel Wachter: A star in the brass music sky: The Youngblood Brass Band . On: caboruivo.ch on November 13, 2011
- ↑ Bligg featuring Youngblood Brass Band as a show act in the finale . On: sendungen.sf.tv on March 12, 2012