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CRITICAL BRASS

The Street Sound Specialists

About Me

The CRITICAL BRASS brass band brings the swing with their rather rump-thumping trademark blend of New Orleans Hiphop Jazz Dixie Soul Second Line Funk!The only fully-mobile, logarhythmic, hyperthermic, philmelodic orchestra of its kind in the Wild Southwest, the self-sustaining euphoria known as CRITICAL BRASS has performed at many of the hottest spots in town including Temple Bar, House of Blues, The Knitting Factory, The Getty Center, The Conga Room, Fais Do Do, The Derby, Foxx Club, The Skirball Center, Elbo Room (SF), Cat Club, The Onyx Room (SD) and Spaceland. Perennial tours include the San Diego Street Scene, New Orleans Jazz Fest, Long Beach Bayou Fest, and the North Beach (SF) Jazz Fest.Members of the group have been schooled in the New Orleans family tradition, and have performed in many of the most famous venues in the Crescent City such as Preservation Hall, Cafe Brazil, the Louisiana Music Factory, Donna’s, the Jazz & Heritage Festival, the State Palace Theatre, Tipitina's, Funky Butt, House of Blues, Howlin’ Wolf, Joe's Cozy Corner, Caledonia’s, Vaughan’s, Twi-Ro-Pa Mills, Mayoral Inauguration parades, & celebrity funerals, with various legendary New Orleans groups such as Trombone Shorty, James Andrews, the NewBirth, Lil' Rascals and Treme Brass Bands, and members of the Meters, the Neville Brothers, the Rebirth and Dirty Dozen Brass Bands.Their mission is to keep the second-line tradition alive and rump-thumpin' all along the West Coast and right here at home in the Angel City.The music is dynamically-tailored for all occasions including private parties, banquets, cocktail hours, weddings, funerals, nightclubs, street parades, music festivals, farmer's markets, school assemblies, and backyard barbeques. In addition to the full soundscape of an amplified stage set, they are willing, able, and destined to perform unplugged in any geographical setting, with the exception of extreme, brass-eroding weather...--- --- UNITED SWINGDOM presents the CD release CRITICAL BRASS "Sustain the Chain" available for direct purchase through the CDBABY link as well as by download on I-TUNES, Real Rhapsody, Napster, and over 40 other digital distribution networks (see blogs for links).

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Member Since: 9/25/2004
Band Website: cdbaby.com/criticalbrass
Band Members: SCHWEE MICHAEL SCHWARTZ lead vocals, rhymes, alto saxophone ROBBY MARSHALL tenor saxophone DAN WEINSTEIN sousaphone, trombone MIKE BOLGER trumpet, mellophone BENJAMIN ADAMSON trumpet CESAR (CEZ-ONE) VENTURA percussion wildcard GABRIEL ZEKE LOIEDERMAN snare drum RAFI BENJAMIN LOIEDERMAN bass drum, cymbal JUSTIN KIRK trombone I TIMOTHY MOYNAHAN trombone, crinklebone BEN MCINTOSH trombone SHAUNTE PALMER trombone JEROME KIMBLE sousaphone BIG CHIEF ALVIN HARRISON Grand Marshall BESTON BARNETT No Half Steppers SAPC, percussion
Record Label: UNITED SWINGDOM
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

CRITICAL BRASS on the RADIO TONIGHT! 8pm-9pm KXLU 88.9 FM

..> in case you need a break from your OSCAR Partay--CRITICAL BRASS on KXLU 88.9 FM just after the Alma del Barrio showsometime tonight btw 8pm-9pm..>...
Posted by CRITICAL BRASS on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 07:08:00 PST

Mardi Gras Funk on Thursdays in Los Angeles!

  say hey Angelicious Fam, hope y'all are feeling alive and swell, a brisk breeze & a fresh step 4 the homestretch,and CRITICAL BRASS is fixin' to paint the path like a herd of comets across ...
Posted by CRITICAL BRASS on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 01:34:00 PST

The Big Easy Speakeasy underground downtown LA Thursday OCT 26 & other CRITICAL BRASS newsflash

Angel Citizens, autumn ho! Palabra a tu madre,what's the latest, and how's everything tonight?Say hey and light up the switchboard alright!?!CRITICAL BRASS is back with some brand spanking newfresh ou...
Posted by CRITICAL BRASS on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 02:56:00 PST

CRITICAL Christmas Benefit for New Orleans Musician Relief Fund

Dearest Kith, Kin, and Cohort,              Ain't it something how a few months can fadeout the frustration that we felt so fiercely fromHur...
Posted by CRITICAL BRASS on Thu, 08 Dec 2005 10:26:00 PST

Top 10 Editor's Picks in Jazz & HipHop

For the third consecutive month, CRITICAL BRASS 'Sustain the Chain' made the TOP 10 CDbaby Editor's Picks in TWO categories-- HIPHOP (Southern Style) and JAZZ (Dixieland)! This limited-edition FI...
Posted by CRITICAL BRASS on Tue, 27 Sep 2005 05:41:00 PST

New Orleans Sound 4 Higher Ground benefit hosted by CRITICAL BRASS

  (VIP, PLEASE READ THE WHOLE THING AND FORWARD FREELY!) Angel Citizens,        &nb sp;      As you know, one of our most beloved ...
Posted by CRITICAL BRASS on Thu, 08 Sep 2005 03:59:00 PST

One if by lake, two if by river...

So what's so special about New Orleans? Shaw'nuff ain't the high ground... it's the SOUND around town.The sweet people. The home cookin'. The second line.There's no water short of Noah fixin' to put ...
Posted by CRITICAL BRASS on Sat, 03 Sep 2005 08:12:00 PST

ALL PROCEEDS from CD SALES --> NEW ORLEANS HURRICANE RELIEF!

Why not stock up on critical Christmas presents in advance, so that the sweet survivors of the Crescent City Flood can pick up the pieces in time for the holidays this year? Now's the time to give bac...
Posted by CRITICAL BRASS on Thu, 01 Sep 2005 09:28:00 PST

Free the brass, and your mind will follow!

  Alleycats, dapcats, kittycats, fatcats, Junglecats, coolcats, straycats, where y'at? CRITICAL BRASS is fixin' to put an early buckjump on this summer solstice with a TOTALLY FREE SHOW-- &...
Posted by CRITICAL BRASS on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

A New Orleans Hiphop Jazz Dixie Soul Secondline Funk Phenomenon-- this SUN May 22 TEMPLE BAR

Shaloha Angel City, The CRITICAL BRASS is back. Fresh tracks, IPO, debutante ball. Steamin' off the tarmac. Double deep sousaphunk, Soul says listen, but Body must bust...
Posted by CRITICAL BRASS on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST