Music:
Member Since: 6/25/2006
Band Website: www.pozazz.com"pozazz.com
Band Members:
The Pozazz Alumni on MySpace:Charlie V.AsaliTimekeeperBorn2liberateDaymon ArnoldEZ/CandymanDynomite Dave SoulIyaRah/TonyTreez
Other Members past and present includes:
Danielle Gilyot,
Jack Manson,
Felice Guillmont and
Briana Burgau
Influences:
In Honor of ELUARD A. BURT, II (February 15, 1937 - August 5, 2007)Born and raised in New Orleans, Eluard A. Burt,II is a flautist, percussionist, keyboardist, a writter, a choreographer, a director, a producer and music historian. His life has been entrenched in the music and culture of New Orleans.From the early 1950's to the present, Eluard has been a participant and contributing member of the New Orleans music world. As a teenager he played reeds in the bands of some greats such as Chuck Willis, Big Joe Turner, and The Dominoes. While playing both the tenor and the baritone saxophones in Chuck Willis' band, his first recorded sound was on the original cuts of "C.C. Ryder," and "Betty and Dupree."
During a four-year tour of duty in the Air Force, Eluard won the yearly Master of Ceremonies competition each year and traveled with the Special Service "Tops in Blue" as an MC and vocalist. Following his Air Force tour he returned to the New Orleans music scene as a flautist.By the spring of 1959, Eluard (who was also playing congas and piano), and a host of other conga players would gather on the lakefront East of Franklin Ave. on Sundays playing well into the night. There, what has become known as Afro Music (New Orleans Style) was born. In the summer of 1960 Eluard formed The Crescents Quartet, with Alfred "Uganda" Roberts, Earl Tillman, and Richard Washington. By the summer of 1961 dancers from local senior high schools joined the group and the first Afro Music and Dance workshops and concerts developed. Besides the dancers, Eluard added voices with "Spoken Word" artist, including himself, to the shows, developing the first Jazz and Poetry performances in and around New Orleans.Starting at Vernons', the Afro Music and Dance Co., which now included the "Spoken Word" artist, performed at various venues in and around the city. By 1963 the dancers and poets began to fade out. The musicians from The Afro Music and Dance Co. played French Quarter coffee houses, clubs and theaters including Al Hurt's, the Play Boy Club, and the Royal Arts Theater. Barely a year later, in 1964, Eluard had a group called the Afro-American Ensemble which performed Jazz and Poetry at The Fencing Masters in the French Quarter.
In 1967 Eluard was hired as theater director for Free Southern Theater. There he re-instituted the jazz and poetry performances. In addition, he started writing, acting, music and dance workshops which were directly related to the development of the first Afro Arts Festivals at Dillard, Southern, Xavier, Tulane University's and University of New Orleans. By 1969 Eluard had begun to play Afro Music for the mass in local Catholic Churches. He performed and choreographed dancers and school children for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Mass at Xavier University.
1970 - 71 Eluard worked with the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Productions. In 1972 he organized Music and Dance workshops for children and adolescents at St. Marks Community Center. The New Orleans Afro Music Co.'s last performance under Eluard was at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in the spring of 1980.From the end of 1980 to the end of 1992 Eluard lived in and traveled both Northern and Southern California. During that time he did an extensive amount of writing, creating a great deal of original music which he played with groups such as N.O. Heritage, a group of New Orleans musician transplants.Since his return to New Orleans at the end of 1992 Eluard has had his finger on the pulse of the local music scene. His home coming gig with Eluard & Co. was at the now defunct Charlie B's. He has played and /or sat in around town with many of his old cronies as well as many of the youngsters including Irie Vibrations, Banda Logun, PoZazz, Cyril Neville and The Uptown All-Stars, and of course his own, or collaborative groups.From the fall of 1994, when Eluard developed the Jazz and Poetry Ensemble, he has produced dozens of shows, with not only Jazz and Poetry, but also vocals, dance, Mardi Gras Indians, and occasionally visual art exhibits, around the city. The groups continue to evolve with Eluard and a community of artists. In early 1995 Eluard trained a group of young musicians (ages eight to 22) in a brass and rhythm band. He has also provided private instruction for the children of several of his friends both individually and in groups.In the spring of 1995 Eluard played flute on the music score for the movie tentatively titled "Follow Me Home." He currently appears prominently in a documentary film on Rap music in freestyle form titled, "Freestyle," which will be presented at Sundance. He has done some acting as an extra in a couple of other films. Eluard recent CD released is entitled "Gumbolia" (2001). :
Sounds Like: A Great Time!
Record Label:
POZAZZ INC./7 ENTERTAINMENT, LLC.
Type of Label: Indie
