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Allen Toussaint and Trombone Shorty will be featured participants in the nationally televised NBA All-Star game on TNT Sunday, February 17th. Trombone Shorty will perform during the player introductions along with Branford Marsalis, Kermit Ruffins and Rebirth Brass Band. Allen Toussaint will perform at half time as part of an all star lineup of keyboardists also featuring Harry Connick, Jr. and his band with Dr. John, Davell Crawford, Art Neville, Ivan Neville, Jonathan Batiste and Ellis Marsalis. The Dirty Dozen Brass Band will perform throughout the television special on the preceding day which will include the 3-Point Challenge, Slam Dunk competition and skills challenge. The NBA All-Star Game begins at 8 p.m. Eastern (5 p.m. Pacific) at New Orleans Arena. The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Allen Toussaint and Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue are all touring throughout 2008. - see tour dates >> • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Rosebud artists Bettye LaVette and Mavis Staples scored spots in the top 35 of Village Voice's annual "Pazz & Jop Poll" for LaVette’s Scene Of The Crime and Staples’ We'll Never Turn Back. The annual poll combines ballots from 577 critics’ Top 10 lists to acknowledge the best albums of 2007. Additional Rosebud artists whose CDs were honored were Bill Frisell (for his work with Floratone and with Paul Motian and Joe Lovano) Loudon Wainwright III, Meshell Ndegeocello, Ruthie Foster, Pieta Brown, Ann Savoy and the late Muddy Waters. Compilations that featured Rosebud artists were Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur (Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars), Goin Home: A Tribute To Fats Domino (Allen Toussaint, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Trombone Shorty and Marcia Ball) and Song Of America (The Blind Boys of Alabama and Bettye LaVette). See the full list of albums at: Village Voice's annual "Pazz & Jop Poll" >> • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino features Rosebud artists Allen Toussaint, Marcia Ball, Trombone Shorty and The Dirty Dozen Brass Band. On this double-disc tribute, Allen Toussaint joins Paul McCartney on "I Want to Walk You Home” and Marcia Ball pairs up with Irma Thomas for their own rendition of "I Just Can't Get New Orleans Off My Mind". Marcia also sings backing vocals with Dr John on “Don’t Leave Me This Way”. Trombone Shorty also does double duty teaming up with the Rebirth Brass Band and Lenny Kravitz on "Whole Lotta Loving" and also joining with Ivan Nevilles Dumpstaphunk and B B King on “Goin Home” while The Dirty Dozen Brass Band is featured on "Every Night About This Time," along with Joss Stone and Buddy Guy. The album, set for a September 25 release, includes Domino hits such as "Blueberry Hill," "I’m Walkin’," and "Ain’t That a Shame”. Other artists on the album include Willie Nelson, Elton John, Robert Plant, and Neil Young. Proceeds are to be donated to New Orleans Public Schools and fund the reconstruction of Domino’s home, which was severely damaged from Hurricane Katrina. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band have just been confirmed to perform on Live with Regis and Kelly on Thursday, May 24th. The legendary brass band will join one of daytime television's most popular shows as Regis and Kelly visit New Orleans next week for 4 shows. Currently performing in Singapore and Japan, watch for The Dirty Dozen on their extensive, coast to coast US tour this Summer. ..see tour dates >> • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Rosebud artists were honored once again at offBeat Magazine's Best Of The Beat Awards in New Orleans on January 25, 2007. BeauSoleil continued their dominance in the Best Cajun Band category and also picked up Best Cajun Album for their recent CD BeauSoleil: Live in Louisiana (Way Down in Louisiana). As in past years, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band ruled the Best Brass Band Album category, picking up an award for their latest CD on Shout Factory, What's Going On. The Best of the Beat Awards are chosen by New Orleans music fans and offBeat.com and offBeat Weekly readers from around the world. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
The New Orleans Saints returned to the Superdome with a nationally televised grand celebration in which Rosebud artists Allen Toussaint and The Dirty Dozen's Gregory Davis were highly visible. Gregory lead a group of brass musicians to the foot of the stage, preceding a performance by U2 and Green Day. U2's Bono even name dropped Allen Toussaint in the lyric to "Beautiful Day". Later, the national anthem was performed by legendary New Orleans icons Irma Thomas and Allen Toussaint. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
New Orleans' own Dirty Dozen Brass Band and very special guests are paying tribute to Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On, by releasing their reinterpretation of the classic CD on the record’s 35th anniversary. Adding even more weight to the project is the fact that the political and social issues of that era remain relevant today and are emphasized by the fact that the CD is being released on August 29, the anniversary of the Katrina disaster. The Dozen themselves were uprooted by the hurricane and the loss they shared with much of the Gulf Coast community is given voice here by the band and special guests G. Love, Ivan Neville, Bettye LaVette, Guru and Chuck D. The CD is being released by Shout Factory who are donating a portion of the proceeds from the sale of each copy of What’s Going On toTipitina's Foundation, benefiting the music community of New Orleans. ...more on press release >> • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Allen Toussaint and The Dirty Dozen Brass Band are among the all-star cast of the DVD "From The Big Apple to The Big Easy" which documents the benefit concert of the same name held in New York City in September 20, 2005. Allen Toussaint is featured performing solo on “Southern Nights” and with Cyndi Lauper on “Last Train/I Know (You Don’t Want Me No More)”. In addition he shares the stage with and provides accompaniment to Art Neville, Lenny Kravitz, Elvis Costello, Clarence “Frogman” Henry, Jimmy Buffett, Aaron Neville, Cyril Neville and Irma Thomas. The Dirty Dozen Brass Band are featured in performances with Elvis Costello and Dave Bartholomew, Diana Krall with Troy Andrews and Kermit Ruffins. Later, they join The Neville Brothers, The Meters and others in a show closing performance of “When the Saints Go Marching In”. Charlie Musselwhite also performed with Tom Waits at Radio City Music Hall the same evening in a simultaneous show benefiting the same cause. The live concerts raised nearly 9 million dollars for hurricane relief efforts and 100% of the proceeds from this DVD will go toward continuing those efforts. Rhino: "From The Big Apple to The Big Easy" DVD >> • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Saturday, March 18th
Two Rosebud artists joined all-star line-ups to help raise money for victims of Hurricane Katrina in the New York benefit concerts dubbed "The Big Apple to The Big Easy." The Dirty Dozen Brass Band was featured in the fundraiser at Madison Square Garden performing with Elvis Costello, Diana Krall and Dave Bartholomew. They also joined Aaron Neville and a score of other New Orleans performers for the finale of "When the Saints Go Marching In." Charlie Musselwhite lent his support by performing with Tom Waits in a simultaneous benefit concert at Radio City Music Hall. Other performers on the two shows included Simon and Garfunkel, John Fogerty, Elton John, Dave Matthews, Joss Stone, Jimmy Buffet and Lenny Kravitz. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
For the 10th time in the 18 year history of Gambit Weekly's Big Easy Entertainment Awards, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet won the Best Cajun Band Category. The Dirty Dozen Brass Band also took home honors, winning Best Brass Band once again. The Big Easy Awards honor the best of what New Orleans has to offer in Music and Theater. Winners and honorees were feted in New Orleans at The Municipal Auditorium on April 18, 2005. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • The Dirty Dozen Brass Band On Conan February 8!
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The Grammy Awards will be held on February 15, 2005. more info at Grammy.com >> • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • The Dirty Dozen Brass Band's "Funeral for a Friend" In Stores May 3, Special Appearances on New Widespread Panic, Modest Mouse CDs
In the wake of guesting on Dave Matthews’ latest, "Some Devil," The Dozen will appear on the new live Widespread Panic CD, Night of Joy, out March 23 on Widespread/Sanctuary Records. The CD features nine cuts recorded by Widespread Panic and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band in November, 2003 at the relatively intimate confines of the Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues. Tracks include Panic favorites such as "Rebirtha" and "Arleen", as well as covers such as Stevie Wonder's "I Wish" and Bill Withers' "Use Me". In more news of the Dozen being enlisted by their peers, Modest Mouse’s Good News for People Who Like Bad News produced by indie legend Dennis Herring, will be released on Epic Records on 4/27/2004 featuring the Dirty Dozen Brass Band Horns on two tracks. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Funeral for a Friend the new studio album from The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, which teams the Dozen with Producer Craig Street and Engineer Husky Hoskulds, will be released on Ropeadope Records on May 3, 2004. As a special treat to New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fest visitors and Dirty Dozen fans alike, there will be a special "early" release in New Orleans on 4/20/2004! The 10-track CD will feature the gospel and blues roots of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. In the wake of guesting on Dave Matthews’ latest, "Some Devil," The Dozen will appear on the new live Widespread Panic CD, Night of Joy, out March 23 on Widespread/Sanctuary Records. The CD features nine cuts recorded by Widespread Panic and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band in November, 2003 at the relatively intimate confines of the Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues. Tracks include Panic favorites such as "Rebirtha" and "Arleen", as well as covers such as Stevie Wonder's "I Wish" and Bill Withers' "Use Me". In more news of the Dozen being enlisted by their peers, Modest Mouse’s Good News for People Who Like Bad News produced by indie legend Dennis Herring, will be released on Epic Records on 4/27/2004 featuring the Dirty Dozen Brass Band Horns on two tracks. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, DANCING TO NEW ORLEANS is now available on DVD!
More about DANCING TO NEW ORLEANS at Docurama.com >> • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Guest Star on New Dave Matthews Record
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BRAVO Event & Special: Dancing To New Orleans >> • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • The Dirty Dozen Brass Band's Jazz Fest Residency 2003!!
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Offbeat Best Of The Beat Awards Winners >> • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • The Dirty Dozen Liven Up Emeril Live on Food Network, Oct. 2
Amazon.com: The 10 Best Jazz CDs of 2002 >> • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • The Dirty Dozen Liven Up Emeril Live on Food Network, Oct. 2
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Offbeat: July 2002 feature "The Dirty Dozen Brass Band" >> The Dirty Dozen on The World Cafe, July 4th
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The Dirty Dozen Brass Band @ HOB webcast >> • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • The Dirty Dozen Brass Band's Jazzfest Performance Webcast on Riffage Wed July 5 The Dirty Dozen Brass Band was captured during Jazzfest in their New Orleans home. See and hear their show Webcast on Riffage - Wed July 5 at 4:00 pm Pacific Time. Ani DiFranco's show follows. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Video Interview
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band @ HOB webcast >> • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Join Widespread Panic On Record
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The Robert Cray Band and The Dirty Dozen Brass Band featured in Beijing Festival The Robert Cary Band, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Zap Mama and Davíd Garza will be featured in a historic, first of it's kind outdoor festival at Ritan Park in Beijing, China May 14, 15 and 16. This marks the first performances in China for each of the artists who will be joined on the bill by other artists from China and Europe for the rare event. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • The Dirty Dozen Brass Band On New Black Crowes CD
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• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • New Orleans' Mayor Morial Declares August 2 - The Dirty Dozen Day Just back from a brief European tour, The Dirty Dozen will spend the rest of the year touring the US in support of their new Mammoth Records release, Ears To The Wall. The tour kicks off in style - Mayor Marc H. Morial has declared August 2 The Dirty Dozen Day in New Orleans. The group will start the day with an appearance on Morning Show, on New Orleans' CBS affiliate WWL followed by an instore appearance at Tower Records and capped by a headlining date at the legendary Tipitina's club. The new CD is currently #3 on CMJ's Jazz chart. Members of The Dozen are also heard on the new Black Crowes record, Three Snakes And One Charm and their song, "My Feet Can't Fail Me Now" was recently featured in the Steve Martin movie, Sgt. Bilko. The Dirty Dozen will tour America throughout the year, introducing their new lineup and name along with the new record. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Robert Cray's "Well I Lied" in The Truth About Cats and Dogs, The Dirty Dozen's "My Feet Can't Fail Me Now" in Steve Martin's Sgt. Bilko, The Dirty Dozen horns on The Black Crowes new CD, Three Snakes And One Charm
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The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Allen Toussaint And Trombone Shorty Featured in NBA All-Star Festivities
Bettye LaVette, Mavis Staples And More Rosebud Artists Recognized In Village Voice Pazz & Jop Poll
Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino featuring Allen Toussaint, Marcia Ball, Trombone Shorty and The Dirty Dozen Brass Band out September 25
Dirty Dozen Brass Band to appear on Live With Regis and Kelly May 24
BeauSoleil and Dirty Dozen are repeat winners at Best of The Beat Awards
Rosebud artists Allen Toussaint and The Dirty Dozen's Gregory Davis featured in National TV Broadcast of Superdome Re-opening Celebration
The Dirty Dozen Reinterpret Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On For Katrina Anniversary
Allen Toussaint and The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Featured in Katrina Benefit DVD, "From The Big Apple to The Big Easy"
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Charlie Musselwhite Featured in Hurricane Katrina benefit concerts, "The Big Apple to The Big Easy"
BeauSoleil & The Dirty Dozen Repeat At Big Easy Awards
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band has just been confirmed to perform on Late Night With Conan O'Brien on Tuesday February 8, 2005. The band is on tour in support of their latest release, 
Once again, Rosebud artists were honored at 
Rosebud artists have once again scored big in the just announced 
Funeral for a Friend the new studio album from 
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band's "Funeral for a Friend" In Stores May 3, Special Appearances on New Widespread Panic, Modest Mouse CDs
Whether you're a long-time aficionado or a recent convert, DANCING TO NEW ORLEANS will give you a great appreciation for the amazing gumbo that is the music of Louisiana. Jam-packed with live performance footage by The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, 
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band make a guest appearance on Dave Matthews' solo debut "Some Devil" in stores September 23. The Dozen recorded the track "Dodo" with Dave and producer, Steve Harris, which is the opening track on the album. Other guest artists on the record include Trey Anastasio, Tim Reynolds, and The Seattle Symphony. Look for the Dozen on tour throughout 2003 including two Halloween shows with friends Widespread Panic at NYC's Madison Square Garden.
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, 
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, New Orleans' most celebrated brass band and one of the city's most innovative groups, will again perform for 11 consecutive nights during The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. The Second Annual Jazz Fest Residency will begin on Thursday, April 24 and end in the wee hours of Sunday, May 4, all taking place at Twiropa in the New Orleans Warehouse District. Tickets are available at
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band's 
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band will lend their distinctive sound to superstar chef Emeril Lagasse’s program on TV’s Food Network on October 2, 8PM/11PM. This is a part of 7-day series 
The new July issue of 
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band is a special guest at 
The Dirty Dozen will celebrate their 25th anniversary and the release of their new Ropeadope CD, 
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band's 
Be sure to check out The Dirty Dozen Brass Band on their HOB.com Pay-Per-View Webcast recorded January 6, 2001 at The House of Blues in Orlando. The 24-hour pay-per-view webcast begins Thursday, May 24, 12:00 pm PDT / 3:00 pm EDT.
Kevin Harris and Roger Lewis from The Dirty Dozen Brass Band speak about how the group has kept American Music History alive in an interview recorded at the House of Blues Harvard Square on April 17, 2000. Tune in Friday, June 20th at 6pm PDT (9pm EDT) at HOB.com.
The new Widespread Panic live CD, 
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band will spend the Summer on the road in the US and Europe in support of their new 
The Robert Cray Band, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Davíd Garza, and Zap Mama have had to revise their schedules following the cancellation of the Heineken Beat festival originally scheduled for May 14 - 16 in Beijing's Ritan Park. Given the proximity of the venue to the US embassy where demonstrations were taking place and the inability to guarantee the safety of both the performers and attendees, the promoter decided to postpone the event. The Robert Cray Band will resume theirworldwide tour beginning May 26 in Paris. The Dirty Dozen Brass Band will tour most of the summer with Widespread Panic.
While the new John Medeski (Medeski, Martin & Wood) produced Dirty Dozen Brass Band CD won't be out until April, in the meantime, the band can be heard on the new Black Crowes CD, "By Your Side."
Look for The Dirty Dozen to take part in a special Mammoth Records night out on March 12 at Austin's Liberty Lunch along with labelmates Jason & The Scorchers, the Backsliders, Pure and Seven Mary Three as part of the annual South By Southwest conference.
The Dirty Dozen stopped at New York City's Irving Plaza on Saturday August 24 to play on a sold out show with John Hammond and G. Love & Special Sauce. The Black Crowes joined the Dirty Dozen backstage, and leaderChris Robinson joined the band on stage in a lively rendition of "The Nighttime is the Right Time".
The Robert Cray Band's "Well I Lied" appears in the movie and soundtrack CD for the upcoming Truth About Cats and Dogs while The Dirty Dozen's "Feets Can't Fail Me Now" appears in Sargeant Bilco due later this month. The Dozen's new Mammoth CD is due for release in June and the group has also recorded a number of tracks with The Black Crowes for their upcoming CD.