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Crediting Our Cultural and Musical Influences
April 18, 2023This month, we will honor Rebirth Brass Band co-founder and writer of "It's Later Than You Think...February 12, 2023For our January 2023 entry we are featuring the song “Do Whatcha Wanna” and the deep history it...October 12, 2022Time to recognize: "Planet Gibbous" by Hypnotic Brass Ensemble! We have appreciated playing this...August 22, 2022Next in our series honoring the origins of the music we play is Charles Albert Tindley. Born...May 30, 2022Trombone Shorty (born Troy Andrews on January 2, 1986) is one of the amazing young millennial...April 26, 2022One of the songs in our book that we’ve played for years is Never Gonna Let You Go. It is not the...March 28, 2022Time to recognize: La Misma Canción, by Ozomatli (track 12 off their self-titled debut studio...February 27, 2022Today, we’re honoring the history of “Grazing in the Grass,” originally recorded by Hugh Masekela...January 29, 2022Attribution time! This month we’re focusing on Canaan Land - a traditional spiritual that’s been...December 8, 2021Giving credit: Abdullah Ibrahim (b. 1934, and formerly known as Dollar Brand) is a brilliant...November 25, 2021Contrary to what the lyrics may suggest ("money, money, money, money!"), the song that we play by...October 7, 2021We are the SLSAPSBB and we play cross-cultural music in the Second Line Style, developed by Black...
