The Dirty Dozen Brass Band

Hailing from New Orleans, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band has been at the forefront of the brass band revival for over four decades, blending traditional New Orleans brass band music with funk, bebop, and R&B influences. Don't miss your chance to witness their infectious energy, unparalleled musicianship, and the sheer joy they bring to every performance.

In 1977, The Dirty Dozen Social Aid and Pleasure Club in New Orleans began showcasing a traditional Crescent City brass band. It was a joining of two proud, but antiquated, traditions at the time: social aid and pleasure clubs dated back over a century to a time when black southerners could rarely afford life insurance, and the clubs would provide proper funeral arrangements. Brass bands, early predecessors of jazz as we know it, would often follow the funeral procession playing somber dirges, then once the family of the deceased was out of earshot, burst into jubilant dance tunes as casual onlookers danced in the streets. By the late '70s, few of either existed. The Dirty Dozen Social Aid and Pleasure Club decided to assemble this group as a house band, and over the course of these early gigs, the seven-member ensemble adopted the venue's name: The Dirty Dozen Brass Band.

Now celebrating over 45 years since their founding in 1977, the GRAMMY Award-winning New Orleans-based Dirty Dozen Brass Band has taken the traditional foundation of brass band music and incorporated it into a blend of genres, including bebop jazz, funk and R&B/soul. This unique sound, described by the band as a “musical gumbo”, has allowed the Dirty Dozen to tour across five continents and more than thirty countries, record twelve studio albums and collaborate with a range of artists from Modest Mouse to Widespread Panic to Norah Jones. Forty-five plus years later, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band is a world-famous music machine whose name is synonymous with genre-bending romps and high-octane performances.

Band Members:
Roger Lewis - Baritone Sax/Vocals
Gregory Davis - Trumpet/Vocals
Kirk Joseph - Sousaphone
Trevarri Huff-Boone - Tenor Sax/Vocals
Stephen Walker - Trombone/Vocals
Julian Addison - Drums
Takeshi Shimmura - Guitar

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Bennett began DJing two decades ago in Baltimore. Bennett joined the team at Amoeba Records Hollywood in 2009 where developed a deep knowledge of music history in a multitude of genres. During his time in Los Angeles, Bennett gained a reputation for playing DJ sets which celebrate the complex influences of New Orleans on American popular music ranging from Jazz, Funk and Soul to Hip Hop, Bounce and R&B. Bennett has opened for a diverse group of artists that includes the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Charles Bradley, Barrington Levy, the Soul Rebels featuring Talib Kweli, Trombone Shorty, DJ Pee Wee (Anderson Paak) and the Wu Tang Clan. Bennett is currently working as Music Director for the Hoka shoe brand conference and runs a monthly DJ series in Culver City every second Friday for the Night Market at Ivy Station.

This performance is made possible in part by grants from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Department of Arts and Culture

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