So I’m doing a contest, like the ones I used to do. Click here and listen to a mystery track on my Vox blog. The first person to correctly name this band – in the comments section here – will win a prize. (Please, only one guess per person.)
That prize is a beautiful little picture book, “Eyes of Eagles,” by New Orleans photographer Christopher Porché West. It’s all about the Mardi Gras Indians. Here’s one of the photos:
My Guess would be The Presavation Hall Jazz Band.
ReplyDelete^ Nice try.
ReplyDeleteThis is Geri Allens song Melchezedik
ReplyDeleteMy Indian Red
ReplyDeleteFessor's Big City Band
Ok I will admit I used Shazam, took the easy way out. I thought I heard Injun Red (so I figured I would use Google but thanks to the App Store Shazam got opened first). I did recognize some New Orleans Flavor and maybe they are named after Professor Longhair or was influenced by him. The song had some familiarity to it, maybe I heard it in my American Jazz class I took as an undergrad at UNO but UBM your music knowledge is way more impressive than mine, so had to open up some help to keep up.
^ You win, 9thWardChick!
ReplyDeleteFessor's Big City Band is from Denmark... led by trombonist Ole "Fessor" Lindgreen.
Hit me with an email, and we'll figure a way for me to deliver your prize to you in person.
undercoverblackman (at) mac (dot) com.
By the way, I just got in from watching Indians all night... at Washington & La Salle. Amazing. Just amazing.
Did you read that NYT article about the Indians' effort to change precedent in owning a type of copyright to an photograph taken when in public? They're arguing that since their "suits" or costumes are so distinctive, they are due a share of any profits from a photograph taken of them.
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