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>>> GOOD
>>> GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO NEW DAY NORTHWEST.
STARTING OFF WITH A CHICAGO
BAND THAT BLENDS NEW ORLEANS
STYLE JAZZ AND HIP-HOP AND
FUNK AND LOTS OF OTHER THINGS.
HERE TO GET YOU UP ON YOUR FEET
IS THE LOWDOWN BRASS BAND.
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GOOD
GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. WE ARE THE LOWDOWN BRASS BAND
FROM CHICAGO ILLINOIS.
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COME
COME ON
COME ON OVER. THE ONLY THING THAT COULD'VE
MADE IT BETTER WOULD BE IF WE
ALL HAD A GOLD CUP AND WE WILL
BE SET.
BE SET.
BE SET. WOULD YOU INTRODUCE US TO
EVERYBODY?
EVERYBODY? >> FROM THE FAR END ON
TRUMPETS, SAM JOHNSON AND
TRUMPET LEAD VOCALS SHANE
JONAS.
JONAS.
JONAS. IN
JONAS. IN THE BACK ON THE DRUMS JOHN
BARR BUSH.
BARR BUSH. MATTHEW DAVIS.
MATTHEW DAVIS. COMING ACROSS THE FRONT OUR Mc
BILL AND TROMBONES ANDREW AND
RAFFAELLA COFFEE.
RAFFAELLA COFFEE. >> GOT TO HAVE GOOD HORNS.
>> TELL US ABOUT HOW YOU GOT
TOGETHER?
TOGETHER?
TOGETHER? >> WE JUST CELEBRATED OUR 15
YEAR ANNIVERSARY.
YEAR ANNIVERSARY. WE ARE A BUNCH OF OLD MEN IN A
YOUNG MAN'S GAME.
>> YOU SOUND GREAT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE NEW ORLEANS.
YOU'RE BASED IN CHICAGO RIGHT?
>> MOST OF US, ALL OF US PRETTY
MUCH GRAVITATED TO CHICAGO AS A
MECCA FOR JAZZ AND HORNS AND
FUNK AND HIP-HOP AND MUSIC OF
ALL SORTS AND YOU CAN HEAR SOME
OF THE INFLUENCES AND IT JUST
BECAME OUT OF KIND A LIKE
HANGING OUT JAM SESSIONS.
HE PLAYS DRUMS BY TROMBONE AND
DRUMS AND SOUSAPHONE AND ADD A
COUPLE OF DRINKS AND IT BECAME
THIS KINDA CHEMISTRY THE
STARTED OUT OF A FRIENDSHIP AND
IT HAS EVOLVED IN HERE WE ARE.
>> AND IT IS KIND OF THIS
QUINTESSENTIAL AMERICAN MUSIC
THAT YOU GUYS ARE PLAYING
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. >>
THERE. >> HAVE YOU GUYS PLAYED SEATTLE
BEFORE?
BEFORE?
BEFORE? >> WE PLAYED LAST YEAR.
>> GREAT.
>> GREAT.
>> GREAT. ANOTHER GREAT VENUE TONIGHT.
THERE ARE ACTUALLY AS MANY AS
11 IF YOU.
HE TURNED UP TO 11 WITH THE
BAND SOMETIMES.
BAND SOMETIMES. AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT ALL
THAT IN THE BAND.
>> IT IS TOUGH IN OUR SPACE.
>> IT SEEMS TO BE THE MAGIC
NUMBER ON THE ROAD.
>> WE HAD ANOTHER TROMBONE.
>> DO YOU GUYS HAVE PARTICULAR
MUSICAL INFLUENCES OVER THE
YEARS?
YEARS?
YEARS? >>
YEARS? >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. COMING FROM THOSE KIND OF
CLASSIC CORN BANDS, FROM TOWER
POWER AND CHASE AND EARTH WIND
AND FIRE.
AND FIRE.
AND FIRE. ESPECIALLY COMING FROM CHICAGO
AND THE PHARAOHS.
BUT THEN YOU START GETTING INTO
TRADITIONAL NEW ORLEANS MUSIC,
LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND THE BRASS
BANDS, DIRTY DOZEN AND GET INTO
THE HIP-HOP GENRE WHICH IS A
WHOLE WIDE-OPEN ARENA. A TRIBE
CALLED QUEST.
CALLED QUEST. COMMON, --
COMMON, -- >> THAT IS A PRETTY GOOD
PLAYLIST.
PLAYLIST.
PLAYLIST. >> WRITE THAT DOWN AND PUT IT
IN SPOTIFY AND YOU ARE GOOD TO
GO.
GO.
GO. WHEN
GO. WHEN YOU HAVE THIS MANY PEOPLE
IN THE BAND WHAT IS IT LIKE
TRAVELING TOGETHER?
TRAVELING TOGETHER? >> I BARELY MANAGE THAT WITH MY
HUSBAND AND ME.
I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW
THIS ALL WORKS.
>> IS TOUGH.
THERE ARE A LOT OF EGOS.
VERY WORTH STRONG, INDEPENDENT
CREATIVE PEOPLE THAT, WANT
THEIR VOICES TO BE HEARD.
>> THE VOTE IS IN ROCK PAPER
SCISSORS?
SCISSORS?
SCISSORS? >> IT IS MORE OF, IT IS PRETTY
DEMOCRATIC AS FAR AS LIKE IF
THERE IS A GENERAL SENTIMENT
THAT WERE TRYING TO BRING
FORWARD.
FORWARD.
FORWARD. WE WILL BRING IT TO REHEARSAL
AND IT IS PRETTY MUCH, GO ROUND
AND IS THUMBS UP AND THUMBS
DOWN.
DOWN.
DOWN. LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS.
SO IT INITIALLY STARTS OUT OF
SOMEONE'S, COMPOSING OR BRINGING
IN A TUNE THAT THEY LIKE AND
THEN WE COME TO PASS IT AROUND,
REHEARSAL AND SEE IF IT FITS
AND WHAT WE CAN DO WITH IT AND
TWEAK IT AND TRY TO MAKE IT OUR
OWN.
OWN.
OWN. >>
OWN. >> YOU MUST BE SUCCESSFUL OR
YOU WOULDN'T BE TOGETHER FOR 15
YEARS.
YEARS.
YEARS. >>
YEARS. >> WE GOT SOMETHING.
IN WE WILL SEE?
>> WHO IS THE SLOPPIEST ON THE
TOUR?
TOUR?
TOUR? WHO'S THE ONE WHO'S FOOD
WRAPPERS ARE ALWAYS THERE.
A FILE THERE WAS AN ANSWER OVER
THERE SOMEWHERE.
THERE SOMEWHERE. >> HOW DID I KNOW?
>> YOU ARE IN MY TRY THEM.