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Second line parades are part of the cultural heritage of New Orleans. The locally best known second line parades are held by clubs and benevolent organizations. Some have long histories; the oldest such organization still holding regular parades is the Young Men Olympian Junior Benevolent Association, founded in 1884.
Drummers at the funeral of jazz musician Danny Barker in 1994. They include Louis Cottrell, (great-grandson of New Orleans' innovative drumming pioneer, Louis Cottrell, Sr. and grandson of New Orleans clarinetist Louis Cottrell, Jr.) of the Young Tuxedo Brass Band, far right; Louis "Bicycle Lewie" Lederman of the Down & Dirty Brass band, second from right.
Hot Tamale Brass Band is a brass band that plays traditional New Orleans jazz, dixieland, jazz funeral and funky second line music. The band is based in the Boston area. The band has nine full-time members, sometimes performing as small as a quintet, other times performing with as many as 42 members for a Disney special event.
Funeral for a Friend is a documentation of a New Orleans "funeral with music", the original environment of the brass band form. They appeared on the 2005 benefit album A Celebration of New Orleans Music to Benefit MusiCares Hurricane Relief 2005 , and on two tracks on Modest Mouse 's album Good News for People Who Love Bad News .
Tresillo is also heard prominently in New Orleans second line music. Jelly Roll Morton in 1917–1918. Early New Orleans jazz bands had habaneras in their repertoire and the tresillo/habanera figure was a rhythmic staple of jazz at the turn of the 20th century.
Singer-songwriter Brittany "Britti" Guerin's debut release from Easy Eye Sound, "Hello, I'm Britti," arrived on Feb. 2.
Two people were killed and 11 others were hurt in two shootings that erupted 45 minutes apart near a second line parade in New Orleans on Sunday afternoon, authorities said. Ten were shot in the ...
The first two selections on the album are played by the Wynton Marsalis Sextet. The remaining three tracks (side B on the original LP release), a set entitled "New Orleans Function", feature the sextet with additional New Orleans musicians in a style influenced by the traditional New Orleans brass band. This section mirrors a traditional jazz funeral, with a dirge-like first selection ("The ...