★★★★★
Savoy Jazz The Dirty Dozen Brass Band celebrates their 35th anniversary with seven originals followed by a New Orleans medley and novelty tune. Terence Higgins, who has quietly become their most youthful driving force, contributes one of three straight-forward funk compositions: tuba guru Kirk Joseph's "Jook," trumpeter Gregory Davis' subtle and upbeat "Git Up" and Higgins' powerful "We Gon' Roll (Down in New Orleans)...
- www.relix.com
2012-05-03
★★★★★
Jazz permeates everything in New Orleans, a city where, as Sidney Bechet once said, "Music is as much of a part of death as it is of life." Funeral for a Friend, the stirring new CD from the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, proves that Bechet's remark still holds true...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2012-05-03
★★★★★
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- www.offbeat.com
2012-04-26
★★★★★
High profile link-ups with Elvis Costello and Norah Jones may have alerted the mainstream to their talents, but the Dirty Dozen have been cutting a rug with their dextrous Crescent City jazz for more than 30 years now. The accepted notions of New Orleans brass bands may be muted and sombre (think the opening funeral scene in Live & Let Die), though that only tells part of the story...
- www.recordcollectormag.com
2010-12-21
★★★★★
Many of New Orleans' finest songwriters have taken a shot at addressing Hurricane Katrina and the accompanying devastation with mixed results. All were heartfelt, but often the product didn't work because an overwhelming experience was made to seem smaller and less real as it was fitted into lines that conformed to a rhyme and metric scheme...
- www.offbeat.com
2010-11-09
★★★★★
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- www.offbeat.com
2010-11-02
★★★★★
This bunch has been kicking hard funk in a spirited manner since the late '70s, and the latest offering, a live testament to their prowess, shows they haven't lost a step. Big tuba blasts anchor the shifty horn section as they roar through a spicy gumbo of screeching jazz soul. Wavy guitars and shout vocals interject at opportune moments, but this is primarily a horn band where the solo takes the spotlight. This ain't the Salvation Army band, but salvation is indeed on the menu.
- www.hour.ca
2010-11-02
★★★★★
Track Listing: Snowball; Moose the Mooche; That's How You Got Killed Before; Use Your Brain; Don't Drive Drunk; It's All Over Now; Freakish; Song for Bobe; Remember When; Jungle Blues; Eyomzi; Charlie Dozen; Oop-Pop-a-Dah; Kidd Jordan's Second Line...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2010-08-20
★★★★★
A cherished New Orleans institution, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band has been making its brand of good-time music for 25 years, and the band celebrated this milestone by recording an album that pays tribute to the music of its hometown. Medicated Magic includes compositions by many of the Crescent City's leading musical luminaries, such as Dr. John, Allen Toussaint and the Meters, performed in the Dirty Dozen's trademark high-spirited style...
- www.jazztimes.com
2010-02-19
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