After 35 wonderful years, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band's records are as fun as ever. At this point in its career, the Dirty Dozen has perfected playing along the fine line of being tight enough to keep ...

“You could have the best rock and roll band playing on stage, and a brass band would come and turn the whole house out. Something about that energy that a brass band brings: we got music for your mind ...

Dirty Dozen Brass Band baritone saxophonist Roger Lewis was initially skeptical about revisiting Marvin Gaye's timeless "What's Going On." "When we first were talking about attempting to do Marvin ...

Roger Lewis’ business card says he plays music for all occasions. And after 35 years as a member of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, he’s played small clubs and in front of massive audiences at festival ...

The Grammy Award-winning band, which most recently performed some of the music for Walt Disney World’s new “Tiana’s Bayou ...

Established 40 years ago in New Orleans and taking its name from a popular social club for African-American musicians, this seven-member ensemble has helped revitalize the brass tradition in New ...

The Dirty Dozen Brass Band will perform at 7 p.m., Saturday, June 7, at the Blue Ridge Music Center’s amphitheater at milepost 213 on the Blue Ridge Parkway just south of Galax, Virginia. DaShawn & ...

In the New Orleans of yesteryear, some residents of the Big Easy enjoyed a vital community amenity, the tradition of the social aid and pleasure club. When a resident died, if their family could not ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A founding Dirty Dozen Brass Band member has died. In a social media post, the band announced that drummer Lionel Paul Batiste Jr. died Monday (July 22) night. “R.I.P. to one of ...

Texas Tech University’s Presidential Lecture & Performance Series (PLPS) will host the brass band, Dirty Dozen Brass Band at 7 p.m. Wednesday. The event will be held in the Allen Theatre, inside the ...

NEW ORLEANS — Renowned New Orleans musician and original Dirty Dozen Brass Band member, Lionel Paul Batiste Jr. has died. “R.I.P. to one of the ORIGINAL members of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Lionel ...

At the dawn of the ’70s, Marvin Gaye looked at the hardship and despair in his Detroit and asked a direct question, poignant in its simplicity: “What’s going on?” “Thirty-five years, and we’re still ...