Mama Digdown's Brass Band Explained

Mama Digdown's Brass Band
Background:group_or_band
Origin:Madison, Wisconsin
Genre:Brass band
New Orleans jazz
Funk
Years Active:1993 - present

Mama Digdown's Brass Band is an eight-piece American brass band from Madison, Wisconsin.

History

Mama Digdown's Brass Band was formed by two former University of Wisconsin-Madison music students, Erik Jacobson and Christopher "Roc" Ohly.[1] The group played its first shows in Madison, Wisconsin in 1993, at the local Art Fair on the Square. They released four full-length albums over the next several years, and followed with the live album Delicious, recorded in Madison, in late 2002.[2]

The group has done concert tours across the United States and Europe.[3] [4] Their 2006 live album Ascona was recorded at a Switzerland jazz festival.[5] In December 2009 they released their fifth studio album, We Make 'Em Say Ooh,[6] [7] and followed up the album's release with shows during Mardi Gras season in New Orleans.[8] They are planning to release an album of Michael Jackson covers entitled Brass Jackson in 2016.[9]

Discography

Members

Current
Former

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=207463 Mama Digdown's Brass Band 15th Anniversary Party
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20121103021344/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-97320614.html Review of Delicious
  3. http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2009/06/18/mama-digdowns-brass-band-thursday-at-the-surf-club/ Mama Digdown's Brass Band Thursday at the Surf Club
  4. http://www.citypaper.com/digest.asp?id=18254 Bertha Meets Mama Digdown
  5. http://www.avclub.com/madison/events/mama-digdowns-brass-band,148533/ Mama Digdown's Brass Band
  6. http://www.dane101.com/music/2009/12/11/reviewing_the_neighbors_mama_digdown_s_brass_band_we_make_em_say_ooh Album Review
  7. http://host.madison.com/entertainment/city_life/article_5f0570ba-fb1b-5d47-9082-ed910445a32c.html Recent Obsessions: Mama Digdown
  8. http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/Event?oid=1393880 Mama Digdown's Brass Band
  9. http://www.avclub.com/madison/articles/mama-digdowns-brass-band-to-record-brassedup-micha,36139/ Mama Digdown's Brass Band to record brassed-up Michael Jackson tribute