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
- North of New Orleans (1996)
- Big Boy (1998)
- Slippery 7 (1999)
- Mama's House (2001)
- Delicious: Live at the King Club (2002)
- The Digdown Decade (2005)
- Ascona (2006)
- We Make 'Em Say Ooh (2009)
- Live (2012)
- Bootleg Series Vol. 1: Majestic Theater, Madison 1.7.17 (2017)
- Outstanding b/w Just the Two of Us (2020)
- Bootleg Series Vol. 2: Live at the Green Mill 2005 (2021)
Members
- Current
- Erik Jacobson - Sousaphone / Leader
- Christopher 'Roc' Ohly - Saxophone / Leader
- Jeff 'K-Town' Maddern - Trumpet
- Ben 'Kid' Bell Bern - Trumpet
- Jordan Cohen - Snare Drum
- Chris diBernardo - Bass Drum
- Matt Hanzelka - Trombone
- Joe Goltz - Trombone
- Darren Sterud - Trombone
- Nat Macintosh - Trombone
- Former
- Dave Skogen - Snare Drum
- Mike Boman
- Steve Rogness
- Nick Bartell
- Evan 'Basic Sam' Morgan
- Moses Patrou
- Tom Leith
- Scott Campbell
- Ben Mcintosh
- Michael Hanson
External links
Notes and References
- http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=207463 Mama Digdown's Brass Band 15th Anniversary Party
- https://web.archive.org/web/20121103021344/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-97320614.html Review of Delicious
- 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
- http://www.citypaper.com/digest.asp?id=18254 Bertha Meets Mama Digdown
- http://www.avclub.com/madison/events/mama-digdowns-brass-band,148533/ Mama Digdown's Brass Band
- http://www.dane101.com/music/2009/12/11/reviewing_the_neighbors_mama_digdown_s_brass_band_we_make_em_say_ooh Album Review
- http://host.madison.com/entertainment/city_life/article_5f0570ba-fb1b-5d47-9082-ed910445a32c.html Recent Obsessions: Mama Digdown
- http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/Event?oid=1393880 Mama Digdown's Brass Band
- 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
