Mardi Gras Jazz Celebration
Featuring Mama Digdowns Brass Band and
The Red Rose Ragtime Band
Saturday, February 9, 2008, 7:30 pm
You won't have to go to New Orleans to have some Mardi Gras fun! Mama Digdown's Brass Band and The Red Rose Ragtime Band will heat up the house! Mama Digdown's, a local favorite, has traveled the world playing New Orleans brass band music. The street beat they add has earned them a reputation as one of the hottest and hardest hitting brass bands around. The band has shared bills with such musical legends as The Neville Brothers, Dr. John, The Dirty Dozen, and Buddy Guy.
The Red Rose, from the Chicago area, plays a musical repertoire reflecting almost every aspect of early jazz music including ragtime. The group has, perhaps, the widest variety of traditional jazz sound of any band in America. No matter what the tune, Red Rose plays each in the style in which it was originally played or recorded. It's sure to be a concert where you'll shake what your mama gave ya!
Website: www.mamadigdown.com; www.redrosejazz.com
What audiences are saying:
"I don't know if the folks up there in Wisconsin know what they have, these Digdown cats can play!"
—Bob French, New Orleans
drummer and former member
of Fats Domino's band
Super 8 and TDS
