The New Line Brass Band brings their New Orleans-style street parade jazz to the Mainstay in Rock Hall, Maryland on Friday May 8 at 8:00 p.m. Admission is $20. For information and reservations call 410-639-9133. Information is also available at the Mainstay’s website https://www.mainstayrockhall.org.
The New Line Brass Band plays bluesy New Orleans style parade music in the tradition of Olympia, Treme and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. The core of the group is trumpet and accordion player Zack Smith’s hard-driving Dixie Power Trio with bass player Andy Kochenour, drummer Byron McWilliams and guitarist Chuck Underwood. (Yes, a trio of 4…) The big street parade sound is generated by some of the region’s finest horn players including Dan Haverstock on trombone and Pete BarenBregge on saxophone. The group blends traditional brass band standards, spirituals, zydeco and original compositions into a tasty gumbo with a loose vibe and a funky groove.
Since its inception in 1998, the New Line Brass Band has played the Kennedy Center Millenium Stage, the Great American Brass Band Festival, the 2000 Vice-Presidential debates, the Bluemont Concert Series, and in numerous concert settings and parades. Their debut CD “Bad Spuds” was acclaimed by the Washington Post, and heard in the feature film “Crazy Like A Fox” and the Warner Brothers TV show “Elimidate Deluxe”.
The group will be in Rock Hall to play a school show sponsored by the Rock Hall Elementary School PTA, People’s Bank and the Mainstay. They will stick around for the evening show at the Mainstay.
This is concert is in memory of Allen Malcolm who was a member of the Mainstay Board and a trustee of the John Ben Snow Memorial Trust. The Jon Ben Snow Memorial Trust has funded several Mainstay projects to bring jazz education to young people.
The Mainstay (Home of Musical Magic) is the friendly informal storefront performing arts center on Rock Hall’s old time Main Street. For information and reservations call the Mainstay at 410-639-9133. More information is also available at the Mainstay’s website https://www.mainstayrockhall.org.
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