New Orleans Jazz Funeral Bands

A typical jazz funeral begins at a church or funeral home and leads the way to the cemetery. Today anyone can request a jazz funeral.

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They include louis cottrell of the young tuxedo brass band far right.

New orleans jazz funeral bands. The bands themselves are usually available for hire so its not uncommon for average folk to have their own jazz funerals nowadays. When people die in new orleans we like to fill the streets with music a celebration of the persons life as much as a mourning of his or her death. At new orleans jazz funerals which used to be called musical funerals the band plays somberly with spirituals and funeral dirges on the way to the cemetery the procession is led by a parade marshal to clear a way through the crowds followed by the jazz funeral brass band.

How do you have a new orleans jazz funeral. In 2015 the uk based website jazz funeralcouk provided a new orleans style jazz band to lead the funeral procession of former visage frontman steve strange. Historically new orleans jazz funerals were only for musicians or other well known community members.

It is available hereand on amazon for 2000. Mourners are joined by a brass band that plays music that starts off heavy. The dvd new orleans jazz funerals from the inside is an excellent documentary on the new orleans tradition narrated by milton batiste of dejans olympia brass band.

A jazz funeral is a funeral procession accompanied by a brass band in the tradition of new orleans louisiana. Clad in maroon and black stripe. Towards the middle of the 20th century as the movement caught on more social clubs and insurance policies arose to help the underprivileged afford these funerals giving rise to the most celebrated of funerary jazz bands the dirty dozen brass band.

Louis bicycle lewie lederman of the down dirty brass band second from right. Drummers at the funeral of jazz legend danny barker in 1994. Acoustic jass in the funeral procession for.

Over time the jazz funeral tradition grew to become new orleans most honored of funeral ceremonies with horse drawn hearses and parades for fallen police officers well known musicians and other pillars of the community.

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