REBIRTH BRASS BAND

WELLMONT ARTS PLAZA—NJ / AUGUST 4

Rebirth Brass Band brings New Orleans to Montclair as part of the Montclair Jazz Festival's Soundcheck Series, celebrating the cities where jazz was born and continues to evolve. Founded in 1983 by the Frazier brothers – Philip and Keith – Rebirth emerged from the Tremé neighborhood, the oldest Black community in the nation. The band transformed traditional brass band music, infusing second-line rhythms with funk, hip-hop and R&B while maintaining connections to funeral processions and Mardi Gras parades. Their 2012 GRAMMY Award for Best Regional Roots Music Album recognized decades of innovation within tradition. Rebirth's current lineup continues the founding mission: music for dancing, mourning, celebrating, and marching. Tuba, trombones, trumpets, saxophones, and drums create a wall of joyful noise rooted in the streets of the Crescent City. This outdoor concert brings that communal spirit north.  -JZZ