Three New Releases – Many Artists at Jazz Fest

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We’ve been been dedicated to putting out the best music from New Orleans for over twenty years. Jazz Fest in New Orleans is here, and now is your chance to see great performances from the artists putting out these three new releases, as well as many more!

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Bonerama – Bonerama Plays Zeppelin

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For over twenty years Bonerama has been breaking down expectations of what a rock band can be by rocking people’s socks off with three trombones in the front line backed by sousaphone, guitar, and drums, frequently playing funked-up, brassy renditions of classic rock songs. Their latest album, Bonerama Plays Zeppelin, tackles covers of the ultimate rock band Led Zeppelin in ways you couldn’t imagine. The album is available in a variety of unique, limited vinyl formats, pick one up before they run out!

Buy Bonerama Plays Zeppelin

AT JAZZ FEST
4/26 – Gentilly Stage – 12:30 PM
4/26 – CD/Vinyl Signing – AARP Rhythmpourium Tent – 2:30 PM
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Davell Crawford – Dear Fats, I Love You

Davell Crawford, “The Piano Prince of New Orleans” is paying respect to his close friend Antoine ‘Fats’ Domino, the renowned New Orleans piano-player and vocalist who passed away in 2017. Dear Fats, I Love You finds Crawford playing fifteen of Domino’s most famous songs on solo piano including “Ain’t That A Shame,”“Blueberry Hill,” and “I’m Walkin'” in a tasteful tribute to the king of R&B.

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AT JAZZ FEST
4/27 – Interview of Davell Crawford by Herman Fuselier – Alison Miner Music Heritage Stage – 4:45 PM
4/28 – Tribute to Dave Bartholomew and Fats Domino with Special Guests Bonnie Raitt, Irma Thomas, Davell Crawford, Jon Cleary, and Al “Lil Fats” Jackson featuring the Fats Domino Orchestra – Acura Stage – 12:15 PM
4/28 – Blues Tent – 3:00 PM
5/3 – Festival Ancestor Statue Unveiling Honoring Henry Butler w/Davell Crawford on Keys – 1:10 PM
5/5 – Tribute to Allen Toussaint – Acura Stage – 1:25 PM
5/5 – Tribute to Raymond Myles feat. The RAMS and Special Guest Davell Crawford – Gospel Tent – 3:45 PM
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Lena Prima – Prima La Famiglia

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Lena Prima’s first album on Basin Street Records, Prima La Famiglia, debuted at #10 on the Billboard Jazz Charts for good reason. The polished big-band/swing album explores many songs from the songbook of her father, Louis Prima, the legendary singer and trumpeter from New Orleans. Lush orchestrations and arrangements of these classic songs carry on the Italian-American tradition of the Prima family name.

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AT JAZZ FEST
5/2 – Economy Hall Tent – 2:20 PM
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Jazzfest Starts Thursday!

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The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival starts Thursday. The Fairgrounds and the clubs will be packed with music everyday. Check out our artists’ schedules on our Events page, and check out the new releases just in time for Jazzfest from Bonerama and Davell Crawford, as well as recent releases from Lena Prima, and several of our artists on the compilation, Live at the Little Gem Saloon: Basin Street Records Celebrates 20 Years!

At the Fairgrounds —> Thursday, April 25th: Bill Summers, Jason Marsalis. Friday, April 26th: Bonerama. Saturday, April 27th: Rebirth Brass Band, Dr.Michael White, Davell Crawford. Sunday, April 28th: Davell Crawford, Jon Cleary, Dr.Michael White, Jason Marsalis. Thursday, May 2nd: Lena Prima. Friday, May 3rd: Jason Marsalis, Davell Crawford, Kermit Ruffins. Saturday, May 4th: Jeremy Davenport. Sunday, May 5th: Jon Cleary, Davell Crawford, Dr.Michael White, Kermit Ruffins.

French Quarter Festival!

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French Quarter Festival 2019 Fans Enjoying Kermit Ruffins on the Abita Beer Stage!

French Quarter Fest began today, and Kermit Ruffins kicked things off for Basin Street Records on the Abita Beer stage! Later today, find Grammy winning Rebirth Brass Band and Grammy winner Jon Cleary (unfortunately on different stages at about the same time).

Tomorrow, Friday, April 12th at 10:10am, Lena Prima will be interviewed by Angela Hill on WWL Radio, 105.3 FM and 870 AM, or listen online anywhere! She performs at 12:30p at French Quarter Festival and will be broadcast by WWOZ 90.7 FM or www.wwoz.org around the world!

Saturday, April 13th WWOZ will broadcast Bill Summers from French Quarter Fest at 5:30p.

Sunday, catch both Bonerama (5:20p) and Jeremy Davenport (2:20p) there!

Bonerama Plays Zeppelin

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Pre-Order Now and get “Good Times, Bad Times” as an instant digital download. Featuring the scorching-hot vocals of none other than Michael Mullins, the 18-year old son of Bonerama founding member, Mark Mullins.

“Bonerama is viewed by some as one of the most genuine, unique and interesting bands to come from the Crescent City, incorporating brass, funk, soul, rock, blues and alternative into their one-of-a-kind sound. Three trombones, plus sousaphone, guitar and drums all deliver powerful sounds that you have to hear to believe.”

– Relix Magazine

Included in “New Orleans Jazz Fest 2018: The 7 Best Things We Saw” – Rolling Stone

Anybody who’s been to a Bonerama live show is no stranger to the band laying down some funked-up, brassy renditions of classic rock songs. Fans of those moments are in for a treat, because the band is gifting the world an album of nothing but Led Zeppelin covers. Bonerama Plays Zeppelin is exactly what you think it is, a collection of your favorite songs from the greatest rock band of all time covered by the greatest trombone band of all time. If you have any doubt that a Trombone-centric band can really rock, pick a tune at random from this release, and be defied. Whether it be the lava-hot vocals on “Black Dog”, the distorted wah-wah trombone replacing the traditional guitar on “In My Time of Dying”, or even a surreal lightning-fast sousaphone solo on the funkified version of “Heartbreaker,” Bonerama proves they can rock with the best of them.

Photo by Dave Vann

Known the world over for its incendiary live performances, Bonerama has been bringing its specialized brand of New Orleans music to the masses for over 20 years. Bonerama is currently comprised of Mark Mullins (trombone, electric trombone and lead vocals), Craig Klein (trombone and lead vocals), Greg Hicks (trombone and vocals), Bert Cotton (guitar), Matt Perrine (sousaphone and electric bass) and Walt Lundy (drums and vocals).

The album comes to you from New Orleans stalwart label, Basin Street Records, the second on the label following 2017’s Hot Like Fire. It was produced by Mark Mullins, Craig Klein and Tracey Freeman, recorded at Music Shed Recording Studios in New Orleans, and features outstanding original artwork re-imagining the classic Zeppelin symbology by Molly Reeves. Buy from Basin Street Records webstore, or get a physical copy to receive the bonus track “The Ocean”!

Upcoming Tour Dates

2/28/2019 – Narrows Center for the Arts – Fall River, MA
3/2/2019 – Cavern Club – Bonerama Gets The Led Out – Boston, MA
3/7/2019 – South on Main – Little Rock, AR
3/15/2019 – Catholic High School Gym – Baton Rouge, LA
3/16/2019 – Columbia Street Tap Room – Covington, LA
3/21/2019 – Riverfront Live – Cincinatti, OH
3/22/2019 – The Bootleg – St. Louis, MO
3/23/2019 – The Cubby Bear – Chicago, IL
3/24/2019 – Shank Hall – Milwaukee, WI
3/30/2019 – Magic Hat Artifactory – Burlington, VT
4/14/2019 – French Quarter Fest – New Orleans, LA
4/19/2019 – Tipitina’s Album Release Party – New Orleans, LA
4/14/2019 – French Quarter Fest – New Orleans, LA
4/19/2019 – Tipitina’s Album Release Party – New Orleans, LA
4/26/2019 – New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival – New Orleans, LA
4/26/2019 – Rock n Bowl – New Orleans, LA
4/27/2019 – The Howlin’ Wolf – New Orleans, LA
5/3/2019 – Rock n Bowl – New Orleans, LA
5/5/2019 – House of Blues, The Parish – New Orleans, LA
6/1/2019 – Happy Valley Music Fest – State College, PA
6/21/2019 – Rochester International Jazz Festival – Rochester, NY
6/22/2019 – Rochester International Jazz Festival – Rochester, NY

Lena Prima’s Prima La Famiglia is Out Today!

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A standing ovation . . . Lena has the panache of her father.

The Chicago Tribune
Enjoy a taste of the making of the album with this short video

Lena Prima, the daughter of the famed New Orleans trumpeter/vocalist, Louis Prima, releases Prima La Famiglia on Basin Street Records today!

Release Party

A release party for the album will be held on Thursday, February 7 at 5 PM at The Jazz Playhouse in the Royal Sonesta Hotel at 300 Bourbon Street, New Orleans, LA 70130. Passed hor’s d’ouvres will be served. Join us for a great night of music celebrating this fine release.

About the Album

The heart of the album is in the title: Family. A proud Italian-American and longtime advocate of the Italian-American community, Prima set out to make an album of quintessential songs for the Italian-American family. In her own words, “It’s the music that Italian-Americans grew up with back in the 40s that carried on throughout generations. They played this music in their family homes, at Sunday dinners, weddings, and they are just beloved songs.” Lena Prima further solidifies the family theme with the fact that every track on the album (save the classic traditional Sicilian folk song “Cu Ti Lu Dissi”) was at one time performed by her late father, Louis Prima. While Prima La Famiglia pays tribute to her father in this way, Lena offers fresh interpretations and a vocal style that are all her own bolstered by new, lush arrangements and orchestrations from Lawrence Sieberth that give the album an overall feel of class and polish. Fans of Tony Bennett, Liza Minnelli, and Frank Sinatra take note, there’s a new name to list in the halls of great classic singers: Lena Prima!

Take an in-depth look at the making of the album!

Lena Prima is the newest addition to the exclusive roster of artists on the award-winning Basin Street Records. Prima joins ranks with artists such as Kermit Ruffins, Rebirth Brass Band, Dr. Michael White, and Jason Marsalis on the 21-year old powerhouse label based in New Orleans. A seasoned veteran of the music industry, vocalist Prima has made over 3,000 musical appearances around the world throughout her career. Born in Las Vegas, but now residing and regularly performing in New Orleans, Prima is rooted in the music of the Crescent City, and in the words of Basin Street Records’ founder and president, Mark Samuels, she’s a perfect fit on the label.

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