Jazz Henry with Original Pinettes Brass Band performing "Get A Life"

We recently had Corey Bo Money Henry of Treme Funktet 

on the show and he mentioned his daughter Jazz who

is also a musician. She is a great one in her own 

right. Here's a clip of her with the Original Pinettes

the world's first all female brass band. Enjoy!

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COREY HENRY & THE FUNKTETS

 

Henry himself is perhaps best recognized around the world as the sweet toned trombonist featured in the Rebirth Brass Band, Galactic, and trumpeter Kermit Ruffins’ band, The Barbecue Swingers.  He has also recorded and played with the Dirty Dozen, Treme and New Birth Brass Bands. He has imparted his fiery melodies on stages everywhere from New Orleans neighborhood barrooms to far away festivals before hundreds of thousands in Canada, Japan Australia, Brazil, Hungary, Spain and Thailand and command performances for the ambassadors of Senegal, Morocco, Egypt and Kuwait.

Long before teaming up with any these vanguard ensembles however, Henry, now 36, had been leading his own band for over twenty years.   Like so many other eager young musicians in the Crescent City, he hung around older musicians to build his skills and develop his style.  In 1985, the legendary musician, Anthony “Tuba Fats” Lacen, encouraged the 10-year-old prodigy, suggesting he put a band together.  The Lil’ Rascals Brass Band has been together now for 26 years, still challenging second liners and rival bands with its hot beats.  The ensemble has released two fine, very diverse albums.  In 1998, they demonstrated their respect for traditional brass band music on We Shall Walk Through the Streets of the City  which includes such classic numbers as “Paul Barbarin’s Second Line.” And in 2001 they released Buck It Like a Horse, a disc filled with sizzling original material, redefining a new era of brass band music.  Since 2008, Henry has been touring with Galactic and has recorded 3 albums with them.In 2011, Henry started a new venture, establishing the Treme Funktet. It’s a funky sextet that’s comfortable moving from jazz to R&B and hip-hop, with an occasional visit to the second-line brass band style.  “I wanted to explore something different—do some of my own material and share some of my own ideas,” Henry says of the freedoms offered by Treme Funktet. In 2012, Henry is a Grammy Winner with the Rebirth Brass Band for the album Rebirth of New Orleans in the Best Regional Roots Category.  Now working on his solo album, Corey Henry plans to pay tribute to all the veteran New Orleans musicians from whom he learned his craft, absorbing all they had to offer.  As a kid, he’d spend hours listening to trombonists like Trummy Young, J.J. Johnson, Al Grey and Jack Teagarden.  He hails Fred Wesley as being especially influential to his musical approach.  But no matter their style, these masters remain with Henry contributing to his wonderfully uncommon sophistication and tone. 

Indie Review welcomes Maxx Hassell !

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MAXX HASSELL

Respected entertainment journalist and blogger Maxx Hassell has come a long way since he was the ferocious teen who turned the Chicago industry business model upside down.  Willing to take advantage of most every opportunity that came his way, the artist turned industry every man got away from the music that made him a Chicago legend as Em Dot.  But like all cycles, Maxx Hassell has come full circle and is preparing his new EP Suite, The Wood Grain Diaries for an SS14 release. 

The Wood Grain Diaries was birthed in content by the state of today’s social media.  An R&B re-working of Nas classic “One Mic” that Maxx titled “One Night” was created solely to engage his online family for Throwback Thursday.  But the response has been overwhelming.  UK publication Niji Magazine posted the SoundCloud link to the song along with an accompanying article and that was met with over 200 Facebook “likes” and “shares”, moving the “Introduction” feature past the traffic of all of the sites front page stories.  This is attributed to Maxx’s small yet loyal fan base who have enjoyed his writing and celebrity interviews, but have been eager for him to find his way back to the studio.  Though Maxx had been making a small buzz as the new kid in Atlanta, performing his last single “Take A Lil Back” with his dancers Serita and Pytron, he wanted this new song to fit within a proper context and before long, the concept for The Wood Grain Diaries came to fruition. 

The EP Suite will include six or seven songs, all remakes of hood car classics, and two original songs, including the Nard & B produced “Take A Lil Back”.  Maxx hopes this project will be as impactful as the Dot project that made him a viable part of the Chicago conversation.  It will include the same raw energy and the same “Fresh Prince of the Hood” swag that Maxx is known for.  Having learned plenty hands on behind the scenes, The Wood Grain Diaries is in fact Maxx’s thesis.  Unlike any other project, Maxx will be sharing writing duties with childhood class mate, Randy McCray, and having his brother, producer Red Head, assist with A&Ring the opus.  Maxx is not calling in any favors on this one either.  He has no plans of cracking open his contacts to pull any energy.  He is standing solely on the strength of his teaching. 

The Wood Grain Diaries will be available to the public by late May/early June; just in time to be the soundtrack for the summer.  If all goes well, The Wood Grain Diaries will re-establish Maxx Hassell’s presence on the music scene, and showcase a more mature and still willing artist ready to win.  The once eager student has become an apt and more than capable player in the game.  And with The Wood Grain Diaries, Maxx Hassell is undoubtedly moving into the fast lane of success.

Indie Review welcomes PEZE !

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PEZE

Representing the Bellair section of Clearwater, Florida Peze (pronounced Peezy) is as raw as they come with a level of passion is rarely seen.  Since the age of 8 the young rapper was determined to share his story with the world. As a by-product of the streets Peze was born to drug-addict parents. He never had the opportunity to meet his mother, whose life succumbed to drugs before he reached his 1st birthday. Writing was his expression the music; his language. Because he has been doing it for so long, it is no wonder that people connected to his pain, his experience, his struggles as well as his blessings. Today Peze is recognized as many things, talented being at the top of the list. Hot off the presses is his highly anticipated mixtape, “Pain For Glory”. His single “John Doe” has gotten love from many radio stations around the country. This collaborative project is hosted by DJ Smallz, one of the hottest DJs in the Florida. Finally, a culmination his passions, struggles, lessons, mistakes…his life! Told like no other, Peze’s project is sure to give us all an inside glimpse of what makes his story so intriguing, his struggle so relatable, his music so addictive and why he is the one to watch.