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Po'Boys Brass Band meets Bonerama poboysbrassband 426 views Bigg E plays with Bonerama in New Orleans. March 26th, 2011. Check out the Po'Boys Brass Band at http://www.PoBoysBrassBand.com Bonerama @ BoneramaMusic.com
PBBB Kickstarter Video poboysbrassband 554 views The Po'Boys Brass Band is launching a new album and we need your help! More info at http://www.PoBoysBrassBand.com. Kickstarter Page here: http://kck.st/fdczSs
Po'Boys Brass Band Live On Air poboysbrassband 205 views On Wednesday, January 19th, the PBBB went live on the air for Jazz 90.1 FM Rochester, NY as part of the studio's live concert series. More info on the PBBB at http://www.Po...
Po'Boys Brass Band- Higher Ground poboysbrassband 371 views At the 2010 Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival. Nick Finzer soloist. For more info on the PBBB, check out http://www.PoBoysBrassBand.com. Recorded on June 18, 2...
Po'Boys Brass Band- Recording Sneak Preview 3 poboysbrassband 225 views CT tears up the drums during level check in the studio. Keep up to date with the new album by subscribing! More info at http://www.PoBoysBrassBand.com.
Po'Boys Brass Band- Recording Sneak Preview 2 poboysbrassband 159 views Recorded on June 7, 2010 using a Flip Video camcorder.
Po'Training with Mike and Erik poboysbrassband 214 views Erik's committed to losing the flab for the new album release and he's dragging Mike along with him. More info at http://www.PoBoysBrassBand.com
Garbage Platin' with the Parris Island Marine Brass Band poboysbrassband 707 views Erik 'Bigg E' Jacobs as guest artist with the Parris Island Marine Brass Band, the "Groove Merchants" at the 2010 Beaufort Water Festival. The band played a few of Bigg E's...
Fun on the Road with the Po'Boys Brass Band poboysbrassband 81 views Meet Ben Thomas. Bassist extraordinaire as he entertains us on a very long trip from Delaware back to Rochester, NY. More info on the Po'Boys Brass Band at http://www.PoBoy...
Po'Boys Brass Band- Recording Sneak Peak poboysbrassband 265 views http://www.PoBoysBrassBand.com

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Founded by a bunch of trombone players that were fed up with sitting in the back of orchestras and jazz bands, the PoBoys Brass Band is a 7-piece power house of brass, funk and ROCK. The four-trombone front line produces a sonic explosion of sound that breaks all preconceived notions of what the trombone is capable of. Supporting the trombone powerhouse is a chops-to-spare backline of guitar, drums, and sousaphonethats right, a funky old sousaphone. The band plays original charts as well as some tasty covers, conjuring up anything from Stevie Wonder and Tower of Power to Led Zeppelin and Edgar Winter. The bands close ties to the great city of New Orleans guides the group spiritually, owing a lot of their sound concepts to the Rebirth Brass Band, Bonerama, the Dirty Dozen, Professor Longhair, The Meters, Dr. John, and many more. The bands current lineup of musicians consists of an all-star cast of characters that are all either alumni or current students at the Eastman School of Music, including a radio announcer, country singer, doctoral candidate, and even a dean.

Their different backgrounds are what make the PoBoys such a unique listening experience. Rochesters City Magazine said: Its like Dumbo on an acid trip. If Hendrix had played the trombone, it mightve sounded like this. Whether tearing into some vintage NAwlins funk or shredding through an original rock-anthem, the Boys never leave anyone disappointed, making one critic quip the Boys' meaty four-trombone wall of sound and freight-train groove melted my cynicism away.

The PBBB has enjoyed good times and success in its short history, winning the Upstate NY Songwriting Contest in summer 2008 which eventually led to a record deal and the release of their debut album, Bone Break. The boys also have quickly made a name for themselves as a versatile performing act, opening for Big Bad Voodoo Daddy at Rochesters Party in the Park concert series in spring 08, as well as being invited to play at virtually every major festival in Rochester, NY.

On a beautiful Friday night in June 2009, the PBBB took the stage at the 2009 Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival. Friday night drew the largest outdoor crowd in the festivals history, and between all the stages, the crowd attendance was over 45,000 people. Despite being up against some heavy competition (Tower of Power was playing behind them and Taj Mahal in front), the PBBB managed to pull a huge crowd. Thousands of fans of the funk crammed into the tiny street block to hear the PBBBs own rendition of New Orleans funk, original rock, and traditional street band tunes, creating a literal traffic jam at the center of the festival.
The PBBB is currently touring the northeast, expanding its following and spreading the word: New York finally has its own Brass-Funk-Rock band.

Trombone? In the BACK of the band??

...not anymore.

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The Eastman School of Music, The Juilliard School, Harvard University

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