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| Mardi Gras year-round Crescent City-style eight-piece starring saxophonist Jeff Newell, trumpeter Orbert Davis, trombonist Paul McKee or tuba Rich Armandi, guitarist John McLean, drummer Rick Vitek, bass trumpeter Ryan Shultz, pianist Steve Million, and bassist Tim Fox, . Half Chicago, half New Orleans -- from Bourbon Street brass bands to Marsalis, they've got all the tools for a lot of fun... The band applies the march beats and instrumentation of early New Orleans parade music to songs written considerably later, by folks ranging from Charlie Parker to Duke Ellington. The result is very lively. Says the Chicago Tribune's Howard Reich, "Of the various bands that alto saxophonist Jeff Newell leads, none is more compelling, nor more original, than his New-Trad Octet.
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