KIRK JOSEPH'S BACKYARD GROOVE
Funk / Jazz / Jam Band
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"MASTER OF THE SOUSAFUNK"
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana
United States
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| Member Since | 3/19/2006 | | Band Website | kirkjoseph.com | | Band Members | KIRK JOSEPH- (sousaphone)
DRUMS- Kevin O'day, Eric Bolivar, Eddie Christmas
TRUMPETS- Jamelle Williams, Andrew Baham, Raymond Williams
SAXOPHONES- Shiek Rasheed, Eric Traub, Paulie Cerra
TROMBONE- Mark Mcgrain, CHharles Joseph
GUITARS- Hiro Mano, Jake Eckert, Takishi, Chris Mule
VOCALS- Jermaine Quiz from Jealous Monk | | Influences | ALL THINGS FUNKY | | Sounds Like | New Orleans roots fueled by low down SOUSAFUNK
Booking and Publicity Requests: 732.266.2205 | | Type of Label | None |
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Kirk Joseph has earned his seat at the table of New Orleans’ greatest musicians and will surely claim his place in music history as perhaps the greatest innovator of his instrument, the sousaphone. For most, a mention of the sousaphone conjures images of marching bands and drum cadences. But in the hands of Joseph, the instrument comes to life in ways that its namesake, John Phillip Sousa, could have hardly imagined. During his long tenure with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Joseph developed his innovative approach to the sousaphone, replacing the instruments limits, as perceived by his predecessors, with a rich musical vocabulary. Never before had such a creative and stylistic range been demonstrated. But the new standards set by Kirk Joseph have prompted many since to follow his lead.
In between performances and recording sessions with Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Anders Osborn and a host of other locally, nationally, and internationally known artists, Joseph began working on his own material in collaboration with some of New Orleans and the countries most talented musicians. The result comes together as the KIRK JOSEPH'S BACKYARD GROOVE, an assemblage featuring the "creme de la creme" of local and national musicians. The music is a tight, rhythmic and high-spirited concoction of jazz, funk, and afro-caribbean flavors that’s been proven to have a wide appeal. Kirk is now promoting his new album "Sousafunk Ave", which features many special guests such as: Dr. John, Skerik, Bonerama, Donald Harrison, Charles Joseph and many others.
KIRK JOSEPH "MASTER OF THE SOUSAFUNK"
-"Sir Kirk (Joseph), the sousaphone player, is such an obvious star cause it's so unusual to have somebody so fluent on an instrument which almost by definition is not fluent, really. He's a one-in-a-million player."
-Elvis Costello talking to Tom Waits
-Option Magazine July/Aug 1989
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