CRITICAL BRASS's Blog

say hey Angelicious Fam,
hope y'all are feeling alive and swell,
a brisk breeze & a fresh step 4 the homestretch,
and CRITICAL BRASS is fixin' to paint the path
like a herd of comets across the winter sky
w/ a lil' somethin' 2 shake off that turkey dinner!

Our LAST TWO club dates of 2006...
It's all about the thursday nights!

this Thursday, Nov. 30th
10:30pm at FAIS DO DO (near La Brea & 10 Fwy)

next Thursday, Dec. 7th
10:30pm at that underground spot downtown ;]


first up:

UNITED SWINGDOM RECORDS presents--

New Orleans Food, Foam, and Funk
this Thursday, Nov. 30th, 2006

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featuring that trademark CB jazz jambalaya of
rumpthumpin' buckjumpin' New Orleans brass
hip hop gospel dixie soul secondline funk!
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at Louisiana's home-away-from-home in Los Angeles

FAIS DO DO
5257 West Adams Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90016
club 323.954.8080

18+, $8 cover
dinner/drinks 8pm -->

8:30pm LEFT COAST Funk Ensemble
9:30pm KEITH HOLLIS & the PO-BOYZ
10:30pm CRITICAL BRASS

plus a full Cajun/Creole Kitchen servin' up
Jambalaya, Blackened Catfish, Drunken Shrimp,
Red Beans and Dirty Rice (ain't nothin' nice)
all kinds of tasty Po-Boys, crossover treats,
authentic !ABITA! amber & much much mo' at the bar!

centrally located in Mid-City LA just 10 minutes
from Hollywood, between the Westside and Downtown
(10 Freeway to LA BREA south, quick right on ADAMS,
just a few blocks down on the right hand side...)
----------SECURE PARKING AVAILABLE---------------

CHECK on IT

http://www.criticalbrass.com

http://www.faisdodo.com

http://www.myspace.com/thepoboyz

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PLUS, we're back next week
at our hush hush spot
underground downtown LA

NEXT THURSDAY NIGHT!!
December 7th, 2006
doors at 10pm, show 10:30pm

UNITED SWINGDOM Records presents CRITICAL BRASS live
and direct from a very special secret club deep
underground downtown Los Angeles. A wild party with
plush vintage decor. Magnetic atmosphere. Cash bar,
generously tended. Smoke friendly ;] Getty Fabulous art show upstairs, bohemian brass-inspired madness below. This Prohibition-Era jewel-of-a-space built by old
friends of the band is being torn down by the LAPD in just a few months, so this be THE LAST CHANCE 2 DANCE!

Secret password, and a suggested $5 donation. Just say
you are there for Isaac's Private Party. The space
is literally underground below an art gallery called
the MJ Higgins Gallery, 244 S. Main between 2nd and
3rd. i.e. exit the 110 at 6th street head down to
Main, make a left and you're there. Free street
parking until 2am or convenient $5 lot on premises. Enter through the back door, naturally.

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ALSO OWN IT: extremely limited number of 1st-edition
SUSTAIN THE CHAIN cd's still available at

http://www.cdbaby.com/criticalbrass

http://www.myspace.com/criticalbrass

and

http://www.louisianamusicfactory.com/showoneprod.asp?TypeID=70&ProductID=4394

Enjoy!!!!!!

LOVE
Schwee

Dearest Kith, Kin, and Cohort,
      
       Ain't it something how a few months can fade
out the frustration that we felt so fiercely from
Hurricane Katrina? This holiday season, while we wish
each other health and happiness, we'd like to send out
some extra love to our brethren musicians, their
families, and the tight-knit communities which support
them down in the Crescent City as they face the
longterm challenges of picking up the pieces left
behind by the storms. This thursday night at the
TEMPLE BAR in Santa Monica, CA please join
CRITICAL BRASS with Plas Johnson and the
Gumbo Brothers as we cohost the New Orleans Rising
Christmas Party to raise the roof while we raise
assistance and awareness. We'd like to recruit you
and your best boots to parachute into hot pursuit
of our pan-planetary musical roots, to sample the
splendiferous fruits of ubiquitous horns and beats in
cahoots gettin' freaky with makeshift mutes sassin'
off crazy coots in supersonic zoot suits, shaw'nuff
should be a hoot and we'll send all the loot to those
in dire need of tribute. We are delighted to announce
that all proceeds will go to the New Orleans Musicians
Hurricane Relief Fund, a certified 501(c)(3)
non-profit organization dedicated to aiding local
musicians affected by Katrina. Tax-deductible
donations will be effectively distributed directly to
those in need-- for more info   http://nomhrf.org/

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  featuring that trademark CRITICAL BRASS blend
   rumpthumpin' buckjumpin' New Orleans jazz
  hip hop gospel dixie soul second line funk!
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             THIS THURSDAY NIGHT!!
              December 8th, 2005

  -=-=-=-=-=-= CRITICAL BRASS =-=-=-=-=-=-
              
         pours a pint of polyrhythms
         at the legendary TEMPLE BAR

           1026 Wilshire Boulevard
            Santa Monica, CA 90401
                310.393.6611
        http://www.templebarlive.com
  >>> 10 Freeway West to Lincoln North <<<

                  21 & over
       donation: just $10 for 3 bands
  
          doors/dinner/drinks at 8pm
            9pm The Gumbo Brothers
           10pm Plas Johnson (of Pink Panther fame) 
      ---> 11pm 'til last call CRITICAL BRASS <----

For the fifth consecutive month in November, the
latest album CRITICAL BRASS 'Sustain the Chain' made
the TOP 10 CDbaby Editor's Picks in TWO categories--
HIPHOP (Southern Style) and JAZZ (Dixieland)! This
limited-edition FIRST PRINTING is now NEARLY SOLD-OUT,
so if you're fixin' to snatch up a remaining
collector's item jewelbox while they last, act fast
'cause they're forecast to blast into the past.
Available for only $10 at the TEMPLE BAR this
thursday. And feel free to leave us a review to let us
know you stopped by at CDbaby! thanks again, y'all
swing the funk out!!!!!

meantime we invite you to visit our online distribution partners:

http://www.criticalbrass.com
http://www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx?pfid=CDB1019970012
http://www.cdbaby.com/criticalbrass
http://www.louisianamusicfactory.com/showoneprod.asp?TypeID=72&ProductID=4394
        
shaw’nuff love & melted chi,
                                           Schwee


p.s. some links and info on our most excellent cohosts:

http://www.plasjohnson.com/
Aficionados know him by name, but almost anyone
exposed to music is familiar with his playing. Plas
Johnson is the purring sax solo on Henry Mancini's
famous "Pink Panther" movie theme song. His is the
saxophone counterpart to Harry "Sweets" Edison's
trumpet on Neal Hefti's signature music for "The Odd
Couple" TV series. Plas is the featured soloist heard
on countless albums, including those of such artists
as Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Nat King Cole, Barbra
Streisand, Quincy Jones, Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald,
Linda Ronstadt and Sarah Vaughan. Plas' recent
recordings include his own albums "Hot, Blue and Saxy"
and "Evening Delight". You may also find him around
town occasionally with his own group, at jazz
festivals world-wide, and in the recording studios.
Plas Johnson combines some of the best elements of
jazz and blues and is admired and emulated by sax
players worldwide.


http://www.thegumbobrothers.com/
This Venice-based quartet has made it their mission to
spread bayou-influenced, psychedelic swamp-funk
throughout the southland and beyond. In addition to an
extensive funk repertoire, The Gumbo Brothers will
keep your booty movin' with more than twenty original
songs, many of which will be on their debut cd to be
released later this year. The band is Johann Stein on
guitar and vocals, Greg Sonnier on bass and vocals,
Reggie Longware on drums and percussion and Jon
McBride on electric piano, organ, and saxophone.