Arrowhead Jazz Band & Charlie Gabriel
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Music Monday: Arrowhead Jazz Band featuring Charlie Gabriel "Tin Roof Blues"
New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park presents the Arrowhead Jazz Band. The Arrowhead Jazz Band is an ever flowing musical ensemble featuring National Park Rangers. The program is used to demonstrate musical elements that helped nurture New Orleans’ role as the birthplace of jazz.
Known to friends and relatives as Charlie 'G', Charlie Gabriel was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and is a fourth generation New Orleans jazz musician. Charlie has played authentic New Orleans music with top traditional musicians such as Kid Howard, Kid Sheik, Jim Robinson, George Lewis and others on Bourbon Street, at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and around the world.
Charlie came to Detroit at the age of fourteen. He was so experienced that he was asked to join the Lionel Hampton band at age sixteen. In the early '70s, Charlie was a member of Aretha Franklin's Orchestra. He continued to play throughout the states and abroad, also working with Nancy Wilson, Joe Simon and JC Heard. Charlie has worked in and around many of the most famous venues on Bourbon Street in New Orleans.
"Tin Roof Blues" is a jazz composition by the New Orleans Rhythm Kings first recorded in 1923. It was written by band members Paul Mares, Ben Pollack, Mel Stitzel, George Brunies and Leon Roppolo. The New Orleans Rhythm Kings first recorded the number on 13 March 1923 for Gennett Records in Richmond, Indiana. There are three surviving alternative takes from this session that were utilized as part of the phonograph recording and manufacturing process. Of course, as the story goes, the musicians did not expect different versions to be released. The solos on the records contained less improvisation than much of later jazz but more than earlier jazz. The sheet music was published by the Melrose Brothers Music Company in Chicago, a company that was established by Walter Melrose, who wrote lyrics for the song along with his brother, Lester Melrose.
Fees
This event is free to attend.
Schedule
Date:
Feb 1, 2021
Time:
2:00 PM
Duration:
1 hour
Contact Information
Ranger Jon
(504) 589-4841
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Event Type
- Performance
- Virtual/Digital