Performer Notes

Recording information: Kingsway Studio, New Orleans, LA.
Pioneers of the revival and reinvention of brass band music, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band has been turning the New Orleans street tradition on its ear since the late '70s. Employing traditional brass band instrumentation (generally two trumpets, two saxophones, trombone, sousaphone, snare and bass drummers), the Dozen filters a turn-of-the-century heritage through the more contemporary lenses of jazz, R&B, funk and hip-hop. The results are nothing less than a condensed history of Black American music, and BUCK JUMP is one of the group's most cohesive and astonishing efforts.
From the in-your-face jam of the album's opener, "Unclean Waters," through the calypso flavor of "Run Joe" and "Pet the Cat," to the funk workouts of "Dead Dog in the Street" and "Nuttballus," this set is unrelenting from start to finish. Sharp, well-balanced production by New York-based avant-funkster John Medeski (whose appearance on Hammond organ and keyboards fleshes out several cuts) helps deliver the band's booty-moving power perfectly. A disc that will appeal to both the old time second liners of the band's native city, and young clubbing hipsters elsewhere, BUCK JUMP comes highly recommended.

Professional Reviews

Entertainment Weekly (6/4/99, p.86) - "...the band comes out with horns a-blazing, kicking it second-line style...stirring up a sticky rhumba...and turning Marvin Gaye's 'Inner City Blues' into a menacing midnight creep through the French quarter." - Rating: B+

CMJ (1/10/00, p.4) - Ranked #8 in CMJ's "Top 30 Editorial Picks [for 1999]."

CMJ (5/24/99, p.5) - "...seasoned with such time-tested ingredients as early brass band jazz and rambunctious, R&B-marinated bebop....a spicy romp through the French quarter and beyond."

Dirty Linen (8-9/99, p.84) - "...The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, never timid of playing with their musical menu, have come up with a winning new recipe."

New Music Monthly (7/99, p.47) - "...although the Dirty Dozen is still very much a brass band, it's also become a funk band, and that's what makes this album such a pleasure..."

Album: Buck Jump
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Unclean Waters
2)	Run Joe
3)	Duff
4)	Dead Dog in the Street
5)	Old School
6)	Pet the Kat
7)	Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
8)	Time
9)	Nuttballus

Album: Buck Jump
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Unclean Waters
2)	Run Joe
3)	Duff
4)	Dead Dog in the Street
5)	Old School
6)	Pet the Kat
7)	Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
8)	Time
9)	Nuttballus