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Artist: Polka Dogs
The band consists of John Millard (banjo, vocals), Tiina Kiik (accordion), Colin Couch (tuba), Ambrose Pottie (drums), and Tom Walsh (trombone). The band was formed in 1987 as the pit band for a Toronto musical (Kensington Sons et Lumières). They play a type of polka music with a banjo. ~ Chip Renner, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: Billy Taylor
There are enough instrumentalists named Billy Taylor to provide respectable reinforcements for a stockade under attack, this one a reedman whose specialty was the low horns such as baritone and bass saxophone. He came out of the Cotton Club scene in the '20s and '30s and even there had to worry about being mistaken for someone else, tuba and... [+] Read More
Artist: Bernard Davis
This Bernard Davis is one guy who never spent a New Year's Eve alone with his tuba. He was one of the original stalwart members of Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians, meaning the oomph that he put into the oomph-pah-pah with his tuba has no doubt been heard by millions of sets of ears, most of which belonged to people who were too drunk to... [+] Read More
Artist: Howard David Johnson
This artist came up with a pretty far-out picture for the cover of an electronica compilation entitled This Is Trance Rave. Fans of this style may want to simply accept this appraisal since their eyes may be too blurry to judge the artwork themselves -- or maybe it looks even better that way. Howard David Johnson should not be mixed up with... [+] Read More
Artist: Howard Johnson
A guitarist named Howard Johnson does some picking on the 1971 album entitled Louisiana Man, the platter that made Doug Kershaw something of a national symbol of Cajun music. Nonetheless, mention the name Howard Johnson in Louisiana and most folks will think you are talking about the hotel chain. This is not the same Johnson who plays tuba,... [+] Read More
Artist: John Moore
Pick any common name and it would often be true that an entire band could be concocted from the musicians who would come running were the name to be hollered out at the union hall. Such diversions just as often involve leaving out the tuba player, a decision that has actually been made more than once in several genres but never with any... [+] Read More
Artist: George Hall
Which musician named George Hall could clear a room fastest? Perhaps the one who gets the nod for playing bagpipes on the Ceremony band's 1993 album that also features sitar, tamboura, harmonium, Mellotron, timpani, and Indian chants, not to mention guest appearances by both Jerry Garcia and Chastity Bono. In fairness to Hall, the negative... [+] Read More
Artist: Aaroneous Truths
Aaroneous Truths, also known as Aaron Philips, lives in Chicago and plays the tuba. He plays other instruments also, but nobody cares about those.He is a writer/director/storyteller/playwright, as well as a musician and composer.His podcast, The Incurable Allure of Carrots, can be heard at www.incurable-allure.comAaroneous leans towards the... [+] Read More
Artist: Bernard Davis
When rock went symphonic in the late '60s, musicians such as this British viola player got some session work out of it. For Bernard Davis it must have peaked with Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, although apparently one had to complain directly to Paul McCartney to be paid adequately for these sessions. This Bernard Davis should not be... [+] Read More
Artist: Johnny Wicks
An unbelievably obscure outfit from Louisville, KY, who cut one session for Chicago's United Records in 1952, Johnny Wicks' Swinging Ozarks were partially rescued from historical oblivion by Delmark boss Bob Koester, who bucked the commercial odds by issuing an LP of their United material. Wicks played bass; Preacher Stephens blew tuba and sang.... [+] Read More
Artist: Oystein Baadsvik
Oystein Baadsvik is a Norwegian tuba player who was born in 1966. He attended the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, Sweden, and has had many awards and accolades over the years. He has performed with big bands and rock bands. Baadsvik is featured on the In Confidence album by Lars Sjösten. ~ Gary Hill, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: BavaRio
At the beginning of the century, German immigrants brought their Bavarian folk sounds to Brazil where they blended them with the local samba rhythms. A century later, BavaRio brought the sound back to Europe to offer of an eclectic fusion of mountain and Latin dance music. Munich-based BavaRio mix not only sounds, but also instruments. Their... [+] Read More
Artist: Kandel's Orchestra
Kandel's Orchestra was one of the many Klezmer bands to emerge in America in the first decades of the 20th century as Eastern European Jews began to flood into the States to escape persecution. Klezmer music was based on violin, clarinet, trombones, tubas, and trumpets, and captured a plaintive, Old World sound. Led by Harry Kandel, the... [+] Read More
Artist: Howard Johnson
Not to be confused with the Howard Johnson who plays tuba nor the Barry White collaborator of the same name, this Johnson is a recording engineer and producer based on the East Coast. His clients have included Buckethead, who may perform with a bucket on his head but presents himself quite normally in the studio, and Mumia Abu-Jamal, who may or... [+] Read More
Artist: Ot Azoj Klezmerband
Ot Azoj Klezmerband is a skilled group that formed in Amsterdam in 1994 and have performed and recorded klezmer music since. The band has released albums on the Oreade Music label including the Heart of Klezmer in 1999, and a live album in 2001. Members of Ot Azoj as of the latter releases are violinist Joris van Beek, saxophonist Karin... [+] Read More
Artist: Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails were the most popular industrial group ever and was largely responsible for bringing the music to a mass audience. It isn't really accurate to call NIN a group; the only official member is singer/producer/multi-instrumentalist Trent Reznor, who always remained solely responsible for NIN's musical direction (he was, however,... [+] Read More
Artist: SNMNMNM
Seamus Kenney (vocals/accordion), Mark Daumen (tuba/vocals), Matthew Vooris (drums), and Matthew Kenney (trumpet) craft the quirky cool sounds of SNMNMNM. The fearsome foursome came together in 1997 while attending the Eastman School of Music in upstate New York. There, the brothers Kenney, Daumen, and Vooris were earning degrees in music while... [+] Read More
Artist: Jamil Nasser
A top-flight hard bop and bebop bassist, Jamil Nasser's also played blues and R&B and doubled on tuba. Nasser studied piano with his mother, then began on bass at 16. He led the band during his student days at Arkansas State University in the late '40s and early '50s, then played bass and tuba while in the army. Nasser worked on electric bass... [+] Read More
Artist: Roger Bobo
Roger Bobo is one of the modern era's best-known tubists, if "best-known" can be applied to an orchestral instrument with none of the sexiness of the violin family or the piano. However, Bobo has done a lot to raise the stature of the instrument. Born in Los Angeles in 1938, he graduated from the Eastman School of Music in 1961 and gave his... [+] Read More
Artist: Bill Johnson
Bill Johnson's career reached back to virtually the beginnings of jazz and he is credited with being the first jazz person to pluck (as opposed to bowing) the strings of his bass, an innovation that led to the string bass eventually replacing the tuba. Johnson started out as a guitarist, switching to bass in the late 1890's. He worked in New... [+] Read More
Artist: Bob Ysaguirre
Ysaguirre's longest-lived association was with the legendary arranger/bandleader Don Redman. When Redman left McKinney's Cotton Pickers to form his own band in 1931, Ysaguirre was his bassist; he stayed with Redman until 1940. Ysaguirre began playing his first instrument, the tuba, at the age of 18. From 1917-1919, he played in a military band.... [+] Read More
Artist: The New Bull Moose Party Band
Formed in Jan. 1979, the New Bull Moose Party Band was led by trumpeter George Marois, the husband of singer Fran Assunto Marois who was the sister of the Dukes of Dixieland's Frank and Fred Assunto. Also in the "family" is the fine tuba player Mike Marois, the son of George and Fran Marois. Most of the musicians in the Los Angeles-based group... [+] Read More
Artist: Rhythm Rascals Washboard Band
A very exciting trad band that specializes in uptempo songs played with the spirit of a Clarence Williams group of the early '30s, the Rhythm Rascals Washboard Band has long worked regularly in Orlando, Florida, often at Disney World. Its leader washboardist Ralf Reynolds is a spirited player with a colorful style and impressive technique. At... [+] Read More
Artist: Ori Kaplan
Saxophonist Ori Kaplan was born in Israel in 1969, and moved to the U.S. in 1991. After finishing his degree in 1996, Kaplan dove into the New York City downtown scene, forming his Trio Plus with Geoff Mann on drums, and Tom Abbs on bass and tuba. The following year, Kaplan began working with William Parker's Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra... [+] Read More
Artist: Bond Bergland
A trombonist who initially studied tuba and then played trombone. He played briefly with the Boyd Raeburn orchestra as a 16-year-old, then moved to Hollywood in 1943. He was among Stan Kenton's trombone soloists in the late '40s and early '50s. Bernhart reunited with Raeburn in 1947 and played with Benny Goodman in 1948 and 1949. He was a busy... [+] Read More
