RIC FRANK NEW ORLEANS BRASS BAND MUSIC DESCRIPTIONS
Alligator Ball – mm half note = 96, cut time, 2nd line with 2-3 son clave, grade 4-5. Medium tempo Latin-tinged New Orleans R & B tune inspired by Jelly Roll Morton’s Animule Ball.
Asphalt Jungle - mm half note = 80-88, cut time, grade 4, 2nd line groove. Medium up tempo 2nd line with a Latin-tinge inspired by NYC, THE asphalt jungle supreme.
Bayou Mama – mm quarter note = 120, 4/4 time, 2nd line/zydeco feel, grade 5. A medium slow groove with a zydeco tinge that creates an image of a Creole women shash-shaying down the street.
The Beast - mm half note = 72, grade 4, cut time, 2nd line groove. Up tempo minor 2nd line inspired by all the 2nd liners and Social and Pleasure clubs in New Orleans.
Congo Square - mm half note = 88, cut time, grade 3-4, 3-2 rumba clave. Medium up tempo guanguanco rumba based and inspired by and dedicated to Congo Square in New Orleans.
Dr. Buzzard and The Bolito Man - mm half note = 72, cut time, grad 5+, 2nd line funk groove. Medium up funk with extended range tenor sax line in the introduction inspired by the rhythms and folklore of the Georgia Sea Islands.
Gumbo Ya-Ya - mm half note = 84, cut time, grade 3-4, 2nd line tumbao groove. Medium tempo salsa flavored and inspired by gumbo, a hearty soup.
Here Dey Come - mm half note = 80, cut time, grade 3-4, 2nd line groove. Medium 2nd line with flashy trumpet intro, dedicated to the Wild Magnolias Mardi Gras Indian krewe.
It’s A Jungle Out There – mm half note = 80, grad 4, cut time, 2nd line groove. Medium up tempo New York street funk. When you step out the door in NYC you know – It’s A Jungle Out There!
Jambalaya Brass – mm half note = 112-120, cut time, 2nd line groove, grade 4-5. A bluesy celebration of the Jambalaya Brass Band.
Magnolia Special - mm half note = 108, cut time grade 4, 2nd line groove. Up tempo 2nd line inspired by the beauty and aroma of the Magnolia trees in New Orleans.
Miramar - mm half note = 96, cut time, grade 4, 3-2 rumba clave. Medium up tempo guanguanco rumba inspired by the Casa de Musica Miramar in Habana, Cuba.
On The Funky Side – mm half note = 88-96, cut time, funk groove, grade 4-5.Medium slow funk inspired by James Brown.
P’a Gozar - mm half note = 80, cut time, grade 4, 3-2 rumba clave. Medium up tempo Latin-tinged inspired by the New York Salseros and dancers of the 1970’s and 1980’s.
Parkway Bakery - mm half note = 88-96, cut time, grade 3-4, 2nd line groove. Medium 2nd line dedicated to the best Po’ Boy place in New Orleans.
P. F. Flyer - mm quarter note = 124, 4/4 time, grade 5, 2nd line groove. Medium up tempo 2nd line inspired by and dedicated to Phil Frazier of the Rebirth Brass Band.
The Raven - mm half note = 80, cut time, grade 4, 3-2 rumba clave. A dark minor, Latin-tinged medium groove inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s poem.
Repossessed - mm half note = 88, grade 3-4, cut time, 2nd line groove, Medium up tempo 2nd line inspired by the Rebirth Brass Band.
Salsa 2nd line – mm half note = 80-88, cut time, 2-3 son clave, grade 4-5. Medium up tempo New York Salsa flavor with mambo sections, inspired by Ray Santos, an original mambo king that I played with for a number of years.
Specifunkify - mm quarter note = 120, grade 4, 4/4 time, funk groove, Medium tempo funk inspired by James Brown.
Still Walking Back - mm half note = 88, cut time, grad 4, 2nd line groove. Medium laid back groove dedicated to Kerwin James of the New Birth Brass Band and all the brass bands that parade.
Super Sunday - mm half note = 100, cut time, grade 5, 3-2 son clave. Medium up tempo rumba flavored with a demanding progressive jazz line inspired by the Mardi Gras Indians Super Sunday and the Shekere Sunday classes by Madeline Yayadele Nelson.
Tumbao - mm half note = 96, cut time, grade 3-4, 2-3 son clave. Medium up tempo Salsa clave based and inspired by Cuban Salsa and dedicated to the great percussionist/teacher Jose Eladio Amat.
Voodoo Queen – mm half note = 80 in cut time, Latin groove (2-3 son clave), grade 4, dark mood to invoke a vibe of Maria Leveaux, the Voodoo Queen.
What You Lookin’ At? – mm half note = 88, cut time, 2nd line groove, grade 5. Medium tempo with New York City street attitude lyrics and a Latin tinge with New Orleans R & B flavors.