The Dirty Dozen Brass Band - Open Up: Whatcha Gonna Do for the Rest of Your Life?

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Album Details

Title: Open Up: Whatcha Gonna Do for the Rest of Your Life?
Artist: The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Release Date: 1/18/1992
Re-Released On: 1/7/1992
Label: Columbia
Duration: 54:46
Album Type(s): Instrumental
UPC: 074644738322
Genre: Jazz
Style: New Orleans Brass Bands
Moods: Exuberant, Earthy, Rollicking, Joyous, Rambunctious, Amiable/Good-Natured, Boisterous, Party/Celebratory, Playful, Reverent, Freewheeling
Total Copies: 1
Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

Track Listings

Use Your Brain
Open up (Whatcha Gonna Do for the Rest of Your Life?)
The Lost Souls (Of Southern Louisiana) /Cortege/Do I Have to ...
Deore Sceadu (Dark Shadow)
Dominique
Charlie Dozen
Song for Lady M
Remember When
Darker Shadows
Eyomzi

Additional Releases

Year	Type	Label	Catalog #
1992	CD	Columbia	CK-47383

Other Editions

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Album Review

The Dirty Dozen Brass Band sticks to originals (except for Johnny Dyani's "Eyomzi") on this fairly adventurous set. The octet (which consists of two trumpets, two saxes, one trombone, sousaphone, snare drum and bass drum) still had a unique sound in 1991 but three songs on the date only used part of the unit and the DDBB seemed to be trying to escape the sound of the brass band tradition (they had long had a more modern repertoire). Not all of the pieces work although the music in general is pretty colorful and somewhat unpredictable, even if it falls short of essential. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Credits

Name	Credits
Charles Joseph	Trombone, Vocals, Tambourine
Christopher Austopchuk	Art Direction
David Farrell	Engineer
Efrem Towns	Trumpet
Gregory Davis	Finger Cymbals, Trumpet
Jay Gallagher	Engineer
Jenell Marshall	Claves, Drums (Bass), Drums (Snare)
Jimmy Ienner, Jr.	Photography
Kalamu Ya Salaam	Liner Notes
Kevin Harris	Cowbell, Ride Cymbal, Vocals, Sax (Tenor)
Kirk Joseph	Vocals, Sousaphone
Lionel Batiste	?, Cowbell, Drums (Snare), Hi Hat, Drums (Bass)
Mark Burdett	Art Direction
Mark Wessel	Mixing
Raymond Weber	Drums
Roger Lewis	Sax (Soprano), Sax (Baritone)
Scott Billington	Producer
Steve Reynolds	Engineer
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band	Liner Notes
Tina Hanson	?, Engineer
Tom Coyne	Mastering

Member Reviews

Ken N. (Kensurfer) wrote on 8/10/2007...

It's funky, it's loose, many guest stars. I got turned on to them by listening to Vin Skelsa's radio show years ago, then bought and loved The New Orleans Album. Everything by them is a party.