Each record we did was by mistake. We had no plans. We would walk to the French Quarters and make up songs, play for tips every day after school, walk back from the French Quarters and make up songs, ...

Rebirth at the 2012 French Quarter Festival. Derek Shezbie blows his trumpet at the 2011 Voodoo Experience. Keith Frazier, bass drummer and a founding member of Rebirth Brass Band, sits in a quiet ...

The Rebirth Brass Band will narrowly miss Mardi Gras season when they hit town next week; in fact they’ll be playing the Crystal Ballroom on Ash Wednesday. If that sounds odd or even sinful, you ...

If you’re unfamiliar with Louisiana’s Rebirth Brass Band, a Grammy-winning group formed in early ’80s New Orleans that was featured in HBO’s post-Katrina Treme, you best get your ass down to Paper ...

The birthplace of the Rebirth was Joseph F. Clark Senior High School. Tuba player Philip Frazier, his brother Keith, who played bass drum, and their buddy Kermit Ruffins, a trumpeter, joined forces ...

Wow. It’s been a long six months. We’re all happy to hear that Rebirth Brass Band will revive its Tuesday night residency (previously at the Maple Leaf Bar for the past 29 years) via livestream at 9 p ...

Keith Frazier, bass drummer and a founding member of Rebirth Brass Band, sits in a quiet coffeeshop near the Fair Grounds Race Course on a gorgeous spring afternoon between French Quarter Festival and ...