Hawaii Tribune-Herald Music for mind, body and soul Dirty Dozen Brass Band playing two shows this month on the Big Island By KATIE YOUNG YAMANAKA Special to the Tribune-Herald Born nearly 40 years ago in the neighborhood of Tremé, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band set the stage for today’s New Orleans brass band music by incorporating funk, R&B and pop into the traditional mix. They have toured across more than 30 countries on five continents, and now the Dirty Dozen Brass Band will perform in two Big Island concerts, Friday, Oct. 14, at Kahilu Theatre in Waimea and Saturday, Oct. 15, at Kress Theater in Downtown Hilo. Showtimes both nights are at 7 p.m. One of the band’s founding members, baritone sax player Roger Lewis, says the band has remained popular for four decades by constantly reinventing themselves and remaining open to any and all kinds of musical adventures. Traditional brass bands used “a lot of trumpets, trombones and clarinets,” Lewis explains. “The Dirty Dozen incorporated a tenor and a baritone saxophone, one See BAND Page 8
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