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Panorama Brass Band - Walk Like An Egyptian (One Thousand And One Nights)

from Song-of-the-Month Club: Good Music For You by Panorama Jazz Band and Panorama Brass Band plus special guests

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Happy Mardi Gras! Everywhere else it's just another Tuesday but, as you read this, your favorite brass band is blowing its collective brains out, creating beautiful moments in the streets of the Marigny and the French Quarter with our patron krewe, the St. Anthony Ramblers. By 4:00 today I'll be back in my house icing my knee and thinking about supper.

In January 2011, as Panorama was getting ready for the Carnival season, we began hearing reports of the demonstrations for democracy sweeping North Africa. What became known as "Arab Spring" began with non-violent protests in Tunisia on December 17, 2010 that led to the removal of corrupt and entrenched president, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. With the relative success of the Tunisian effort, and aided by social media, the movement quickly spread. Protests began in Cairo on January 25, 2011 and continued for 28 days.

Several of us were inspired by the winds of change and wanted to play something in solidarity. Panorama fluegelhorn man JR Hankins had a cassette of legendary Egyptian chanteuse Oum Kalthoum (1898-1975) that included a long suite called "Alf Leila We Leila" ("One Thousand and One Nights") recorded in Cairo, 1969. (Gorgeous, look it up!).

JR and Patty Farrell (alto horn), gleaned a few melodies from the suite and arranged them in an order that would likely work on the brass band. Next, tuba ace Jon Gross suggested sandwiching The Bangles' "Walk Like An Egyptian" around it. And I think it was Patty who came up with an arrangement of that.

Two years later, during Carnival season 2013, the idea arose to do a recording session on Ash Wednesday and we booked time at Mark Bingham's Piety Street studio. Sure enough, after a long, arduous and revelrous parade season, we reconvened the next day and banged out a bunch of our favorites from that year. You've already heard several tracks from that date in your Good Music For You collection: "Norma La de Guadalajara," "Geljan Dade," "Purim in the Quarter," "Bagopolier Freylekh," "Boki 13" and "Oh, Didn't He Ramble."

So, this is our invitation to you to spend part of your Mardi Gras with us, either sharing some of those beautiful moments in person or via today’s release on your electronic device.

Oh yes, and speaking of the Brass Band's collective brain, it does have one and the "groupthink" of this musical collective is a wonder to not only behold but to participate in. There are so many "next level" experiences with this group, I don't even know how to describe it. Maybe you can hear it.

Thanks for listening,
Ben Schenck
Panorama BRASS Band / Panorama Jazz Band
New Orleans, LA

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from Song-of-the-Month Club: Good Music For You, track released March 1, 2022
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Recorded February 13th, 2013 @ Piety Street Studios, New Orleans, LA.
Ben Schenck - Clarinet
Aurora Nealand - Alto Saxophone
Dan Oestreicher - Baritone Saxophone
Jack Pritchett - Trumpet
JR Hankins - Fluegelhorn
Charlie Halloran - Trombone
Patrick Farrell - Alto Horn
Don Godwin - Tenor Horn
John Gerken - Tenor Horn
Jon Gross - Sousaphone
Boyanna Trayanova - Snare Drum
Richie Barshay - Bass Drum

Produced by Don Godwin, Patrick Farrell and Ben Schenck
"Walk Like An Egyptian" by Liam Sternberg
"One Thousand And One Nights" by Morsi Gamil Aziz & Baligh Hamdi
Music arranged by JR Hankins, Patrick Farrell and Jon Gross
Session engineered by Wesley Fontenot at Piety Street Studios
Mixed and mastered by Lu Rojas
Graphic design by Ben Schenck
Cover photo by Emily Frock

Thanks to Mark Bingham for wonderful food and beautiful vibes during the recording session.

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"New Orleans' genre fluid jazz band"

The Panorama Jazz Band and the Panorama Brass Band have been working steadily in New Orleans and beyond since 1995. Many hundreds of nightclub gigs, festivals, weddings, crawfish boils and Mardi Gras parades have added to this community of musicians' collective experience, all of which they bring to each of their recordings. ... more

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