Rain held off at New Orleans Jazz Fest on Thursday morning, letting sousaphone star Kirk Joseph share his New Orleans roots with fans at the Acura Stage. A founding member of the Dirty Dozen Brass ...

Big black and white letters that spelled out "Preservation Hall New Orleans" made the jazz band's sousaphone hard to miss. That was, at least, until it went missing. "If you're trying to identify ...

but also in rock bands such as Bonerama and the Anders Osborne Band and in contemporary jazz bands led by John Ellis and Kermit Ruffins. Most tuba players in New Orleans play the sousaphone ...

Someone has stolen Preservation Hall’s signature sousaphone, and there’s a reward offered for its return. Jaffe posted a message about the theft on the jazz venue’s Facebook page ...

For their thesis project as a grad student at Illinois State University, composer and multi-instrumentalist Joe Sandy wrote a ...

Even O’Brien’s instrument, an antique sousaphone, was a gift from her local jazz community and has been used by many Kansas City musicians over the years. A Sass-A-Brass band member gets ready ...

It’s still used in many college bands, jazz bands and even rock and funk recordings today. Sousaphones come in professional or beginner varieties, but you’re going to get the best sound from a ...

sousaphone and tuba. Moving to New York City in 1958, when he was 20, Hubbard quickly became known as one of the important new jazz arrivals. In the early ‘70s, his career well-established ...

In 1961, Pottsville native Allan Jaffe established Preservation Hall in the city’s French Quarter, and played Sousaphone in the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Under Jaffe’s tutelage ...

Focusing on innovation rather than improvisation, they identify as a brass band but incorporate elements of jazz, electronics and dance beats ... Van Ee's synths in "Proper Hired Guns." Rhythmic ...