No BS! Brass Band: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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Just southeast of the Virginia Commonwealth University campus in Richmond, Va., lies a compact neighborhood called Oregon Hill. Historically, it's been a (white) working-class part of town, affordable for students and various bohemian types. Recording engineer Lance Koehler was drawn to the place when he moved to Richmond from New Orleans; it's where he eventually found a two-story garage and converted it into his own recording studio and home. It didn't take him long to start doing business across the Richmond music map: Koehler is good at his job, and he's affordable. His business is called Minimum Wage Studios for a reason.
He's also a drummer, and though he grew up in Southern California, his time in New Orleans left a deep impression. Inspired by the Crescent City's modern brass bands, in 2006 he started the NO BS! Brass Band with trombonist Reggie Pace. They had a place to fit between 10 and 13 musicians for rehearsal, and they had the means to document their work. And, owing to VCU and its conservatory program - with a history of producing top-notch jazz players - they had plenty of great horn players at their disposal.
Funky and danceable, the NO BS! Brass Band takes after the full black-music continuum you hear in groups like Rebirth or the Hot 8. But it's also proggy, and a bit brutalizing, and full of pride in a different Southern outpost. The group's new album is called RVA All Day, after all. And about that jazz cred: In July, it'll release another album called Fight Song, so named because it features the band's arrangements of Charles Mingus compositions.
Recently, Koehler, Pace and nine other musicians piled into a bus and journeyed up the freeway to NPR Music's Tiny Desk in Washington, D.C. They blasted us with songs from the new album - it was so loud, you could hear the music on the other side of the building, a floor down. And this summer, when Pace isn't out with Bon Iver's touring band, they'll strike out from Oregon Hill to fly the Richmond flag up and down the East Coast.
--PATRICK JARENWATTANANON
Set List
"RVA All Day"
"Run Around"
"Infamous"
Personnel
Lance Koehler, drums
Reggie Pace, trombone
Bryan Hooten, trombone/vocals
John Hulley, trombone
Dillard Watt, bass trombone
David Hood, alto saxophone
Marcus Tenney, trumpet
Sam Koff, trumpet
Ben Court, trumpet
Taylor Barnett, trumpet
Stefan Demetriadis, tuba
Credits
Producer: Patrick Jarenwattananon; Editor: Gabriella Garcia-Pardo; Audio Engineer: Kevin Wait; Videographers: Denise DeBelius, Gabriella Garcia-Pardo
Пікірлер: 865
can't see the drummer but you can sure as heck feel him
@joehiggs100
6 жыл бұрын
You can see Lance Koehler towards the end, beard n'all, fundamental, a great recording in such a small space
The tuba player (yes, its a modified tuba) gets no love but he's laying down some serious bass grooves. And the drummer is the total truth.
@itsamemario333
9 жыл бұрын
Mudhole Stomp Gets no love? Where's the love queue? Pretty sure they're all awesome and the tuba was the first one I noticed because the way the fat guy holds it.
@EddFairman
9 жыл бұрын
Mudhole Stomp Yeah, not sure who's not showing the love. He is working hard! Hell, I played the trumpet for years and once in awhile I would get thrown onto Baritone Treble Clef (same music, fingering, etc) and I thought I was going to die every time and that thing is HALF the size of tuba. They have a tight sound and I love it. No BS.
@Grayham4
9 жыл бұрын
itsamemario333 im confused how is the tuba player fat
@Grayham4
9 жыл бұрын
itsamemario333 im confused how is the tuba player fat
@southproduct7463
8 жыл бұрын
No its not a modified tuba, it's a contra, not modified at all. Just redesigned ;)
anybody else dying to watch the drummer playing.
@ScottyOnespeed
7 жыл бұрын
Ha
@martinleura3869
7 жыл бұрын
Damn , i'm not the only one ! i want to see that guy groovin !
@cass5866
7 жыл бұрын
yes. especially on that last one
@hohman6
7 жыл бұрын
JayDizz92 me being a drummer, I could feel the groove just being poured on.
@bveracka
7 жыл бұрын
Definitely...us drummers always get sidelined.
These guys are adorably nerdy and totally badass at the same time. I love brass bands.
The trombone player in the purple shirt is absolutely insane! He’s doing some crazy tonguing and is getting up to ridiculously high notes. I play trombone and that stuff is hard!
@fjdelcroix3455
Жыл бұрын
Bro is playing fast asf
@angiearnold8911
10 ай бұрын
🔥📯😈🦋
Accidentally wound up here and I am content as hell
@gado__
7 жыл бұрын
the desk concerts are often really good!
@riyansimmons5379
7 жыл бұрын
Nathan Pleasants -. 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆 LOL
@gingahninja7956
4 жыл бұрын
There are no accidents
@jer-man823
3 жыл бұрын
Trust lol I was looking for youngblood brass but can't complain
I'm in awe of the sound engineers every time. How on earth do you manage to get such gorgeous sound out of a setup like this?
@nickvtguitar546
Жыл бұрын
Almost looks like 1 🎤!
@mattpenman2284
7 ай бұрын
It's nuts isn't it! Most tidy desks sound better than the album versions
Man, that's the funkiest tuba player, holding down the fort. I love everyone, thanks for putting a smile on my face listening to this.
There's a drummer in there... Somewhere...
@greatbyrondo
6 жыл бұрын
The drummer is buried under a mountain of horn cases!!!!!!!!
@stierspider-man2559
4 жыл бұрын
...somewhere deep in the pocket
@PedroGomez-bd9ro
3 жыл бұрын
He's recoding
@brianh5878
3 жыл бұрын
11:43 six years but you found him ;)
@austinnevels7447
2 жыл бұрын
He’s IN the desk!
Tuba man. They seem to leave you out. You are the bomb!
This is what happens when band nerds go to college for music. Awesome.
@OrchestraBeat
7 жыл бұрын
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@nvrmind1205
5 жыл бұрын
Indeed true...cause I'm currently one band nerds in college 1 😅😁
@douglasbawden3134
4 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣 That's why I got not just one, but two degrees in music!
@penelopejoann
3 жыл бұрын
God bless band nerds. This band nerd is hooked!
@freezor80
Жыл бұрын
You get a wicked jazz band.
I'm impressed, the drummer & tuba player is putting in work for sure
My gawd the sound mixing on this is incredible. That's not a studio and these always sound amazing. So props to them
There are some dads in this brass band that annoys the heck out of their teenage kids every weekend morning. No sleeping in in Brass Dads house!
The trumpet player in purple is my theory professor at VCU! Just thought I'd share haha
@djjd5067
10 жыл бұрын
Marten Dekker He means the light purple trumpet player, why do people on youtube feel the need to be so pedantic?
@rxh1013
6 жыл бұрын
haha he looks very professorish
@grotewobbo
4 жыл бұрын
He certainly looks that way haha. He killed the look of the band with his clothes.
@srajfnly2
4 жыл бұрын
Marten Dekker EXCUSE YOU AT LEAST WE KNOW WHAT THEY’RE SAYING UNLIKE MOST RAPPERS THAT I CAN THINK OF
@michaelfoxbrass
3 жыл бұрын
Does Rex Richardson teach at VCU also?
Gotta love the Low Low Brass :D Being a Tuba, Trombone, and Bass Trombone Player just gotta give them 1,000 props :D
I'm just checking out these guys for the first time. I'm really digging the variety of sounds here. Infectious melodies and earworm qualities aside, these dudes are badass musicians. The brassy, throaty cadences of a high school marching band are the backbone of these songs, but I especically love the heavy spin on it with the drummer's attitude and power, it definitely supports the rest of the ensemble well. I hear a lot of jazz thrown in on the solo sections of these songs. The passages are hectic and make the songs feel even better-structured after the fact. I also really love the megaphone vocals; it also harkens back to that high-school pep rally feeling. The whole thing gives off this wild, urban, robust sound that I didn't know I needed in my life. I hate sounding like a douchey music critic, but damn, I just needed to get those thoughts written down because I've not grown to like such an eclectic group this fast before. A-1 stuff.
@robertoesquivel4447
6 жыл бұрын
Panic the Kid Apt analysis, apt indeed
@colinthorn
4 жыл бұрын
Very well put!
@5va
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome insight
I'm a drummer, but my daughter is learning the tuba. I showed her this video for inspiration. Such great memories when I watch this. Looking back on it: this was a happy time before a lot of sad things happened in the world. Bravo to the soloists and the "worker" musicians that gave body to all the warm tones. Bottom line: Love the power and sound of all that brass!
THAT TUBA PLAYER IS SO BOSS.
@bobcat24
11 ай бұрын
I can barely even hear him 😂
I want these guys to play at my funeral! I want folks rockin' out, thinking about how great life is and what having fun looks like while throwing back some great food and some good cocktails. I want my life portrayed by this band and these guys. Good stuff guys!
TUBA PLAYER IS A GOD.
@danbunch1514
5 жыл бұрын
TRUTH
@fortazerty
5 жыл бұрын
4 years late ... fck yeah he is 🔥
@Niamhmusicmusic
4 жыл бұрын
Chills
@brianwoodcox9878
4 жыл бұрын
He is until you listen to Youngblood Brass Band.
@cookie0329
3 жыл бұрын
Contra, but yes
No BS brass kills it every time I see them. Richmond VA representing keep up the great work guys! Thanks NPR Tiny Desk for hosting such great musicians.
this is so fucking lit
RVA All day: 0:00 Run around: 4:19 Infamous: 8:40
They should call themselves the No BS Brass band and a drummer who is totally killin it!!!! next time show some love to your drummer and give him a little camera time. He sounded like he was playing his butt off lol. Great video guys.
@Sheldogg23
9 жыл бұрын
GuerrillaStyleFilms He's also the founder of the band...
@bradenriebe5849
9 жыл бұрын
GuerrillaStyleFilms im sure he gets love in different venues. tiny desk concert usually has the whole band crammed in a corner so that might be the reason for lack of camera time. You are right though he has some mean grooves.
@riodelossantos4411
6 жыл бұрын
+ a lonely saxophone
@melopsicodelia
6 жыл бұрын
Varga Sámuel Dude, the sax is already includes in the title.
@PedroGomez-bd9ro
3 жыл бұрын
But they got woodwinds
That tuba is doing work at 7:30
@Niamhmusicmusic
4 жыл бұрын
Lucas Norrington dammn
@theonettleton3042
4 жыл бұрын
phat
Watch out, folks. The Tiny Desk just got loud. Good stuff.
The trombones are killin it!
@jayefoe3284
6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, Dennis Rollins style solos - lovin' it!
@annewagoner4827
3 жыл бұрын
Soloist, especially!!
I love how on the right the tuba and the 2 trombones are acting really hype, meanwhile the trumpets look they want to be anywhere but there xD
@PatFreakinRickTV
9 жыл бұрын
As a trumpet player who sits in front of the trombone section in a concert setting, i can tell you that trombones usually have the best personalities, and the trumpets are usually too cool for school or hella egotistical
@joshmayfield6402
8 жыл бұрын
+PatFreakinRick what about tubas?
@danielstein5290
8 жыл бұрын
+PatFreakinRick YEEESSS!!!!
@mesirpez
8 жыл бұрын
+Allan Tayor There always the hype people
@themoniathansnest5404
5 жыл бұрын
pgily as a trombone I second this XD that itself was a bit egotistical but I know my section well and we are the type that hold the band down, have a lot of incredible musicians, yet we are very fun and make sure to not take things too seriously.
These are the coolest nerds I've ever seen
Saxophone... in a Brass band... I'll allow it.
@unclejessekush9987
6 жыл бұрын
donaldengine9 that’s cuz they superior
@kennyriley2198
5 жыл бұрын
@@unclejessekush9987 and cause they made of brass...see L u c k y C h o p s
@eliudl
4 жыл бұрын
It's a brass band? That's why?, good luck...
@PilliamWilliam
4 жыл бұрын
for the uninitiated, saxophones are not a brass instrument
@sritchie1272
4 жыл бұрын
It’s both
That trumpet who took a solo on infamous is such a beast. I think I might learn a couple of these tunes, they're hot!
Ok this is beyond sick, their stage presence is remarkable I love this
Funny, I lived in Richmond VA for 7 years and never heard of these guys. I was also a active trumpeter in the area and was 'starving' to see live music like this.
still gettin love in 2024!! awesome stuff....
That tuba player is right on! Non stop amazing! Love it!!!
Haven't heard these guys till now. Pretty sick. I'm now a fan.
SHOUTOUT TO ALL OF MY FELLOW TROMBONES AND DEM BARS ON RVA ALL DAY
These guys remind me of Youngblood Brass Band, and that's a wonderful thing! Anyone who digs this and isn't familiar with YBB, check them out, they're legendary.
@markghermanson
8 жыл бұрын
+skyzefawlun TRUTH!!!
@chriswilson3106
8 жыл бұрын
I thought the same thing.
@julesunderscore
8 жыл бұрын
I am Obsessed with their song Brooklyn
@toverei
4 жыл бұрын
@@julesunderscore Late to the game; but so am I!
@julesunderscore
4 жыл бұрын
Ivo Tierie 3 years later and they’re still my favorite band
If you want to see the drummer, go to "11:00" ;)
7:30 oh damnnn that tuba bass. I have heard some dope shit and that is up there
Great band. I met Taylor Barnett's brother at a hotel in Charlottesville while traveling and he told me to check this out.....I'm glad I did!
Came here looking for epic brass music. Not what I was looking for but not disapointed at all! :D
You guys are just fricken awesome fantastic music !! Thank you for sharing !!
wow! make me feel good! thanks you for your energy and groove! listening in mexico
What a great bunch of musicians - doesn't get much better than that!
I'M DANCING IN THE COUCH !! AMAAAAZIIING BOYS!!!
@rosypenson6228
10 жыл бұрын
JUJUJU
HOLY crap I love those sweet trombone solo's are awesome
so fresh everytime i listen
Awesome groove with these fellas!! Love it
This video is my favorite of 2020! These guys are HOT and SWINGIN..I can't stop dancing, singing, playing with them!! Don't want to, can't make me!! My heaven is No BS.
Yet another Tiny Desk video that has truly made my day 🎷🎺🥁
Who on earth would thumbs down this??
@counterfit5
5 жыл бұрын
Sax quartets
@davidconway3891
4 жыл бұрын
@@counterfit5 hahaha🤣😂🤣
I love the splits between the tuba and trombone, just yes.
i bet that tuba player is the most underrated tuba player ever the guy is just SHREDDING it, and i play! his tone is fantastic i want to know what kind of horn that is know what my next purchase will be! keep it up brother!!!!
@austin5920
8 жыл бұрын
You hear that scream in the 1st song?
@cityhood
8 жыл бұрын
Honestly I think its just an upright concert horn with a modified neck for the mouthpiece. And yes, he is a beast!!!
@austin5920
8 жыл бұрын
William Tanelus Yup, same here. Mostly because of the valve angle. Our school has the convertibles with the switchable leadpipes.
@billschwandt1
8 жыл бұрын
if he was using a horn setup like that it would cause the horn to be extremely flat and im not sure there is a way to push the slides in enough to offset it. Point being it almost HAS to be a marching horn.
@austin5920
8 жыл бұрын
+william schwandt that looks like an awfully uncomfortable valve setup for marching tho...plus, might have a shorter tuning slide he changes too
You guys are *AMAZING*!
2:44 The rap with the megaphone was an amazing effect. I loved it!! This is an amazing group, great energy! The trombones are just ROCKIN it!
No BS! is like the perfect mix of ska, funk, and hip hop.
A whole lota spit be all over that phat juicy music! What an energetic group of fun!
spending so much time in new orleans ...there is no better sound than the power of brass line! y'all sound amaaaazing!
Oh wow -- what a find! Now I know. Will spread the word. True musicians. Praise the rhythm and diversity.
At 1:09 I about lost it… Brass POWER! Drummer is killing it as well
Absolutely FANTASTIC!!
This is just so darn good!!
This is one of the best Tiny Desk Concerts out here!
Thank you NPR, TDC! This was fun!
GOOD ASS DRUMS AND CONTRA!!!!!
@stonedhippyus
8 жыл бұрын
+jaman198 convertable tuba*
@stonedhippyus
8 жыл бұрын
+CHKNnuclei no, it's a covert able tuba, look at the tubing. contras are made differently.
@TheBlondebaby80
8 жыл бұрын
+CHKNnuclei yep contra bass
@TheBlondebaby80
8 жыл бұрын
+Jaesh Jurbs ur right. its where the valves r positioned tht makes this a converted tuba. I'd still call it a contra tho lol
@speckledperch4158
7 жыл бұрын
jaman198. They have an Contra Bass double B flat Trombone player too!! He tears it up too!!! :-)
The trumpet solo in the last song infamous..killed it! Love this video
lets play the game "who marched drum corps"
@gregsdad52
9 жыл бұрын
Matt S lol
@hylkema101
9 жыл бұрын
Matt S not the sax player.
@be9nz
9 жыл бұрын
Matt S Just look for the Corps' necklaces.
@brarry3459
9 жыл бұрын
Matt S I know for a fact the tuba player didn't
@LtPeeWeeHerman
9 жыл бұрын
Brarry Why?
superb Trombone sound! I've never heard such a crispy sound!
Oh my... I enjoyed this so much! Amazing!
This band is amazing!
They're all great but the tuba is the STAR!
That Tuba giving me life 🔥🔥🔥
You're amazing! Great music!
Very nice! Love it!
You guys are smashing it.... I Love it!!! RVA!!!!!! NO BS!
These guys are awesome. Remind me a lot of Snarky Puppy (minus the guitars). Can't get enough.
This is so kickass on so many levels! :D
Loved it, thanks tiny desk and no bs
These guys are the real deal holy crap
These guys a freaking awesome!
i haven't had this much fun in a while.
This is great!!! I would love to see this band live so I can get my groove on!
Outstanding! This video makes me miss playing the trumpet in junior high 😢
This gaggle of guys. A+
Thank you for your Cooooool Music ! It's so just a Music Power !!
Thank you KZread for suggesting this
The tuba always kills it.
So in tune. Nice
This is incredible!
Having a bad day....... cheers me up everytime.....
love this group so funky
Absolute fire! Keep up, lads.
tuba man is amazing. he made this sound
MUSIC IS SO GREAT
Diosssss! increible !
If Tower of Power, Chicago and a New Orleans jazz brass ensemble had a love child, it would be this band. This is some serious jazzy, funky stuff! Love it
damn..amazing. kinda wish i was in the band, that looks like a whole lotta fun!
So much groove