Keith Frazier (musician)

Keith Frazier is one of the founding members of Rebirth Brass Band. In the band, Frazier plays the bass drum with a cymbal mounted on top. He plays the drum with one hand and the cymbal with the other, using a flathead screwdriver. ^[1]

Keith Frazier and his brother, Phillip Frazier (the group's sousaphone/tuba player), formed Rebirth Brass Band, along with other band members they met (including renowned trumpeter, Kermit Ruffins) while students at Joseph S. Clark Sr. High School in New Orleans. In Joseph S. Clark's marching and concert bands, Frazier played several brass instruments and was section leader of the baritones.

Rebirth Brass Band, was discovered at the 1982 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and recorded its first studio album in 1984.

References

↑ Fly Fishing with Darth Vader by Matt Labash, Simon and Schuster, Feb 9, 2010]

External links

Keith Frazier Interview - Metromix article by Matt Wake
Rebirth Brass Band website
Rebirth Turns 25, Paste Magazine article by Caroline Goyette

Rebirth Brass Band

Current Members	Phillip "Phil" Frazier (tuba) Keith Frazier (bass drum) Derrick Tabb (snare drum) Stafford Agee (trombone) Gregory Veals (trombone) Chadrick Honore (trumpet) Glen Hall (trumpet) Vincent Broussard (saxophone}

Former Members	Kermit Ruffins Derrick "Kabuky" Shezbie Shamar Allen Glen David Andrews

Albums	Here to Stay! [issued as by ReBirth Jazz Band] (1984) Feel Like Funkin' It Up (1989) Do Whatcha Wanna (1991) Rebirth Kickin' It Live (1991) Take It To The Street (1992) Rollin' (1994) We Come To Party (1997) Main Event: Live At The Maple Leaf (1999) Hot Venom (2001) Rebirth for Life (2004) Ultimate Rebirth Brass Band (best-of compilation) (2004) Throwback (2005) Never A Dull Moment: 20 Years of... (DVD) (2007) 25! 25th Anniversary Album (2008) Rebirth of New Orleans (2011) Move Your Body (2014)

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Keith Frazier (musician)

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