The chicago Windy City Ramblers
sunday, september 29
TIME: 6:00pm-7:00pm
VENUE: Wagner Stage. Midway Plaisance at South Woodlawn Ave.
A photo of The Chicago Windy City Ramblers band members standing in two rows holding their instruments with a red, white, and blue fighting ring in the background, band members are wearing a black and gold Ramblers baseball uniform. The Chicago Windy City Ramblers logo is in the bottom center of the photo. Photo by Merlo Media.
The Chicago windy city ramblers
The Chicago Windy City Ramblers, Inc. is a nonprofit brass band organization dedicated to the cultural development of the youth of Chicago. Both musically and culturally, the band links the musical legacy and festive spirit of the New Orleans brass band and second-line culture with the rich creative history of Chicago music, culture, and musicianship.
Trumpeter, composer, bandleader, and native Chicagoan Mario Abney fuses traditional and extended techniques in an inventive way, his uniquely personal vision for music endowing it with an infinite array of tonal colors. He is recognized for his ability to create pure musical dialogues and to hear music in a universally spiritual way. Although Abney relocated to New Orleans in 2008 to become part of the scene there (and ended up playing with Charmaine Neville, Ellis Marsalis, Delfpheo Marsalis, Irving Mayfield, and Bill Summers, among others), he is once again a regular feature on the stages of his beloved home town Chicago, playing regularly at Andy’s Jazz Club, Untitled Supper Club, The Salt Shed, and elsewhere.
The musicians:
trumpets — Mario Abney, Ryan Nyther, Sam Thousand , Charles Pryor, Gary Hreben
trombones — Royce Harrington Turner, Norman Palm, Neko Cortez, Dan Merlo
sousaphones — Dr. Roosevelt Griffin, Pete Issac Charles, Mike Hogg
saxophones — Talon McKinney, Ed House, Lenai Mc Kinney, Jacob Slocum
drums — Pete Mack, Phillip Fornett, Frank Morrison, Jayden Richardson