Irvin Mayfield, “O Tannenbaum / O Christmas Tree,” (2014): One Track Mind
Irvin Mayfield’s effervescent Christmas redo will shake your stockings off the mantel.

Irvin Mayfield’s effervescent Christmas redo will shake your stockings off the mantel.

As this song trumpets – quite literally – there ain’t nothing like a Rebirth groove.

As much as famous folks like Wynton Marsalis and Harry Connick Jr. have burnished the city of New Orleans’ role in jazz, they didn’t do it by playing in the style that made the city famous. Enter Michael White You May Also Like: New Orleans at 300: In Search ofRead More

Rebirth Brass Band comes out hotter than a pistol on “Shrimp and Gumbo,” another in the long line of lip-smacking New Orleans songs about food, yet there remains an underlying theme of musicianship. You May Also Like: Canadian Brass – ‘Canadiana’ (2022)

Putting together a luxe coffee-table book honoring the city of his birth clearly got Irvin Mayfield in a nostalgic mood. You May Also Like: The Blind Boys of Alabama’s Down in New Orleans added a new musical wrinkle New Orleans at 300: In Search of Jazz