Derrick “Kabuki” Shezbie remains best known as a former member of the Rebirth Brass Band, blowing the trumpet and enlivening the crowds with the Grammy-winning group. The Ghost of Buddy Bolden stands ...

Intro; Makin Runs; Didn't He Ramble: Ride On King Jesus; Down By the Riverside; Hot Time; Intermission; Pallet On Your Floor; Careless Love; Bucket's Got A Hole In it; Funky Butt The origin story of ...

Bolden is also known mostly through oral history, as records about him and his family were either lost or non-existent. Only one picture of him with his band is available. That band played at various ...

Derrick Shezbie's sophomore release as leader—a mere 26 years after his highly acclaimed debut, Spodie's Back (Warner Bros., 1994)—finds the New Orleans trumpeter in much the same territory as a ...