Wendell Brunious with The Dave Donohoe Band - "West End Blues"
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Born in the mid '50s into one of New Orleans' leading musical families Wendell Brunious is a truly formidable trumpet player and his appearance with the Dave Donohoe Band at the 2007 Keswick Festival was sensational. Dave's friendship with Wendell goes back over 20 years and they first played together in Preservation Hall many years earlier. The band line-up on this superb CD is Wendell Brunious trumpet (on 10 tracks); Teddy Fullick trumpet (6 tracks); Frank Brooker reeds; Dave Donohoe trombone; Tom Kincaid piano; Mal Horne banjo; Jim Swinnerton bass; Bill Evans drums. The tunes are:- Put On Your Old Gray Bonnet, Bogalousa Strut, Just A Closer Walk With Thee, Mama Don't Allow, Route 66, 'deed I Do, Help Me Make It Through The Night, Ain't She Sweet, This Year's Kisses, You Never Can Tell, West End Blues, Oh Lady Be Good, Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans. The last track is particularly poignant; Wendell Brunious, like many New Orleans musicians, had to leave his home in the Crescent City, after Hurricane Katrina, to make a new life elsewhere and now lives in Sweden. (76 mins).
