IF YOU GO* What: The Soul Rebels Brass Band.* When: 9:30-11 p.m. Sunday.* Where: Unum Stage.* Website: www.soulrebelsbrassband.com.DISCOGRAPHY2009: “No Place Like Home”2006: “Urban Legend”2005: “Rebelution”1999: “More Jams”1998: “No More Parades”1994: “Let Your Mind Be Free”1991: “New Orleans Classics: A Tribute to Louis Armstrong”QUOTE”I learned so much, not only music-wise but the savvy, the persona, how to conduct yourself around musicians and how to be a well-polished tool.” — Lumar LeBlanc, on what he took away from his musical education on the streets of New Orleans
At first blush, basketball and brass-band music may not seem to have a lot in common, but in New Orleans, both are street sports.
For many of the musicians in the Soul Rebels Brass Band, their first professional stage was on some corner in the French Quarter.
And like with basketball, the streets were a classroom with its own set of rules and rewards for up-and-coming musicians, LeBlanc said.
“On the streets, that’s some raw learning,” he said. “You had to realize how seriously they took it when we were out there at that time.”