Consumer Guide Album

The Dirty Dozen Brass Band: Mardi Gras in Montreux: Live [Rounder, 1986]
No longer bummed out by false promises of funk, we can settle for fun. Even if it's right to suspect that their synthesis is less than historic, their lively, unsentimental update of New Orleans jazz heritage proves once again that the best way to honor the dead is with a party. But not that the guest of honor should get up in his best suit and sing "Stormy Monday." B+