Two days of live jazz in Polsky Theatre and Yardley Hall. Performances include some of your favorite Kansas City artists leading up to Mardi Gras Mambo – The Dirty Dozen Brass Band with Nathan & The Zydeco Cha Chas!

Mardi Gras Mambo
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band are pioneers of the modern New Orleans brass band movement, recognized worldwide as an unstoppable musical machine. Nathan Williams provides a direct connection to Zydeco’s storied pioneers such as Clifton Chenier and Boozoo Chavis. Reunited, the two groups will deliver a nonstop Mardi Gras celebration that will have everyone on their feet. Blues, Cajun, New Orleans soul, zydeco, and R&B from two Louisiana legends!
 
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Since their founding in 1977, the Grammy Award-winning New Orleans-based Dirty Dozen Brass Band has taken the traditional foundation of brass band music and incorporated it into a blend of genres, including bebop jazz, funk and R&B/soul. This unique sound, described by the band as a “musical gumbo,” has allowed the Dirty Dozen to tour across five continents and more than 30 countries, record 12 studio albums, and collaborate with a range of artists from Modest Mouse to Widespread Panic to Norah Jones. More than 40 years later, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band is a world-famous music machine whose name is synonymous with genre-bending romps and high-octane performances.