Rothko Chapel will kick off its annual concert series, Summer Sounds on the Plaza, with a performance by the Boomtown Brass Band, Houston’s only dedicated traditional jazz ensemble.
Formed in 2015 by tuba player Thomas Helton, Boomtown Brass Band performs the high-energy Dixieland and ragtime jazz of 1920s New Orleans. Inspired by acts like the Louis Armstrong Hot Five and Hot Seven, New Orleans Rhythm Kings, Jelly Roll Morton, Bix Beiderbecke and Jabbo Smith, the band features guitar, banjo, tuba, saxophone, clarinet, cornet and trombone.
Rothko Chapel will kick off its annual concert series, Summer Sounds on the Plaza, with a performance by the Boomtown Brass Band, Houston’s only dedicated traditional jazz ensemble.
Formed in 2015 by tuba player Thomas Helton, Boomtown Brass Band performs the high-energy Dixieland and ragtime jazz of 1920s New Orleans. Inspired by acts like the Louis Armstrong Hot Five and Hot Seven, New Orleans Rhythm Kings, Jelly Roll Morton, Bix Beiderbecke and Jabbo Smith, the band features guitar, banjo, tuba, saxophone, clarinet, cornet and trombone.
Rothko Chapel will kick off its annual concert series, Summer Sounds on the Plaza, with a performance by the Boomtown Brass Band, Houston’s only dedicated traditional jazz ensemble.
Formed in 2015 by tuba player Thomas Helton, Boomtown Brass Band performs the high-energy Dixieland and ragtime jazz of 1920s New Orleans. Inspired by acts like the Louis Armstrong Hot Five and Hot Seven, New Orleans Rhythm Kings, Jelly Roll Morton, Bix Beiderbecke and Jabbo Smith, the band features guitar, banjo, tuba, saxophone, clarinet, cornet and trombone.