And Still I Rise

And Still I Rise

its audience on a rare musical ride. The group carries us over the main highways and big-<br>city streets as well as the dusty back roads of the American south while weaving its way<br>to the crossroads where Blues and the roots of early Jazz were born.<br>H.B.O. draws its sound from field hollers, work songs, spirituals, soaring gospel voices<br>and the hard-driving rhythms of the deep Blues from the delta and the hill country of<br>northern Mississippi.<br>The group is driven by three voices, two guitars, drums/percussion, harmonica and a fiery four piece horn section (tuba, 2 trumpets, trombone, saxophone).<br>Spotlighting male and female voices, bold brassy sounds of New Orleans as well as<br>modern jazz horn sounds and a heavy back beat, H.B.O. serves up a powerful and<br>compelling new take on America's Blues heritage. With an emphasis on musical<br>exploration, Heritage Blues Orchestra digs into innovative musical territory making a<br>unique and exhilarating contribution to the African-American musical canvas.<br>You'll recognize this group as something breathtakingly new even as old African-<br>American musical traditions rise up to meet you.<br>Heritage Blues Orchestra is perhaps the most exciting African-American roots group to<br>come along in a very long time. Even as you sense just how heavily steeped the group<br>is in tradition, you'll marvel at how boldly they march into the musical land of the new<br>and nameless brassy sounds of New Orleans as well as modern jazz horn sounds and a<br>heavy back beat, H.B.O. serves up a powerful and compelling new take on America's<br>Blues heritage. With an emphasis on musical exploration, Heritage Blues Orchestra digs<br>into innovative musical territory making a unique and exhilarating contribution to the<br>African-American musical canvas.<br>You'll recognize this group as something breathtakingly new even as old African-<br>American musical traditions rise up to meet you.<br>Heritage Blues Orchestra is perhaps the most exciting African-American roots group to<br>come along in a very long time. Even as you sense just how heavily steeped the group is<br>in tradition, you'll marvel at how boldly they march into the musical land of the new and<br>nameless.