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Lowdown Brass Band
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The Lowdown Brass Band is a uniquely strong representation of Chicago Music culture.
The Lowdown Brass Band @LowdownBrassBand is a uniquely strong representation of Chicago Music culture. Providing a modern take on soul, funk, hip hop, and jazz, this multifaceted all-horn band boasts freedom through the art of their craft, whilst gaining critical acclaim from The Gazette, Fame Magazine, The Chicago Reader and more.
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Lowdown Brass Band
1/13/2026 | 27m 40sVideo has Closed Captions
The Lowdown Brass Band @LowdownBrassBand is a uniquely strong representation of Chicago Music culture. Providing a modern take on soul, funk, hip hop, and jazz, this multifaceted all-horn band boasts freedom through the art of their craft, whilst gaining critical acclaim from The Gazette, Fame Magazine, The Chicago Reader and more.
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Tell him who ya are.
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Yo.
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Were so happy to be with you guys today.
Listen.
No matter where youre at.
If youre in your car right now.
If youre watching us on YouTube We want you to get up and shake that thing a little bit.
Were about having a good time.
Were about that good spirit.
So lets do it right now together.
Come on band.
Lets go.
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Hey.
Come on.
Play it.
And, thats Matthew Kowalski on the bass trumpet.
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Yep.
♪ ♪ Burn it down.
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That's my demeanor ♪ ♪ So extreme ♪ ♪ Got the grasses looking greener ♪ ♪ With that said, there's some things I'd like to say ♪ ♪ So excuse me.
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♪ We getting a bill of the willing ♪ ♪ Willing to dance, walking on the ceiling ♪ ♪ What does it mean to be free?
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♪ > Yo.
Everybody jump on it.
♪ One time we beast the rock ♪ ♪ Two time we beast the rock ♪ ♪ Three times we beast the rock ♪ Check that.
Call the cops.
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Call the cops.
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♪ > Yo, everybody all apply.
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Call the cops.
♪ ♪ One time we beast the rock ♪ ♪ Two time we beast the rock ♪ ♪ Three times we beast the rock ♪ Check that.
Call the cops.
♪ ♪♪ ♪ Come on, lets go ♪ ♪ Get that body on the dance floor ♪ ♪ Shake and Flow ♪ ♪ Let the rhythm of the music move your soul ♪ ♪ Let it take control ♪ ♪ Feel that fever burning hotter ♪ ♪ So Beautiful ♪ ♪ Come on baby won't you be the one tonight ♪ > ♪ She could be the one I'm searching for ♪ ♪ Yep, she could be the one I need ♪ ♪ She could be the type that's worth it all ♪ ♪ Took a hit and I just OD ♪ ♪ Oh yes she o' so special ♪ ♪ And that's how the night gon be ♪ ♪ But I can't believe I just met her ♪ ♪ Now it feels like she must know me ♪ ♪ I see her she priceless ♪ ♪ What might we become?
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♪ Tonight ♪ ♪ Be the one tonight ♪ ♪ Tonight ♪ ♪ Be the one tonight ♪ ♪ Tonight ♪ ♪ Be the one tonight ♪ ♪ Yeah Hey ♪ Ladies and gentlemen, Mr.
Sam Johnson on the trumpet.
[trumpet solo] Come on.
One more time for Sam.
Come on.
[bass trumpet solo] Thats Matt Kowolski.
♪ Be the one tonight ♪ ♪ Tonight ♪ ♪ Be the one tonight ♪ ♪ Tonight ♪ ♪ Be the one tonight ♪ ♪ Tonight ♪ ♪ Be the one tonight ♪ ♪ Whoooo ♪ ♪♪ Thank you very much.
One more time, thats Sam Johnson on the trumpet.
Matthew Kowolski on the bass trumpet.
John Barbush is back there on the drums.
And Matthew Davis on the Sousaphone ♪ It's a cruel cruel world ♪ ♪ When you're out there in the streets ♪ ♪ And you have to walk'm all alone ♪ ♪ There's a cold cold wind that keeps ♪ ♪ Blowing over me ♪ ♪ And it chills me to the bone ♪ ♪ So call me ♪ ♪ Call me baby ♪ ♪ And I'll pick up the phone ♪ ♪ Call me ♪ ♪ Call me anytime honey ♪ ♪ I need you here at home ♪ Come on.
♪ Been a long long time ♪ ♪ Since I held you close to me ♪ ♪ And I called you all my own ♪ ♪ All the lonely nights ever since I set you free ♪ ♪ Can't believe that you are gone ♪ ♪ So call me ♪ ♪ Call me baby ♪ ♪ And I'll pick up the phone ♪ ♪ Call me ♪ ♪ Call me anytime honey ♪ ♪ I need you here at home ♪ Come on.
♪ Whooo, call me ♪ > Yeah.
♪ When I'm out of town ♪ ♪ I'm still driven ♪ ♪ There's a difference between ♪ ♪ No doubt we out winning ♪ ♪ Fitted dressed down ♪ ♪ fresh without a wild gimmick ♪ ♪ hang around in the game awhile ♪ ♪ and put some miles in it ♪ ♪ No limits ♪ ♪ it's him ♪ ♪ Quick hit it ♪ ♪ jump in ♪ ♪ Be glad you did ♪ ♪ crack a smile as we clown with it ♪ ♪ Spin it ♪ ♪ Begin our night ♪ ♪ we grinning ♪ ♪ the dundahda ♪ ♪ no baby girls ♪ ♪ just women ♪ ♪ And we still swimming ♪ ♪ our time is always so rented ♪ ♪ Don't keep score ♪ ♪ just keep going till we're finished ♪ ♪ We're never done ♪ ♪ To the drum beat ♪ ♪ one night 2 peak ♪ ♪ Trust me ♪ ♪ Trust me Its all business ♪ ♪ This our moment stuck in time ♪ ♪ Reacquainted here ♪ ♪ Relate at first sight ♪ ♪ It didn't take a year ♪ ♪ This we demonstrate ♪ ♪ This song commemorate ♪ ♪ Call cause ya coming through ♪ ♪ otherwise let them hate ♪ > ♪ It's a cruel cruel world ♪ ♪ When you're out there in the streets ♪ ♪ And you have to walk'm all alone ♪ ♪ There's a cold cold wind that keeps ♪ ♪ Blowing over me ♪ ♪ And it chills me to the bone ♪ ♪ So call me ♪ ♪ Call me baby ♪ ♪ And I'll pick up the phone ♪ ♪ Call me ♪ ♪ Call me anytime honey ♪ ♪ I need you here at home ♪ ♪ Call me ♪ ♪ Ooh, call me ♪ [trombone solo] ♪♪ Ladies and gentlemen, Andrew Zelman trombone.
In my eyes, It's the evolution of culture.
The evolution of the African American experience; Gospel, Funk, Jazz, Blues, Soul, Rock & Roll, and Hip Hop All share a common ancestor.
And that common ancestor is the African American experience.
And this experience created a dialog through music.
So when I hear from Muddy Waters and Louis Armstrong, John Coltrane and James Brown, I see and hear similarities in their experiences that echo the experiences of a NAS, a Rock Campbell, a Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole And these experiences created similarities that transcend genre, space and time which, in turn, create bridges throughout a musical family tree and these bridges are there to be crossed.
And that's where the Two Waters comes in.
To me, the Two Waters nursed these relationships organically, subconsciously curating our own experiences.
So in closing, America as a whole, was blessed with this diverse but interconnected musical history, so it was only right to bring things together all in the name of continuing that dialog, the dialog of the American experience.
Come on.
So this next song is about one of my favorite cities where it all started, New Orleans.
Let's do it.
♪ It's a feeling Bourbon Street 2nd lining ♪ ♪ Wearing Mardi Gras beads ♪ ♪ Like a chain full of diamonds ♪ Cause this a Rebirth ♪ ♪ So I'm doing what I wanna ♪ ♪ Up at Preservation Hall ♪ ♪ Cause I love the French Quarter ♪ ♪ I know I'm just a tourist ♪ ♪ Roaming round like explorers ♪ ♪ Frenchman Street ♪ ♪ Blue Nile singing chorus ♪ ♪ Buddy this is Bolden ♪ ♪ And it's so Armstrong ♪ ♪ This culture will carry on ♪ ♪ When we're all long gone ♪ ♪ I'm playing the dirty dozen ♪ ♪ With ya momma and ya cousin ♪ ♪ Eating crawfish ♪ ♪ Gumbo hotter than the summer ♪ ♪ Ricky B and Bigalow ♪ ♪ I'll meet y'all in the studio ♪ ♪ Triggerman drums ♪ ♪ Got it jumping like the video ♪ ♪ Think about Katrina ♪ ♪ Still in disbelief ♪ ♪ When I order an Abita ♪ ♪ From the bar at Tipitina's ♪ ♪ American experience ♪ ♪ Coming out your speakers ♪ ♪ From Congo Square ♪ ♪ to everywhere ♪ ♪ Give me the music with a purpose ♪ ♪ Contribute to the culture ♪ ♪ Just to make my struggle worth it ♪ ♪ No plan b ♪ ♪ This is the plan I have to work with ♪ ♪ Catch me at the gig ♪ ♪ In every city on the surface ♪ ♪ Came from Harlem to Chicago ♪ ♪ What's it all mean ♪ ♪ Means I'm blessed ♪ ♪ To be apart of what the world needs ♪ ♪ So when ya back track ♪ ♪ From where it all came ♪ ♪ You'll see it's all same ♪ ♪ It's been a long way ♪ > ♪ On Bourbon Street ♪ Listen.
♪ Lend me your ear there is something that you need to know ♪ ♪ You're the one who determines how far you can go ♪ ♪ Don't get caught like a mouse spinning wheels in this game ♪ ♪ Like a star in the night you are one in the same ♪ ♪ You are one in the same ♪ Run that back again.
♪ Lend me your ear there is something that you need to know ♪ ♪ You're the one who determines how far you can go ♪ ♪ Don't get caught like a mouse spinning wheels in this game ♪ ♪ Like a star in the night you are one in the same ♪ ♪ You are one in the same ♪ Alright KUVO, We want you to sing with us.
It goes... ♪ whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa ♪ ♪ whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa ♪ Come on.
♪ whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa ♪ ♪ whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa ♪ Oh, we hear you out ther in radio-land.
♪ whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa ♪ ♪ whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa ♪ Whereever youre at, get your hands high in the sky and sing it with us.
Come on and sing.
♪ whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa ♪ ♪ whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa ♪ ♪ whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa ♪ ♪ whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa ♪ ♪♪


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