Mardi Gras Season Is Under Way

The Krewes are making plans and we're arranging music for what is shaping up to be the best Mardi Gras season thus far. In the seven years since Katrina, mardi gras (and the music of mardi gras) has made a slow and steady comeback. For the first time since the storm, we will be fielding a 20 piece orchestra on the Saturday night before Mardi Gras. The theme is set in the early part of the 20th centruy and that calls for big band dance music. It will be a great night. Featured musicians will include Leo Ursini, Denny Leroux, Charles Darius all under the baton of Robert Maxwell. If you'd like to check out the sounds of Mardi Gras, click here for our "At The Mardi Gras Ball CD"

Robert Maxwell To Conduct JMO - Jimmy Maxwell Orchestra for Mardi Gras

It's official, ladies & gentlemen. Robert will be conducting many of the Mardi grass ball for the 2013 carnival season. It's going to be a lot of fun as he works up new arrangements of pop tunes as well as standards.

Of course we're still a gala band for for charitable events and debutante presentations, but this time of the year, the focus is on preperation for Mardi Gras. Speaking of wich, check out our CD available on our website at http://www.jimmymaxwell.com/at-the-mardi-gras/

We will continue to blend a smooth stile of traditional New Orleans sounds with big band and rock & roll. It creastes an invigorating vibe. The nine piece, horn & vocal drivien band provdies first class entertainment.

This sesason starts with the Squires ball prior to Christmas and will continue with The krewe of Twelfth Night on January 6th. Then it's on thru the season with organizations such as The Elves of Oberon, the Krewe of Athenians, Eros, Osiris, Nerieds in Biloxi, Proteus, Rex, Comus and many others. It's going to be a busy season.

It's Carnival Time - (Well, Almost!)

It'll be Mardi Gras time in New Orleans before you know it and once again we look forward to playing for the krewes that started it all. From "If Ever I Cease To Love" to "The Grand March of Aida" and from "Mardi Gras Mambo", "Iko Iko" and "Brown Eyed Girl" to "All The Single Ladies" and "Forget You" we'll be covering a wide variety of music.

If you've got a favorite, take a moment and post it here; we'll see if we can add that to this year's playlist!

Happy Mardi Gras!

Jimmy Maxwell 

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