TMP343 BRENT ROSE: PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

About this episode

Brent Rose, a Grammy Award-winning saxophonist and music professor, shares his experiences and insights on music and education with hosts René and Manny.

The Grammy Award-winning saxophone player and composer with the New Orleans Nightcrawlers, Otra, Charlie and the Tropicales, and Muevelo with Margie Perez is also a professor of music at UNO. First stationed in town with the Marine Corps Band, then coming to prominence with the young lions of Quintology, he's played or recorded with Galactic, Nicholas Payton, the Temptations, Charlie Hunter, and Gatemouth Brown. Brent's experience with the formless minds of today's students comes in handy as he attempts to school the Troubled Men. Topics include the Trump Phone, RFK's snake handling, Hawaii, #1 in Serbia, a 91-year-old fan, Claudine Longet RIP, Sonny Rollins RIP, Seattle, practice as therapy, school band, selling cigarettes, a gospel band, Father's Day, Tourette's Syndrome, combat training, Charlie Occhipinti, Charlie Blanq, latin music, Eric Traub, Sam Butera, Lena Prima, the Seahawks, and much more. Intro Music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman Break and Outro Music: "The Fat Man" and "Gentilly Groove" from "Atmosphere" by the New Orleans Nightcrawlers Support the podcast: Paypal or Venmo Join the Patreon page here. Shop for Troubled Men’s T-shirts & tanks here. Subscribe…

People in this episode

Hosts: René, Manny

Guest: Brent Rose

Topics covered

• music
• interviews
• saxophone
• education
• personal experiences
• cultural commentary

Keywords

• Brent Rose
• saxophone
• music education
• New Orleans Nightcrawlers
• Trump Phone
• Tourette's Syndrome
• combat training
• Father's Day

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UNO, Marine Corps Band, Quintology, Galactic

Places: Hawaii, Seattle, Serbia, New Orleans

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