Mama Digdown's Brass Band is an eight-piece American brass band

Brass band

A brass band is a musical ensemble generally consisting entirely of brass instruments, most often with a percussion section. Ensembles that include brass and woodwind instruments can in certain traditions also be termed brass bands , but are usually more correctly termed military bands, concert...

 from Madison, Wisconsin

Madison, Wisconsin

Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....

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History

Mama Digdown's Brass Band was formed by two former University of Wisconsin-Madison music students, Eric Jacobson and Christopher Ohly. The group played its first shows in Madison, Wisconsin in 1993, at the local Art Fair on the Square. They released four full-length albums over the next several years, and followed with the live album Delicious, recorded in Madison, in late 2002.

The group has done concert tours across the United States and Europe. Their 2006 live album Ascona was recorded at a Switzerland jazz festival. In December 2009 they released their fifth studio album, We Make 'Em Say Ooh, and followed up the album's release with shows during Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras

The terms "Mardi Gras" , "Mardi Gras season", and "Carnival season", in English, refer to events of the Carnival celebrations, beginning on or after Epiphany and culminating on the day before Ash Wednesday...

 season in New Orleans. They are planning to release an album of Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

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covers entitled Brass Jackson in 2012.

Discography

• North of New Orleans (1996)
• Big Boy (1998)
• Slippery 7 (1999)
• Mama's House (2001)
• Delicious: Live at the King Club (2002)
• The Digdown Decade (2005)
• Ascona (2006)
• We Make 'Em Say Ooh (2009)

Members

Current

• Erik Jacobsen- Sousaphone / Leader
• Christopher 'Roc' Ohly- Saxophone / Leader
• Jeff 'K-Town' Maddern- Trumpet
• Ben 'Kid' Bell Bern- Trumpet
• Evan 'Basic Sam' Morgan- Snare Drum
• Jordan Cohen- Bass Drum
• Matt Hanzelka- Trombone
• Joe Goltz- Trombone

Former
*Nat Macintosh
*Mike Boman
*Steve Rogness
*Nick Bartell
*Dave Skogen
*Tom Leith
*Scott Campbell
*Darren Sterud
*Ben Mcintosh