Cocek! Brass Band Album Release Show at DROM

Cocek! consists of Sam Dechenne (trumpet/vocals), the band's founder and composer. Sam also plays with John Brown's Body, Klezwoods and The Aldous Collins Band. He has performed with Noel Gallagher (Oasis), Guster, and toured across the globe with reggae, Jazz, klezmer and orchestral ensembles. Sam is a graduate of Berklee College of Music and this upcoming album will be his second full length record of original compositions. Alongside Sam, the Cocek! members are all advanced players and teachers from all across the U.S., living now in Boston, MA: Ezra Weller (flugelhorn), is the founder of Groupmuse, a company that brings small chamber music ensembles to living rooms across the country, and graduate of New England Conservatory; Clayton DeWalt (Trombone), a professor at Babson College and graduate of New England Conservatory; Jim Gray (Tuba), who has long played with Naftuli's Dream as well as Klezwoods, and has performed at Boston's Symphony Hall, Cleveland POPS, and can be heard on the film score for Woody Allen's Deconstructing Harry; and, Grant Smith (Tappan Drum), member of Klezmer Conservatory Band and Itzhak Perlman's touring klezmer ensemble. He has more recently played venues as prestigious as the Hollywood Bowl and Carnegie Hall....

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Cocek! consists of Sam Dechenne (trumpet/vocals), the band's founder and composer. Sam also plays with John Brown's Body, Klezwoods and The Aldous Collins Band. He has performed with Noel Gallagher (Oasis), Guster, and toured across the globe with reggae, Jazz, klezmer and orchestral ensembles. Sam is a graduate of Berklee College of Music and this upcoming album will be his second full length record of original compositions. Alongside Sam, the Cocek! members are all advanced players and teachers from all across the U.S., living now in Boston, MA: Ezra Weller (flugelhorn), is the founder of Groupmuse, a company that brings small chamber music ensembles to living rooms across the country, and graduate of New England Conservatory; Clayton DeWalt (Trombone), a professor at Babson College and graduate of New England Conservatory; Jim Gray (Tuba), who has long played with Naftuli's Dream as well as Klezwoods, and has performed at Boston's Symphony Hall, Cleveland POPS, and can be heard on the film score for Woody Allen's Deconstructing Harry; and, Grant Smith (Tappan Drum), member of Klezmer Conservatory Band and Itzhak Perlman's touring klezmer ensemble. He has more recently played venues as prestigious as the Hollywood Bowl and Carnegie Hall.


About "Round Two":
A collection of original compositions influenced by Eastern-European and New Orleans dance music, Afrobeat, Klezmer and elements of reggae and Western Classical music. The songs are inspired by acts like Fanfare Ciocarlia, Fela Kuti, Miles Davis, Rebirth Brass Band, traditional Balkan songs and chamber brass repertoire. Dance music for those seeking something new and unique, contemplative Old World melodies that hark to a lost era and catchy riffs that will have you singing along and tapping your foot throughout the entire album.

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