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By Matt Sakakeeny,Willie Birch

Roll With It is a firsthand account of the precarious lives of musicians within the Rebirth, Soul Rebels, and sizzling eight brass bands of recent Orleans. those younger males are celebrated as cultural icons for upholding the proud traditions of the jazz funeral and the second one line parade, but they continue to be topic to the perils of poverty, racial marginalization, and concrete violence that symbolize existence for lots of black american citizens. a few in attaining a level of social mobility whereas many extra come across competitive policing, exploitative economies, and a political infrastructure that creates insecurities in healthcare, housing, schooling, and legal justice. The gripping narrative strikes with the band contributors from again highway to behind the scenes, prior to and after storm Katrina, continually in line with the faucet of the snare drum, the thud of the bass drum, and the growth of the tuba.

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