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Jazz

Dirty Dozen Brass Band Keeps Jazz Funeral Alive

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Published August 24, 2004 at 10:00 PM MDT

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Roger Lewis is one of the founding members of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. He talks with NPR's Tavis Smiley about the New Orleans tradition of the jazz funeral.