Naughty Professor
The Red Room
Crystal Bay Club
Crystal Bay, NV
07-JULY-2017

After Party for Karl Densonâ€™s Tiny Universe show in TheCrown Room.

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Recorded By: RasBobre
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Mic Location: Soundboard
Source: Gamble DCX 40 > Behringer X32 >AKG C 414 XL II (Cardioid, 20 cm) > Zoom Handy H6 > Audacity

FOH: Charles Mallett / Mallett Sound

**24bit, not intended for CD Burning**

* A Devildogs Production Show *

For upcoming shows at the Crystal Bay Club please visit Devildog Productions website, http://devildogshows.com/

About Naughty Professor;

Naughty Professor is an iconoclastic New Orleans-based jazz-funk sextet whose adventurous recordings and horn-charged, high-energy live performances have earned them an enthusiastic fan base, critical acclaim, and widespread attention from their musical peers.

Their diligent roadwork has established Naughty Professor as a beloved live act. Weaving together complex, inventive compositions and loose, organic improvisation, the band honors their hometownâ€™s jazz, R&B and brass-band traditions while looking to the future.

Naughty Professor raises the stakes on its new album Identity (Release date June 23, 2017). Where their prior four releases showcased the groupâ€™s knack for self-contained instrumental experimentation, Identity finds the band teaming with a stellar assortment of more than a dozen cutting-edge collaborators, whose vocal, instrumental and compositional contributions expand the music into new musical territory.

Identityâ€™s prestigious gallery of guests includes Jurassic 5â€™s Chali 2na, whoâ€™s featured on a pair of tracks, â€œDarker Dazeâ€ and â€œSugar Coat,â€ which also features contributions from New Orleans legend Ivan Neville. David Shaw of the Revivalists lends his vocals on â€œStrayâ€ and singer/guitarist Dexter Gilmore contributes on â€œI Canâ€™t Sleep At Night.â€ Additional special collaborators include trumpet player Eric â€œBennyâ€ Bloom of Lettuce, percussionist Mike Dillion, much-lauded jazz vocalist Sasha Masakowski and members of the renowned New Orleans horn outfit Soul Rebels, who turn up the brass on the album-closer â€œFunk 4 Lunch.â€

â€œTheyâ€™re not just guests,â€ explains Naughty Professor drummer Sam Shahin. â€œThe collaborators on this album were chosen because we respected what they do and felt that they could be a complement to our ensemble.â€

â€œWhen these kids first started coming up on the scene, I could tell right away that there was something very special about their energy and music,â€ David Shaw comments on his excitement to collaborate with Naughty Professor. â€œI believe that the sky has no limit for these boys.â€

â€œMy first impression of Naughty Professor was one of amazement,â€ Chali 2na notes. â€œNew Orleans is full of musicians that are masters of their craft, and Naughty P is no exception. They are also perfectionists and students of the game. This is immediately apparent once you hear them play.

â€œI am loving the resurgence of jazz combined with this youthful mindstate that musicians have today,â€ Chali continues,â€ and Naughty Professor is pushing that envelope.â€

The band recorded each track on Identity live in the studio, heightening the immediacy of the performances and solidifying the bandâ€™s connection with the guest collaborators. The sessions were also documented on video, with an eye towards releasing a video version of the album.

A wide range of musical impulses has driven Naughty Professor ever since the band members first convened in 2010, having met while students at Loyola Universityâ€™s jazz program. The musiciansâ€™ potent collective chemistry quickly won attention on the New Orleans music scene. After graduating, they began touring, expanding their audience nationwide.

Naughty Professorâ€™s first three albumsâ€”2013â€™s Until the Next Time, 2015â€™s Out On A Limb and 2016â€™s live In the Fleshâ€”further raised the bandâ€™s national profile. Lauded by critics for having a musical â€œdepth and vision far beyond their young years,â€ Naughty Professorâ€™s name regularly appears alongside New Orleansâ€™ veteran luminaries. In 2013, the band was nominated by Gambitâ€™ Weeklyâ€™s Big Easy Music Awards for â€œBest Emerging Artist,â€ and for â€œBest Funk Bandâ€ every year since. Naughty Professor was also nomintated in 2015 and 2016 by Offbeat Magazineâ€™s Best of the Beat Awards for â€œBest R&B/Funk Artist.â€ In the magazineâ€™s most recent poll, bassist Noah Young and Drummer Sam Shahin were named finialists as the â€œBest at their Instruments,â€ furthering the bandâ€™s stellar musical reputation.

Identity continues Naughty Professorâ€™s unyielding exploration of their home cityâ€™s eclectic musical landscape. â€œNew Orleans is the reason that we were all able to come together, and itâ€™s the reason weâ€™ve been able to continue making music together,â€ says alto and baritone saxophonist Nick Ellman. â€œWe all were drawn to the city, and we all have a tremendous respect for the history of the music culture in New Orleans. In no way are we a traditional New Orleans band, and this is not a traditional New Orleans record, but New Orleansâ€™ musical and cultural traditions have everything to do with how we make music.â€

New Orleansâ€™ vital spirit is present throughout Identity, which combines artfully-crafted studio creations with material developed through live performance. â€œWe like being adventurous and cerebral, but fun is also important,â€ Shahin concludes. â€œWe operate with a jazz mentality, but we like verse/chorus structures. We definitely embrance the idea that weâ€™re bridging the gap between the more thought-provoking side of jazz and popular mainstream music, and making the whole thing fun and accessible.â€

The result is Identity, Naughty Professorâ€™s most potent and ambitious musical statement to date. It is a record that, by collecting together diverse and disparate musical voices into a seamless whole, simultaneously honors the past and pushes into the future.

Naughty Professor are:
Ian Bowman â€“ tenor saxophone
John Culbreth â€“ trumpet
Bill Daniel â€“ guitar
Nick Ellman â€“ alto and baritone saxophones
Sam Shahin â€“ drums
Noah Young â€“ bass

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