My vite for the coolest winners of this year's NEA National Heritage Fellows award is this traditional jazz band from Mobile, Alabama.

' The band marched in its first Mardi Gras parade in 1884 and it marched at the head of the Alabama Bicentennial celebration in 2019. '

The NEA has more on the Excelsior Band here: https://www.arts.gov/honors/heritage/excelsior-band

#ExcelsiorBand #BlackMusic #jazz #MardiGras #MobileAlabama

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