The Onward Brass Band was the name of two brass bands active in New Orleans for extended periods of time.
Read more about Onward Brass Band: Onward Brass Band (c. 1886–1930), Onward Brass Band (1960–2011), Short History, Discography
Famous quotes containing the words onward, brass and/or band:
“No man ever came to an experience which was satiating, but his good is tidings of a better. Onward and onward!”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Thee for my recitative,
Thee in the driving storm even as now, the snow, the winter-day
declining,
Thee in thy panoply, thy measur’d dual throbbing and thy beat
convulsive,
Thy black cylindric body, golden brass and silvery steel,”
—Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
“The band waked me with a serenade. How they improve! A fine band and what a life in a regiment! Their music is better than food and clothing to give spirit to the men.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)