Andy Laster, alto, baritone saxophones Dennis Lichtman, clarinet Matt Bauder, clarinet, alto, tenor saxophones Curtis Hasselbring, trombone Mazz Swift, violin, vocals Brandon Seabrook, tenor banjo Ron Caswell, tuba Rob Garcia, trap kit, washboard
Influences
Carl Stalling, Raymond Scott, Tiny Parham, Charlie Johnson, Luis Russell, Fess Williams, Lloyd Scott, Cecil Scott, Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Cab Calloway, Scott Joplin, Irving Berlin, Spike Jones, Duke Ellington, Kurt Weill, Hanns Eisler, Brass Band And Village Drummers In The Fanti Area of Ghana, Banda De Tontontepec, Central Band Of The RAF, Olympia Brass Band, Eureka Brass Band, Willem Breuker Kollektief, Leichenzug, Reverend Anthony W. Reves
Brian Carpenter (Beat Circus) assembled the Ghost Train Orchestra in April 2005 to record a cartoon score commissioned by animator Lorelei Pepi. Since then the 10-piece band has performed twice at the historic vaudeville house The Regent Theater in Arlington, MA as part of their 90th anniversary event Voltaic Vaudeville. The Ghost Train Orchestra performs unearthed music mined from the dusty vaults of a basement record collection, new arrangements of "voodoo music" and spirited stomps from the most incredible of the late 1920s Chicago and Harlem jazz bands, plus original music commissioned for the afore-mentioned cartoon score and vaudeville shows. In fall 2009 the Ghost Train Orchestra recorded their debut album with producer Danny Blume in NYC.
Brian Carpenter`s Ghost Train Orchestra's Friend Space (Top 4)
Brian Carpenter`s Ghost Train Orchestra has 625 friends.
The Moonlighters have a new release, Enchanted, which is out this week. Click this link for a free download of one of our new songs: http://www.worldsound.com/free/moon.
