April 17, 2024
Congo Square 2010 Jazz Fest poster by Terrance Osborne Numbered 4392/5000
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" Congo Square 2010 "by Terrance Osborne #4392/5000In Good Condition! Never been Framed!Overall Size: 24 X 36"Say Uncle" A Portrait of Lionel Batisteby Terrance OsborneThe traditional New Orleans marching band is a joy to behold - and a precious source of renewal. In the land of the second line, the man who owns the beat is king, or as is more important in New Orleans' familial reality: Uncle. "Uncle Lionel" Batiste was born in the Treme neighborhood in 1931 in a house where Armstrong Park now exists. He has been marking time on a bass drum since he first gave the Square Deal Social & Pleasure Club band its pulse at age 11. Before settling in as bass drummer, vocalist and assistant leader (to snare-man Benny Jones, Jr.) for the Treme Brass Band in the early 1990's, he kept time with his homemade gear for the likes of the Olympia, Tuxedo and Eureka Brass Bands. When he's touring clubs, his sartorial splendor reflects the full embrace of a beautiful life, down to a pocket square (covering his ever-present kazoo) cut from the back of his tie so they match - a trick he passed along to his trumpet-wielding "nephew" Kermit Ruffins (Congo Square 2008.) And never one to miss an opportunity to pun, when asked why he wears his watch below his knuckles instead of on his wrist, replies, "I always have time on my hands." That detail, plus the
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