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Mardi Gras.BB (formerly known as Mardi Gras Brass Band, whilst now "BB" stands for double bold) is a band from germany led by Ulli Krug and Doc Wenz since 1992. Inspired by New-Orleans Mardi Gras' music, Mardi gras.BB delivers lively blues, jazz and soul. A great part of their music comes from improvisational jams. In 2004 they signed with the german label Hazelwood. "Exile Itch", their latest album, hit the stores internationnaly in 2007. .

Montt Mardié (born David Olof Peter Pagmar on September 16, 1983) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and composer. As of November 2007, Montt Mardié has released two full length albums, as well as various singles under the Swedish record label Hybris. His first released studio album was Drama (Montt Mardié album) in 2005. David Pagmar was raised in Stockholm, Sweden. He enjoys "movies from the fifties, music from the sixties and comic books from the seventies". Taken from the About Me section of his blog (http://www.monttmardie.blogspot.com/), "While the other kids were searching for guns and ammo, I read the...

There may be more than one band with this name. Mardi Gras (Italy) Mardi Gras: a musical journey that originated in Rome. A warm welcome in Dublin that provided the impetus to tour Italy as an acoustic duo, and thence the band, the CD “Drops Made”, the full-formation tour with drums and bass, the attention of the radio and the media who see in the group echoes of Dave Mathews, Polly Palusma, Cat Power and 70s rock, and then the return to Ireland, the group’s adoptive home, welcoming them once again with the “Irish Drops Tour”: five concerts including Whelans,...

Arif Mardin (March 15, 1932 - June 25, 2006) was a renowned Turkish-American music producer, who worked with a wide range of artists, across many different styles and genres of music. His is perhaps the most stunning C.V. of all contemporary record producers and links jazz, blues, rock and roll, soul, disco, new wave, and everything in between. To study a simple list of Mr. Mardin's associations would be breathtaking if only one could be simply compiled. Such a task has yet to be accomplished. He grew up listening to the likes of Bing Crosby and Glenn Miller. He met...