in 1994 drummers Lionel Batiste (who had replaced Benny Jones on bass drum some years earlier) and Jenell Marshall left the group; Davis was unable to find a pair of drummers who met his expectations, and instead hired a single musician to play drum kit. The subsequent addition of a keyboard player and guitarist removed the band still further from its street-band roots. Finally, throughout the band's history they relied on written arrangements to a far greater extent than do most other New Orleans brass bands. Despite the Dirty Dozen's uniqueness, however, the band's success inspired a resurgence of New Orleans' brass band music, both in the city and nationwide. The band was most influential in the 1980s, when they demonstrated by example that brass band music could be successful by moving beyond a type of music that risked stagnation as nothing more than a tourist attraction. Before the Dirty Dozen band was formed the Olympia Brass Band was already mixing R&B and jazz influences in with traditional tunes; the Dirty Dozen took this farther, and gave the trend worldwide visibility. Bands which followed in their wake did not all follow their more jazz-oriented stage-band approach—only the Soul Rebels have gone in that direction—but a wide variety of bands, from the Rebirth Brass Band to Wisconsin's Youngblood Brass Band, have been influenced by them in other ways. Rebirth has the most direct connection with the Dirty Dozen: they got their start playing at Daryl's when the Dirty Dozen was on the road. Discography 1984 – My Feet Can't Fail Me Now (Concord Jazz) 1986 – Live: Mardi Gras in Montreaux (Rounder) 1989 – Voodoo (Columbia) featuring Dr. John, Dizzy Gillespie and Branford Marsalis 1990 – The New Orleans Album (Columbia) featuring Danny Barker, Dave Bartholomew, Eddie Bo and Elvis Costello 1991 – Open Up: Whatcha Gonna Do for the Rest of Your Life (Columbia) 1993 – Jelly (Columbia) 1996 – Ears to the Wall (Mammoth) 1999 – Buck Jump (Mammoth) featuring John Medeski 2002 – Medicated Magic (Ropeadope Records) featuring John Bell, Dr. John, Olu Dara, Norah Jones, DJ Logic, and Robert Randolph 2003 – We Got Robbed: Live in New Orleans (self-released) 2004 – Funeral for a Friend (Ropeadope) 2005 – This Is the Dirty Dozen Brass Band (Compilation, Shout! Factory) 2006 – What's Going On (Shout! Factory) 2012 – Twenty Dozen (Savoy Jazz) The Dirty Dozen Brass Band