KING OF THE PARTY! BSFN's new album, King Of The Party, is here! The album that transcends beyond the confines of homegrown New Orleans funk to a momentous blend of funk, rock, R&B and jazz will keep the party going all night!
It's Festival Season!
Here are some of the festivals Big Sam's Funky Nation will be bringing the FUNK to: (click on pictures for more info)
Voodoo Fest
Jam Cruise
Russian River Jazz & Blues Fest
Bear Creek
Gretna Heritage Festival
Deluna Beach Fest
Check BSFN out on FOX in DC!
Catch Big Sam on HBO's original series Treme!
Sammie "Big Sam" Williams has been awarded the Louisiana Division of
the Arts Artist Fellowship for 2009-2010!
This is an extremely prestigious award and Big Sam is very deserving
as he has spread his brand of New Orleans music throughout the country and the world.
Artist Fellowships are grant awards in recognition of artistic
excellence. These awards recognize the artistic achievements of
exceptional individual artists living, working and contributing to
Louisiana's cultural economy.
Fellowships are awarded through a highly competitive process based
primarily on recognized artistic quality. The Louisiana Division of
the Arts has acknowledged Big Sam's professional merit and
accomplishments and has invested in his continued success! Find out More...
Big Sam’s Funky Nation is a driving force of urban funk. Ryan White, of the Oregonian, says the band is “tight enough (and hot enough) to turn coal into a diamond!” The band is led by trombone powerhouse, Big Sam Williams, formerly the trombonist for the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, who the San Francisco Chronicle calls “the top man on the slide trombone in the birthplace of jazz.” Combining his distinctive trombone riffs with a call-and-response MC style, Big Sam refuses to let the audience sit still. Between the band’s solos and his trombone riffs, Big Sam second-lines (a uniquely New Orleans style of street-dance) and gets the crowd going.
Big Sam’s Funky Nation is not a one man show; the members of the Funky Nation, a group of well trained and experienced musicians with impressive credentials of their own, meet the challenges of their funky band leader. BSFN masterfully combines a rock sensibility with improv-style associated with jazz and the horn-heavy front section that’s the hallmark of big band funk.
The energy level is high voltage when this band takes the stage, and as Jambase Online proclaims, “as long as groups like Big Sam’s Funky Nation helm communal happenings like this one the funky fever is bound to spread.”
2009 Big Easy Music Award: Best Funk Band of 2008
**** 2009 Louisiana Division of the Arts Fellowship awarded to Sammie "Big Sam" Williams ****
June 2009 Where Y'at Magazine's "Best of the Big Easy's Reader's Pick: Best R&B Band"
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