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Kenny Carr and the Tigers Shout Band perform on Friday night, August 6, Bridge Square, 8:00

Kenny Carr and the Tigers, an African-American trombone shout band, perform a unique form of music that fuses gospel and jazz. They have produced two highly-acclaimed recordings (one featured on NPR’s All Things Considered) and perform in a variety of venues from concert halls to churches. Enjoyed by gospel, jazz, and classical music audiences, Kenny Carr and the Tigers perform throughout the Carolinas.

With its sousaphone and baritone, the trombone shout band is representative of the worship services of the United House of Prayer, a Pentecostal denomination common on the east coast and quite active in the Greensboro, Winston Salem, and Charlotte areas of North Carolina. The style is up tempo, duple meter, bright, responsive to the congregation, and incorporates a chordal wall of sound as players form a semi circle with the leader playing and directing in front. The musical form consists of three sections: the recitative, the aria, and the shout. The length of the sections are determined by the lead trombone who is responding to the congregation. Bands move from section to section from the leader’s gesture, known as a “rise”-either a melodic or physical cue.

The Tigers, formerly the number one band of the Charlotte United House of Prayer, are now multi denominational and play in a variety of church, festival, school, and concert settings. Founded in 1956, the Tigers have shared the stage with Gladys Knight, Ramsey Lewis, Jonathon Butler, to name just a few performing artists.

Kenny Carr and the Tigers will perform Friday, August 6 at 8 p.m. on the Bridge Square Main Stage.

(Thanks to the Berlioz Historical Brass and Craig Kridel of the University of South Carolina for this description.)