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The Neville Brothers
The Neville Brothers
Genres	R&B
Years active	1977–present
Labels	Capitol; Black Top; A&M; EMI; Columbia; Back Porch
Website	Nevilles.com
Members
	Art Neville (keyboards, vocals); Aaron Neville (vocals); Charles Neville (saxophone); Cyril Neville (percussion, vocals); Ivan Neville (keyboards, vocals)

The Neville Brothers, an American R&B and Soul group, was formed in 1977 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

[edit] History

The group dates back to 1976, when the four brothers of the Neville family, Art (b. 1937), Charles (b. 1938), Aaron (b. 1941), and Cyril (b. 1948) got together to take part in the recording session of The Wild Tchoupitoulas, a Mardi Gras Indian group led by their uncle Big Chief Jolly.

This experience lead them to form the group the following year. Their debut album was released from Capitol Records in 1978.

In 1988, the group released Uptown from EMI featuring guests including Branford Marsalis, Keith Richards and Carlos Santana. The following year saw the release of Yellow Moon from A&M Records produced by Daniel Lanois. The track "Healing Chant" from that album won best pop instrumental performance of the Grammy Awards.^[1]

Due to the health problems of Art Neville, the band kept low profile in the late 1990s onto the early 2000s, however, they made a comeback in 2004 with album Walkin' In The Shadow Of Life from Back Porch Records, their first newly recorded effort in 5 years.

All brothers except Charles who lived in Massachusetts, had been living in New Orleans, but suffering damages from Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Cyril and Aaron moved out of the city afterwards. They had not been performing in New Orleans since Katrina hit the city, however, they finally returned to perform there at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in 2008, at the closing spot which had been reserved for them for years.^[2]^[3]

Ivan Neville, Aaron's son on keyboards plays with the band off and on in the recent years.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Studio albums

"Way Down In The Hole," by The Neville Brothers (originally composed by Tom Waits)

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1978 The Neville Brothers (Capitol)
1981 Fiyo on the Bayou (A&M)
1984 Live Nevillization (Black Top)
1987 Uptown (EMI)
1987 Nevillization 2 (Live At Tipitina's Volume 2) (Spindletop)
1989 Yellow Moon (A&M)
1990 Brother's Keeper (A&M)
1992 Family Groove (A&M)
1994 Live on Planet Earth (A&M)
1995 Mitakuye Oyasin Oyasin/All My Relations (A&M)
1999 Valence Street (Columbia)
2004 Walkin' In The Shadow Of Life (Back Porch)

[edit] Compilations

1986 Treacherous - A History of the Neville Brothers 1955-1985 (Rhino)
1991 Treacherous Too! - A History of the Neville Brothers Volume Two 1955-1987 (Rhino)
1997 The Very Best of the Neville Brothers (Rhino)
1999 Uptown Rulin' - The Best Of The Neville Brothers (A&M)
2004 20th Century Masters: The Best of the Neville Brothers (A&M)
2005 Gold (Hip-O)

[edit] Related Albums

1976 The Wild Tchoupitoulas (with 3 of the Neville brothers.)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

[0] Grammy Award Winners

[1] Reuters:Neville Bros. return to New Orleans jazz festival

[2] .com:The Neville Brothers' triumphant Jazzfest return

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