The sun cracks through the haphazardly sealed curtains of your hotel window. Your vision comes into focus as the pounding in your head slowly but steadily increases in intensity. Your memories of Mardi Gras last night are hazy now; the places you saw, the strangers you toasted in the streets, the many, many (maybe too many) drinks you drank. ‘

One memory is clear though; Denver Brass and Festa Bateria kept the good times rolling all night long with red hot horns, blistering trumpet solos, and the infectious rhythms of New Orleans and Brazil. On tap: New Orleans' "Secondline", Bossa Nights in Rio, Mas Que Nada, En Aranjuez con tu Amor