New Orleans' own Rebirth Brass Band wins its first Grammy

The Rebirth Brass Band scored its first Grammy award Sunday.

The award for Best Regional Roots Music Album was one of 78 presented in a special pre-show ceremony, a few hours before Sunday night’s 7 p.m. broadcast on CBS and WWL-TV.

“This is a win for New Orleans, like the Saints winning the Super Bowl again,” said co-founder Keith Frazier in his speech. He was joined on stage by the band's members.

Rebirth was nominated/earned for its Basin Street Records album “Rebirth of New Orleans.” Band members performed at the pre-show event, parading through the audience and onto the stage with “Do It Again,” a song from the album.

Rebirth was nominated along with several other Louisiana artists in the “Best Regional Roots Music Album” category. The other local nominees were Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, for their album “Grand Isle,” and Zydeco artist C.J. Chenier, for his “Can’t Sit Down.”

Rebirth was founded in 1982 by tuba player Philip Frazier, his brother, bass drummer Keith Frazier, trumpeter Kermit Ruffins and other school marching band members from Joseph S. Clark Senior High School.