Tuba Treatments of Trauma

[enewberger]

Friends, hoping (seriously) to urge the medical community to consider the role of music in the treatment of PTSD, I just posted a set of videos of my Jazz Tuber Trio's concert in September on jazz themes of trauma and resilience. Songs played and sung by Jimmy Mazzy, the banjo virtuoso, and Ted Casher, clarinet and tenor sax master, include Frankie and Johnnie, Put 'em Down Blues, 'Lectric Chair Blues, Lina Blues, Put It Right Here (or Keep It Out There), Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee, Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Ain't Nobody's Business, and Hava Nagila. You can if you like watch the whole narrated movie, or check out the individual songs here:
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or (songs only) on YouTube here:
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If you know a social worker, psychologist, psychiatrist or other mental health professional who treats victims of violence or their family members, please alert them to the material and, of course, to the salutory role of the tuba.

The horn I'm using is my Harvey Phillips Holton CC. The videographer seemed to be in love with the instrument, focusing often on the valves and slide pulls.

Warm greetings to all,

Eli Newberger