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The Miami Horns
OriginNew Jersey, U.S.
Years active1976-present
MembersRichie "La Bamba" Rosenberg (trombone)
Mark Pender (trumpet)
Eddie Manion (saxophones)
Past membersTenor Sax
Bob Malach, Stan Harrison, Jerry Vivino
Saxophone
Carlo Novi, Ed De Palma, Joey Stann, Mario Cruz, Bud Matlin, Frank Elmo
Trumpet
Rick Gazda, Deacon Earl Gardener, Tony Pallagrosi, John Binkley, Steve Paraczky, Bob Mucklin, Nelson Bogart, Mike Spengler, Chris Anderson
Baritone Sax
Bill Zazagni
Trombone
Louie Parente, Dennis Orlock

The Miami Horns are an American horn section best known for touring and recording with Southside Johnny, Bruce Springsteen, Little Steven and The Max Weinberg 7. They have also toured, performed or recorded with, among others, Diana Ross, Gary U.S. Bonds, Robert Cray, Bon Jovi, Cissy Houston, Joe Cocker, Dave Edmunds, Darlene Love, The Allman Brothers Band, Eric Clapton, Sheryl Crow and Ricky Martin. As individuals, the various members have also worked with the likes of Aerosmith, David Bowie, Duran Duran, Power Station, Graham Parker, and They Might Be Giants.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

The Miami Horns were first put together in 1976 by Steven Van Zandt as part of Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes. The connection with the city of Miami is only tenuous. Van Zandt had acquired the nickname Miami, due to his dislike of winter, and consequently the horn section also became known by that name. On occasions they have also been billed as The Jukes' Horns, La Bamba's Mambomen, The U.S. Horns, The J.A.M. Horns, The Tunnel Of Love Horns, The Horns of Love and The Late Night Horns. The line-up is very much impromptu and seems to depend on who is available at the time.

The As a consequence it has varied in size from a duo to a

Eddie Manion (saxophone) have been the most consistent members. Other notable players have included Stan Harrison, Chris Anderson, Joey Stann and Mario Cruz
. In 1991 Rosenberg, Pender, Manion and Harrison recorded an eponymous album as La Bamba & The Hubcaps.

Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes

Further information: Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes

In January 1976,

This Time It's for Real
.

On May 30, 1976, the Jukes celebrated the release of I Don't Want To Go Home with a show at

Hearts of Stone. In 1991 they also featured on Better Days, effectively a Jukes reunion album, produced by Van Zandt. It also featured guest appearances by Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi and honorary Jukes, Max Weinberg and Garry Tallent. The horns were provided by Rosenberg, Pender, Manion, Gazda, Joey Stann
, Frank Elmo and for the first time, Jerry Vivino.

Bruce Springsteen

Further information: Bruce Springsteen

The Miami Horns first toured with

Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes where temporarily inactive due to Southside Johnny suffering from an illness. However, by September, Southside was fully recovered and Novi, Manion, Palligrossi and Gazda rejoined the Jukes. A second Miami Horns was then recruited to accompany Springsteen and the E Street Band. This line up featured Ed De Palma (sax), Dennis Orlock (trombone), John Binkley (trumpet) and Steve Paraczky (trumpet) and were based out of Philadelphia. They made their debut with Springsteen at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum on September 26 and continued to tour with him until March 1977.[7][8]

On the

The "Other Band" Tour they also guested once again at Meadowlands Arena.[11]

They have been featured on

The Seeger Sessions Band and subsequently featured on Live In Dublin. They also played with Springsteen at the halftime show during Super Bowl XLIII
.

A photo of The Miami Horns playing behind Springsteen and the E Street Band at the Boston Music Hall on March 24, 1977 can be found here:[12]

In 2012, Eddie Manion joined Springsteen and the E Street Band's new horn section for their

Wrecking Ball Tour as a replacement for the late Clarence Clemons
. As of 2014, Manion still remains part of the recording and touring horn section for Springsteen.

Little Steven

Further information:
Steve Van Zandt

As well as arranging the horn parts when they toured and recorded with

Little Steven & The Disciples Of Soul and the horns were credited as La Bamba's Mambomen. They also toured to promote the album. Van Zandt also used the horns on "All Alone on Christmas", a single he wrote and produced for Darlene Love which was also featured on the Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
soundtrack.

The Max Weinberg 7 and The Tonight Show Band

In 1993 Max Weinberg became music director for Late Night with Conan O'Brien and when putting together a band, he recruited Rosenberg, Pender and Jerry Vivino. The three played until 2009 as members of The Max Weinberg 7, which moved that year with Conan O'Brien to become the latest iteration of The Tonight Show Band. When not on TV, this trio has worked regularly as session musicians. In 2010, the trio toured North America as part of the Legally Prohibited Band (essentially The Tonight Show Band under a different name, with Weinberg's place taken by James Wormwood) in support of Conan O'Brien's 32-city "Legally Prohibited From Being Funny On Television" tour. They continued to be part of O'Brien's late night band as part of the Basic Cable Band on O'Brien's current show, Conan, until the band was removed from the show when O'Brien moved to a different format in 2019.[13]

Other artists

In the early 1980s

TVE2 and some of the recordings also appeared on the Manzanera album Million Reasons Why.[14] Manion and Pender also played and arranged horns on the acclaimed Robert Cray album, Shame + A Sin and between 1991 and 1994, Manion was a full-time member of The Robert Cray Band.[15]

Discography

References

  1. ^ "Discography". Labambaandthehubcaps.com. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  2. ^ [1] Archived December 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Official homepage of saxophonist eddie kingfish manion, official home". Eddiemanion.soundmedianet.com. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  4. ^ a b [2] Archived March 28, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ [3] Archived November 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ [4] Archived August 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ a b "SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY & THE ASBURY JUKES | Search Results | news | THE JUKESBLOG". Archived from the original on September 25, 2009. Retrieved December 3, 2008.
  8. ^ "Brucebase - 1976". Brucebase.wikidot.com. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  9. ^ "Brucebase - 1984". Brucebase. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  10. ^ "Brucebase - 1988". Brucebase. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  11. ^ "Brucebase - 1993". Brucebase. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  12. ^ "Concert photograph". Momthrewitaway.com. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  13. ^ Kilkenny, Katie (January 22, 2019). "'Conan' Debuts Short-Format Show With Smaller Stage, New Look, Tom Hanks". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
  14. ^ "Performances". Labambaandthehubcaps.com. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  15. ^ [5] Archived December 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
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