Bring the funk and soul of the Big Easy to your next event with the Beaucoup Brass Band! This Los Angeles-based ensemble celebrates the vibrant New Orleans jazz tradition with its upbeat brass band sound. Drawing from jazz, R&B, and funk, the Beaucoup Brass Band brings high energy and enthusiasm to every performance. The musicians have roots in New Orleans, Louisiana, and are endeared to the city and its musical heritage. Their diverse repertoire ranges from traditional numbers like "When the Saints Go Marching In" and "Just a Closer Walk with Thee" to funky covers of popular hits.

Celebrated recording artist and NAACP Image Award-winning author Shawn Amos, best known as joyful bluesman The Reverend Shawn Amos, is an astute storyteller of multiple mediums. Shawn invests his unique creative vision and business savvy in both his own work and the endeavors of countless collaborators. He first honed these skills— and a restless entrepreneurial spirit— as a child of 1970s Hollywood, helping his father Wally “Famous” Amos launch a now-iconic cookie brand on then-gritty Sunset Boulevard.

Following a stint at NYU film school, Shawn wrote scripts for A & M films by day, recording and performing original music focusing on race and identity by night. As a record company executive, he conceived and produced multiple releases for both Rhino Entertainment and Shout! Factory, including Grammy-nominated box set Rhapsodies in Black: Music & Words From the Harlem Renaissance and Q: The Musical Biography of Quincy Jones. The legendary Jones subsequently enlisted Shawn to oversee his Listen Up Foundation.

The new millennium saw Shawn unexpectedly pioneer content marketing for companies seeking a potent online voice. This fruitful path led to his current position with communications agency Hudson Cutler, where Shawn counsels executives on everything from media appearances to change management. He is executive producer of the animated series, Cookies & Milk (based upon his debut book), in development at Disney, and author of middle-grade novel, Franklin and the Fabulous 5ive (2026 publication). The Reverend Shawn Amos Dance Party, an album of originals and 1960s dance classics, is forthcoming. Blackbox, the jazz and blues series he curates for Santa Monica performing arts center BroadStage, is in its sixth year.