
The Neville Brothers were an American R&B/soul/funk group formed in 1976 in New Orleans, Louisiana.The group notion started in 1976 when the four brothers of the Neville family, Art (1937–2019), Charles (1938–2018), Aaron (b. 1941), and Cyril (b. 1948) came together to take part in the recording session of the Wild Tchoupitoulas, a Mardi Gras Indian group led by the Nevilles' uncle, George Landry ("Big Chief Jolly").Their debut album, The Neville Brothers, was released in 1978 on Capitol Records.In 1987, the group released Uptown on the EMI label, featuring guests including Branford Marsalis, Keith Richards, and Carlos Santana. The following year saw the release of Yellow Moon from A&M Records produced by Daniel Lanois. The track "Healing Chant" from the album won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance at the 1990 Grammy ceremony.In 1990, the Neville Brothers contributed "In the Still of the Night" to the AIDS benefit album Red Hot + Blue produced by the Red Hot Organization.
Biography summary from English Wikipedia, photograph via Wikimedia Commons.
Discography via MusicBrainz.
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