Joy Of Life Productions - Grammy Award Winning Horn Section

Introducing Grammy award winning Groovy 7 Horns

Joy of Life Productions and The Groovy 7 Band are excited to welcome to the family two of the most in-demand and respected horn players in New Orleans today. Both have travelled the world with internationally renowned artists (including Sturgill Simpson, St. Paul & the Broken Bones, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Nightsweats, The New Mastersounds, and Clint Black) for years and are now looking forward to spending more time at home and playing with what they consider THE best cover band in the region. Scott and Jason have been playing together in different bands ever since their days together with Bourbon Street’s legendary Dream Band over 20 years ago and are excited to rock the stage together again with Groovy 7.

Grammy Winning Horn Section

Jason Mingledorff

Saxophone

Won HIS first Grammy in 2021 with The New Orleans NightCrawlers! We are proud to have him complete the G7 Team!

Jason has recorded and performed with some of New Orleans’ most beloved artists, including Dr. John (on the GRAMMY award-winning album The City That Care Forgot), Harry Connick, Jr., Better Than Ezra, Galactic. Papa Grows Funk, and the GRAMMY-winning New Orleans Nightcrawlers (with whom he actually appeared on The Simpsons with!). He’s also taken his saxophone on the road with international acts like the retro-soul phenoms St. Paul & the Broken Bones, country superstar Clint Black, and jam-band favorites The New Mastersounds. Other acts that Jason has lent his sax, flute, and clarinet skills to include: Lady Gaga, Tony Bennett, Aretha Franklin, Maceo Parker, Michael McDonald, Mavis Staples, Wayne Newton, Martina McBride, Frankie Valli, The Four Tops, and The O’Jays. He’s also had the joy of playing with other local groups such as the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, the Ignatius Saxophone Quartet, King James & the Special Men, and the WWII Museum Victory Swing Orchestra.

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Scott Frock Trumpet

Featured on Grammy Awards and just about every late night talk show!

Performed on PJ Mortan’s Grammy award winning album ( Best Gospel Album 2020)

Scott has wowed audiences throughout the world with his powerful and soulful trumpet playing, which has been a featured on the 59th Annual Grammy Awards, Saturday Night Live, and just about every late-night talk show on TV. You may have heard him on PJ Morton’s GRAMMY winning album, Gospel According to PJ (Best Gospel Album 2020) or on soundtracks like Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom or Tyler Perry’s Jazzman’s Blues. He’s toured extensively with acclaimed outlaw country star Sturgill Simpson, the popular soul-rock band Nathaniel Rateliff & the Nightsweats, and Delfeayo Marsalis’s acclaimed Uptown Jazz Orchestra. His screaming lead trumpet has lifted performances by a number of nationally beloved acts, including The Temptations, The O’Jays, and Gladys Knight. Other local acts that have enjoyed Scott’s contributions include Anders Osborne, King James & the Special Men, the Naked Orchestra, and Trumpet Mafia. When you add Scott’s dance steps and killer cowbell to his ferocious trumpet, you get a force to be reckoned with!

Joy of Life Productions is honored to have this powerhouse on the roster and this Guy brings the heat each and every time with Groovy 7!

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