Garden District Trio - Upward (2019)

The Garden District Band (Trio) is an American jazz band established in 1994 presently performing original compositions along with their fresh interpretations of cover songs from the Great American Songbook, jazz standards, Latin-jazz repertoire, New Orleans classics, and funk tunes.

Following nine albums of classic covers, funky New Orleans tunes, and Latin-jazz renditions, David W. Hansen has broken through a twenty-five-year writer’s block of attempts to compose original material. This writing journey has been long and frustrating, yet intriguing and the outcome has been worth the wait. “I wish it could have clicked a quarter-century ago, but it wasn’t the right time,” says the drummer, bandleader, writer, and composer. “And I didn’t understand how to transfer my inspirational moments onto paper. Partial written melodies, different composition methods and a few pinnacle events all lined up and then it happened for one song. A second attempt and it worked! Third time was lucky and then a few months later four more came along quite quickly with another written the day before going into the studio.”