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Mardi Gras will arrive early in Sarasota when trombonist Herb Bruce and the Herbicide Jazz Band present a concert of Dixieland, ragtime, blues, jazz and more in Let the Good Times Roll: A Mardi Gras Celebration on Feb. 16 at 4 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church, located at 3975 Fruitville Road. "If you can't get to New Orleans this year for Mardi Gras, the Herbicide Jazz Band will bring a rollicking and raucous New Orleans- style Mardi Gras to you," says Don DeMaio, concert coordinator, in a news release. Tickets are $15. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 371-4974 or visit uusarasota.org/concerts. Bruce played with The Dukes of Dixieland on Bourbon Street and was the leader of the Main Street Rhythm Rascals in the Magic Kingdom at Disney World for more than 10 years, the news release points out. He also spent many years in Nashville, where he worked with numerous stars, and he toured the world with Spiritual to the Bone and the premiere Salvation Army brass bands, the release adds. He has performed with Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé, Bob Hope, Nelson Riddle, Jimmy Dorsey, Liza Minnelli, The Four Freshmen, The Four Tops and Burt Bacharach. The Herbicide Jazz Band includes drum- mer and arranger Terry Waddell; Jim Snyder on clarinet; Don Johnson on trumpet; Jeff Phillips on piano and tuba; William Pillucere on bass; Patricia Dean, vocalist and drums; and Bob Leary on guitar, banjos and vocals. DeMaio adds in the release, "This band is bound to get you up on your feet and into the Mardi Gras groove." HERBICIDE BAND TO CELEBRATE MARDI GRAS EARLY IN SARASOTA Herb Bruce and the Herbicide Jazz Band/Contributed photo Sarasota News Leader February 7, 2014 Page 128