Naughty Professor

Naughty Professor

Naughty Professor is an iconoclastic New Orleans-based jazz-funk sextet whose adventurous recordings and horn-charged, high-energy live performances have earned them an enthusiastic fan base, critical acclaim, and widespread attention from their musical peers. Their diligent roadwork has established Naughty Professor as a beloved live act. Weaving together complex, inventive compositions and loose, organic improvisation, the band honors their hometown’s jazz, R&B and brass band traditions while looking to the future.

Naughty Professor raises the stakes on its new album ‘Identity,’ released June 2017. Where their prior four releases showcased the group’s knack for self-contained instrumental experimentation, ‘Identity’ finds the band teaming with a stellar assortment of more than a dozen cutting-edge collaborators, whose vocal, instrumental and compositional contributions expand the music into new musical territory.

“I believe that the sky has no limit for these boys.”—David Shaw