Charmaine Neville is a member of a famous New Orleans music family which includes the Neville Brothers. The daughter of Charles Neville, she is currently the leader and lead singer of the Charmaine Neville Band, a jazz/funk band based in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Ms. Neville was in international news due to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...

, when the failure of the Federal levees swamped the city of New Orleans with up to 18 feet (5.5 m) of water in some locations. Her tale of survival, rape, and eventual escape via a commandeered transit bus were widely reported in the South Louisiana press.

Solo albums

• (1992) "It's About Time" (Gert Town GT-1111) (reissued on Nawlins Cartunes CAR1111)
• (1992) "All the Way Live at Snug Harbor" (no label - may be unauthorized)
• (1996) "Up Up Up" (Gert Town GT-1116) (reissued on Nawlins Cartunes CAR1116)
• (1996) "Live at Bourbon Street Music Club" (aka "Live in Brazil") (Bourbon Street Music Club/ Emotion Prod, Ltd. BS CD 003)
• (1998) "Queen of the Mardi Gras" (Gert Town Records GT 1120) (reissued on Nawlins Cartunes CAR1120)
• (2007) "Jazz Fest Live 2007" (available from Munckmusic.com)

Contributions to others' albums

• (1981) The Neville Brothers "Fiyo On The Bayou"
• (1989) "New New Orleans Music: Jump Jazz" (with Ramsay McLean & the Survivors)
• (1992) The Reggie Houston - Amasa Miller Trio "The Gazebo Sessions"
• (1992) "Christmas In New Orleans - R&B, Jazz & Gospel"
• (1996) Andrei Codrescu "Valley of Christmas"
• (2000) "New Prohibition" compilation
• (2000) Marva Wright "Marva" (Australia)
• (2001) Freddy Omar "Latin Party in New Orleans"
• (2006) Nils Landgren & Joe Sample "Creole Love Call"
• (2006) Mitch Woods
  Mitch Woods
  Mitch Woods is an American modern day boogie-woogie, jump blues and jazz pianist and singer. Since the early 1980s he has been touring and recording with his band, the Rocket 88s...
  
  "Big Easy Boogie"
• (2007) James "12" Andrews & The Crescent City Allstars "People Get Ready Now"

External links

• www.charmainenevilleband.com
• Nevilletracks.com -- Complete discography at Nevilletracks.com
• CounterPunch -- a first-person account of Ms. Neville's experiences during Katrina, as reprinted in CounterPunch.