Saturday, I had the opportunity to speak with one of The New York Times’s most important freelance photographers, Chad Batka.

On the ride back to Dillard, Jill, Henry and I just talked about our love for brass bands and the police officer who was such a stick in the mud.

Dating to the early 19th century, brass bands — with their trumpets, tubas, trombones, saxophones and booming bass drums — continue to set the rhythm of the city. But now, they play in two widely different styles.