The Flying Neutrinos are an American jazz band from New Orleans. The band consists of Ingrid Lucia (vocals),

Dan Levinson Daniel A. Levinson (born July 8, 1965) is an American jazz clarinetist, saxophone, saxophonist, and bandleader. He is best known for his mastery of the jazz styles of the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s. Career Born in Los Angeles County, California, Le ...

(saxophone), Matthew Munisteri (guitar), Todd Londagin (trombone), Jim Greene (double bass), and David Berger (drums). David Pearlman (a.k.a.

Poppa Neutrino Poppa Neutrino, born William David Pearlman, (October 15, 1933 in Fresno, California – January 23, 2011 in New Orleans, Louisiana) was a musician, raft builder and "free spirit" who lived his life outside expected norms. He has been called a mode ...

), father of Ingrid Lucia, and his wife Betsy, who started the band in the 1980s. Pearlman was in the press for his trip across the Atlantic Ocean in a raft.

Origins

In an interview with the

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, Todd Londagin's mother said:

We're called 'The Flying Neutrinos,' because
neutrino A neutrino ( ; denoted by the Greek letter ) is an elementary particle that interacts via the weak interaction and gravity. The neutrino is so named because it is electrically neutral and because its rest mass is so small ('' -ino'') that i ...
s are the smallest things in the universe. They are in everything. In our own little way, we though you couldn't live without ''US''.

Discography

* ''I'd Rather Be in New Orleans'' (1999) * ''The Hotel Child'' (2001) * ''Live from New Orleans'' (2003) * ''Dont Stop'' (2007)

Selected filmography

* ''

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'' (1999) * '' Blast from the Past'' (1999) * ''

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'' (2000)

References

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