New Orleans Brass Sounds & Brass Hop

The Hot 8 Brass Band plays a cover on Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing". New Orleans based brass band that blends hip-hop, jazz and funk styles with traditional New Orleans brass sounds. It was formed by Bennie Pete, Jerome Jones, and Harry Cook in 1995. In October 2007, the band released Rock with The Hot 8, their first studio album.The band has also been mentioned in the U.S. media because three of its members, all of whom were between the ages of 17 and 25, have died over the years due to handgun violence.Brass-Hop [1997]by Coolbone, a brilliant albumMerging the jazzy sounds of brass with hip-hop, the Coolbone Brass Band is comprised of members Steven "Coolbone" Johnson, Earl Conway, Vincent Broussard, Thadeus Ford II, Jeremy Cole, Ronell Johnson, Randall Anderson, and Terrell Warren, among others. Formed in the mid-'90s, the group issued an independent debut, Coolbone Swing Troop, before signing with Hollywood Records. Their major-label debut, Brass Hop, followed in 1997 but their union with Hollywood was a fleeting one as their third overall release, 2000's Bone Swing, was released on another independent label, Louisiana Red. ~ Greg Prato, All Music Guide (info)The Rebirth Brass Band is a New Orleans brass band. The group was founded in 1982 by tuba/sousaphone player Philip Frazier, his brother, bass drummer, Keith Frazier and trumpeter Kermit Ruffins, and other school marching band members from Joseph S. Clark Senior High School in New Orleans’ Tremé neighborhood. The band was discovered at the 1982 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and recorded its first studio album in 1984.
Rebirth is known for combining traditional New Orleans brass band music, including the New Orleans tradition of second line with funk, jazz, soul and hip hop influences.