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The Hot 8 Brass Band: On the Spot
by Chris M. Slawecki
On the Spot celebrates the fifth album and twenty year history of The Hot 8 Brass Band, the first American band signed by UK-based Tru-Thoughts Records. Like their New Orleans hometown, The Hot 8 knows tragedy, from Hurricane Katrina to the separate deaths of five bandmates, yet triumphantly and fiercely embody the Dionysian energy and gospel fervor in New Orleans' musical culture. Certain music seems to come at you roaring and then detonate in between your ears with ...
Continue ReadingThe Hot 8 Brass Band: Tombstone
by Angelo Leonardi
Parte integrante dell'afro-american community di New Orleans, l'Hot 8 Brass Band torna con un nuovo album, riproponendo l'incendiaria miscela di soul, rap, funk, hip hop e jazz in chiave di marchin' band.Fondata nel 1995 dal tubista Bennie “Big Peter" Pete e dal trombonista Jerome “Baybay" Jones, la formazione è sopravvissuta alla tragedia dell'uragano Katrina ma ha subito dei lutti in situazioni di violenza urbana, perdendo quattro dei suoi componenti storici. Questo terzo album lo dedica a loro e ...
Continue ReadingHot 8 Brass Band at Mawazine Festival 2014
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by Mehdi El Mouden
Hot 8 Brass Band Rabat Streets Mawazine Festival Rabat, Morocco June 4-7, 2014 From New Orleans, down to Rabat, The Hot 8 Brass Band crossed the Atlantic to revive the tradition of the marching band in an African spot. Part of the street program in Mawazine Festival Rhythms of the World, Hot 8 Brass band played for four days in four different parts of the city. Marching down the hot and even mean streets ...
Continue ReadingJazz This Week: "Triumph of Trumpets" with Faddis, Stafford and Jones, "Seeing Sound," Marco Benevento, Hot 8 Brass Band, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
If you're a fan of brass instruments, it's a good week to be a jazz listener in St. Louis, with three first-rate trumpet players performing together on one stage, plus a chance to see one of New Orleans' most spirited brass bands. And if you're not in the mood for brass, there are plenty of other options, too, from spacey keyboard jams to swinging guitars to experimental film and audio. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, singer Erin Bode performs ...
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Hot 8 Brass Band to Perform at the Demo on Sunday, April 7
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
New Orleans' Hot 8 Brass Band (pictured) is coming to St. Louis to perform at 8:00 p.m., Sunday, April 7 at The Demo, the recently opened live music venue at 4144 Manchester Blvd in the Grove neighborhood. The Funky Butt Brass Band will open the show. Formed in 1995, the Hot 8 Brass Band are known for blending hip-hop and funk with traditional jazz and brass band styles, performing regularly in New Orleans and also touring throughout the USA and ...
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