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Hot 8 Brass Band
Formed in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1995, the Hot 8 Brass Band is a group that
blends jazz, Dixieland, hip-hop, and funk into an interesting new take on the
brass band sound. They came to prominence after appearing in Spike Lee’s 2006
documentary When the Levee Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts. The group was formed
by Bennie Pete, Jerome Jones, and Harry Cook and merged members of two earlier
brass bands: the High Steppers Brass Band and the Looney Tunes Brass Band. The
band performs regularly at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, in local
jazz nightclubs, second line parades...
