Hot 8 Brass Band
Reception pricing
Prices start at $4,000
Category: Ceremony-only musician
Type: Brass ensemble
- Choir
- Guitarist
- Harpist
- Pianist
- String ensemble
- Vocalist
Genres: Jazz, R&B
About Hot 8 Brass Band
Hot 8 Brass Band
In 1996 sousaphone player Bennie Pete was instrumental in merging two former Fortier High School student groups, the High Steppers and the Looney Tunes Brass Bands, to form the Hot 8. The players grew up together and maintain strong, family-like bonds and regular membership. The band can be larger than many younger groups often featuring ten members, including three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, bass drum, and snare drum. The Hot 8’s funk style is a blend of influences from the Dirty Dozen and Rebirth, with more elements of contemporary r&b, rap, and its local variation, “bounce.”
The uniqueness of their sound is mainly due to a steady stream of creative original songs and ideas composed or introduced by various band members. Since the Dirty Dozen, the sousaphone has had a more prominent role in brass bands as a feature and solo instrument; it frequently sets up and maintains short rhythmic (often melodic) grooves that dominate and propel most songs in the band.
Performance samples
Services
Services
- Sound system capability audience <300 -
Musical genres
- Jazz
- R&B
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