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Hot 8 Brass Band

Hot 8 Brass Band is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Sexual Healing. Those roots explain a lot about how Hot 8 Brass Band arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Trombone Shorty, Youngblood Brass Band, Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, Jon Cleary and Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Dixie Cups, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around Hot 8 Brass Band, reaching back through Sexual Healing and forward to The Dixie Cups. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

The Hot 8 Brass Band is a New Orleans–based brass band which 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. Two earlier bands merged, the Looney Tunes Brass Band and the High Steppers Brass Band.

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Hot 8 Brass BandSexual HealingThe Dixie CupsTrombone ShortyYoungblood Brass BandDelvon Lamarr Organ …Jon ClearySharon Jones and the…Say She SheThe Poets of RhythmMaceo Parker

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Hot 8 Brass Band connections

Hot 8 Brass Band grew out of Sexual Healing, shares an orbit with Trombone Shorty, Youngblood Brass Band, Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio and Jon Cleary, went on to shape The Dixie Cups. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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