Hot 8 Brass Band

Leftfoot presents Hot 8 Brass Band (new orleans)

• sam redmore
• adam regan

9pm-2am, £10 advance / motd (50 early bird tickets available for £8)

Tickets

• www.theticketsellers.co.uk / 0844 870 0000
• Polar Bear (kings heath) 0121 441 5202
• Jibbering (moseley) 0121 449 4551

Hot 8 Brass Band have been all over the UK of late, wowing audiences left, right and centre with their punchy, energetic live show . after last year’s runaway hit cover of “sexual healing”, this gang of brass really got people talking, backed up with the brilliant lp 
“rock with the…Hot 8 Brass Band”

The ten members of the Hot 8 Brass Band are all from New Orleans and formed in 1995, they have an unmistakable jazz spirit and a significant story to their work. They recently appeared in Spike Lee’s poignant documentary ‘When the Levees Broke’ (2006). The film captures the anger and despair surrounding one of the most horrific natural disasters in us history. 
Hurricane Katrina in 2005 broke a lot of boundaries between generations and class divides. this is apparent in the sound of the Hot 8 who bring elements of modern, traditional and urban music together and create a unique, new class of brass music.

The band embodies the hip hop culture and energy in the new orleans music scene for example, they are involved in local second-line parades. these are music battles or face offs with local jazz bands on the streets. brass bands fight it out for the largest crowd listening to their music, the one with the most feet at the end wins.

• www.myspace.com/hot8brassband