Hot 8 Brass Band

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Hot 8 Brass Band
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
GenresJazz, hip hop, funk
Years active1995–present
LabelsTru Thoughts
Websitehot8brassband.com

The Hot 8 Brass Band is a

New Orleans-based brass band that 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,[1] the merging of two earlier bands, the Looney Tunes Brass Band and the High Steppers Brass Band.[2]

Since June 2007, the band has been signed to the UK's Tru Thoughts label,[3] that label's first U.S. act.[4]

Music

The Hot 8 Brass Band plays in second line parades hosted Sunday afternoons by Social Aid and Pleasure Clubs;[1] in the New Orleans metropolitan area they also play at traditional jazz funerals[5] and at local jazz nightclubs.

They play regularly at the

Morning Show, and the Master P music video "Hootie Hoo". The Hot 8 Brass Band has also toured in Japan, Italy, France, Spain, Finland and England.[6]

In the wake of

R&B."[5]

In 2009, the band added its New Orleans style to an "Iko Iko" cover song of the Swiss band Schtärneföifi, who re-recorded their Swiss German version from 1995's Heicho – Ohni Znacht is Bed together with The Dixie Cups in New Orleans. The song was released on the new album, Wältberüemt.[7][8][9]

Membership

Four members of the band have died since its formation.[4] Past and present band members include:

  • Bennie "Big Peter" Pete (sousaphone and band leader)
  • Terrell "Burger" Batiste (trumpet)
  • Harry "Swamp Thang" Cook (bass drum)
  • Jerome "Baybay" Jones (trombone)
  • Alvarez "B.I.G. AL" Huntley (trumpet)
  • Dinerral "Dick" Shavers (snare drum)
  • Raymond "Dr. Rackle" Williams (trumpet)
  • Maurice "Moe" Curtis (trumpet)
  • Keith "Wolf" Anderson (trombone)
  • Jereau "Cousin" Fournett (trombone)
  • Wendell "Cliff" Stewart (saxophone)
  • Demond "Bart" Dorsey (trombone)
  • Jacob Johnson (trumpet)
  • Joseph "Shotgun Joe" Williams (trombone)
  • Gregory "Koon" Veals (trombone)
  • Derrick Tabb (snare drum)

Discography

In October 2007, the band released Rock with The Hot 8, their first studio album, on the Tru Thoughts label.[10] Hot 8 Brass Band was featured on Down in New Orleans, the 2008 album by the Blind Boys of Alabama. They released their second studio album, The Life and Times of the Hot 8 Brass Band in November 2012.[11] May 2013 saw the release of "Tombstone," the sister album to "The Life and Times ...," a recording mostly dedicated to former band members, living and dead.[12]

Deaths of group members

The band has also been mentioned in the

U.S. media because three of its members, all of whom were between the ages of 17 and 25, have died over the years due to handgun violence
.

In 1996, 17-year-old trumpet player Jacob Johnson was found shot execution-style in his home.[5]

In 2004, trombone player Joseph "Shotgun Joe" Williams was shot dead by police in controversial circumstances. According to a local news source:[13]

According to New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) accounts, officers were stopping 22-year-old trombonist Joe Williams for driving an allegedly stolen vehicle when Williams slammed the white Ford F-150 into reverse, accelerating into an NOPD squad car and officer. His actions, says Deputy Superintendent Marlin Defillo, caused officers to fear for their lives and thus open fire, killing Williams.

The same source reported that several eyewitnesses say that police shot Williams while he was unarmed and his hands were in the air.[13]

In 2006,

The Times-Picayune:[14]

Dinerral Shavers, 25, died from a gunshot to the back of his head at about 5:30 p.m. while behind the wheel of his black Chevrolet Malibu in the 2200 block of Dumaine Street… His family was not injured… Although critically wounded, Shavers continued driving four blocks up Dumaine before stopping. By 6 p.m., Shavers lay motionless on his back in the middle of the street just outside the open driver's side door… Shavers was taken to a hospital, but died within an hour.

Police said the bullet was intended for Shavers's fifteen-year-old stepson.[15] The Hot 8 Brass Band played at Shavers' funeral.[5]

Bennie Pete died in September 2021 from complications from sarcoidosis and COVID-19.[16]

References

  1. ^ a b Brass Band Blowout Weekend: April 11, 2008 Archived July 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine from the Tipitina's website
  2. ^ Biography Archived February 21, 2007, at the Wayback Machine from the website of the Lowell Folk Festival
  3. ^ "Hot 8 Brass Band sign to Tru Thoughts! » Tru Thoughts news". Tru-thoughts.co.uk. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Hot 8 Brass Band » Tru Thoughts artists". Tru-thoughts.co.uk. October 15, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
  5. ^ a b c d Drummer's Funeral Underlines New Orleans Violence, All Things Considered, January 6, 2007. NPR.
  6. ^ [1] Archived August 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Swiss television magazine Schtärneföifi in New Orleans with the Dixie Cups and The Hot 8 Brass Band
  8. ^ Audio sample of "Heicho" where the Hot 8 Brass Band add its unique New Orleans style
  9. ^ In 2014 the band's cover of "Sexual Healing" by Marvin Gaye was featured in the movie "Chef" and appeared on the soundtrack.
  10. ^ Rock With The Hot 8, from the Tru Thoughts website
  11. ^ Campbell, Al (November 6, 2012). "The Life & Times Of... - The Hot 8 Brass Band : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
  12. ^ Jurek, Thom. "Tombstone – The Hot 8 Brass Band : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  13. ^ a b Reckdahl, Katy (August 17, 2004). "Why?". Gambit Weekly. Retrieved January 6, 2007.
  14. The Times-Picayune, archived from the original
    on July 4, 2007, retrieved January 6, 2007
  15. The Times-Picayune, archived from the original
    on September 30, 2007, retrieved August 24, 2007
  16. ^ Blistein, Jon (September 8, 2021). "Bennie Pete, Co-Founder of New Orleans Greats Hot 8 Brass Band, Dead at 45". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 10, 2021.

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