Hot 8 Brass Band - Discography (2007-2019)

For over 20 years one of the most popular and visible funk-style brass bands in community parades and funerals has been the 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. Most of them were born between 1975 and ’87 in a generation that grew up hearing mainly modern-style brass bands in community functions. The band can be larger than many younger groups often featuring ten members, including three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, bass drum, and snare drum. As is common among some more modern groups, the Hot 8 uses only one reed player and like most of the younger bands, 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.



Albums:
2007 The Hot 8 Brass Band - Rock With the Hot 8 16-44.1 FLAC
2007 The Hot 8 Brass Band - Sexual Healing 16-44.1 FLAC
2008 The Hot 8 Brass Band - Hot 8 (Remixes) 16-44.1 FLAC
2008 The Hot 8 Brass Band - What's My Name 16-44.1 FLAC
2012 The Hot 8 Brass Band - The Life & Times of... 16-44.1 FLAC
2013 The Hot 8 Brass Band - Homies Bingo Bango 16-44.1 FLAC
2013 The Hot 8 Brass Band - Milwaukee Fat 16-44.1 FLAC
2013 The Hot 8 Brass Band - Tombstone 16-44.1 FLAC
2015 Liberty Brass BandTreme Brass BandThe Hot 8 Brass Band - New Orleans Brass Bands Through the Streets of the City 16-44.1 FLAC
2015 The Hot 8 Brass Band - Papa Was a Rolling Stone We Shall Walk Through the Streets of the City 16-44.1 FLAC
2015 The Hot 8 Brass Band - Sexual Healing (Remixes) 16-44.1 FLAC
2015 The Hot 8 Brass Band - Sonos Studio x Deezer Presents Hot 8 Brass Band 16-44.1 FLAC
2015 The Hot 8 Brass Band - Vicennial - 20 Years of the Hot 8 Brass Band 16-44.1 FLAC
2016 The Hot 8 Brass Band - Can't Nobody Get Down EP 16-44.1 FLAC
2016 The Hot 8 Brass Band - Working Together Keepin' It Funky 16-44.1 FLAC
2017 The Hot 8 Brass Band - Bottom of the Bucket 16-44.1 FLAC
2017 The Hot 8 Brass Band - On the Spot 16-44.1 FLAC
2017 The Hot 8 Brass Band - On the Spot EP (Remixes) 16-44.1 FLAC
2019 The Hot 8 Brass Band - Take Cover 16-44.1 FLAC
2019 The Hot 8 Brass Band - Working Together - EP 16-44.1 FLAC