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City of Derry Jazz Festival & Youth 19 present... Hypnotic Brass Ensemble (Live) + support acts TBA
Doors: 9pm
Advance tickets: £10 + booking fee
18+ event
Dubbed as the Original Bad Boys of Jazz, The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble (HBE) are 8 incredibly talented horn playing brothers from Chicago—all sons of pioneering jazz trumpeter Kelan Phil Cohran (Sun Ra’s Arkestra). Reared in the teachings of music since they were children, some of them as young as three years old, they grew up on the stage playing as the "Phil Cohran Youth Ensemble". Now based in NYC, the band have blazed a trail as one of the best live acts in the music industry today.
With the respect and personal invitation of some of the greatest artists of all time, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble have worked with and shared stages with Prince, Gorillaz, Snoop Dogg and De la Soul while gracing the most prestigious stages and acclaimed festivals worldwide. The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble sound summons the spirit of New Orleans big-band jazz, shot through with rap, funk and hip-hop, and moments of "fervent and prayerful beauty".
Catch the hottest horns in the business live in concert, the same horns from Hunger Games Soundtrack, Gorillaz's Plastic Beach, & Wutang Metal Lungees... Chicago USA’s very own. These guys come recommended by Iggy Pop plus the late Prince and have a live show that sets the audience on fire. Rated “New York Times Top 20 Acts to See Live”, HBE performs their own original and ultra-energetic mix of rock, hip hop, salsa, and soul while moving the crowd. Rocking stages from India to Brooklyn, Glastonbury to Sydney Opera House, this band of blood-brothers keep you on your feet.
See it now or hear about it later!