The Rebirth Brass Band

The Rebirth Brass Band is a New Orleans-based brass band founded in 1983 by tuba/sousaphone player Philip Frazier, his brother, bass drummer Keith Frazier and trumpeter Kermit Ruffins along with other classmates and marching band members from Joseph C. Clark Senior High School in New Orleans’ Tremé neighborhood. The band — known for combining traditional New Orleans brass band music, including the New Orleans tradition of “second line” with funk, jazz, soul and hip hop — tours extensively but is most famous for its Tuesday night residency at the Maple Leaf Bar in New Orleans.

Check out this wonderful 90-minute documentary about The Rebirth Brass Band…