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	~~{{Multiple issues\|~~		'''The Bollywood Brass Band''' is a [[brass band]] playing [[Bollywood]] and traditional Indian music, based in London, England.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book \|last=Broughton \|first=Simon \|url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/World_Music_Latin_and_North_America_Cari/QzX8THIgRjUC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Bollywood+Brass+Band%22&pg=PA101&printsec=frontcover \|title=World Music: Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific \|last2=Ellingham \|first2=Mark \|last3=Trillo \|first3=Richard \|date=2000 \|publisher=Rough Guides \|isbn=978-1-85828-636-5 \|pages=101 \|language=en}}</ref>
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	'''The Bollywood Brass Band''' is a [[brass band]] playing [[Bollywood]] and traditional ~~[[India]]n~~ music, based in [[London]], [[England]].

	The band was formed in 1992 to perform with the Shyam Brass Band from [[Jabalpur]], India, at the International Festival of Street Music in London. They have continued to perform and record in a wide variety of musical styles, including [[Hindi]] [[film]] hits, [[Bhangra (music)\|Bhangra]], [[qawwali]], [[Punjabi people\|Punjabi]] folk songs, and wedding songs, tinged with influences from [[jazz]], other world musics, and modern [[dance music]]. They perform at weddings, world-music and street-music festivals, and cultural festivals.		The band was formed in 1992<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Parikh \|first=Anjana \|date=2017-04-01 \|title=Not Just For Punjabis: This Band’s Dhol Beats are Rocking London \|url=https://www.thequint.com/lifestyle/life/bollywood-brass-band-is-taking-over-london-with-renditions-of-ar-rahman-carnatic-music \|access-date=2025-06-12 \|website=TheQuint \|language=en}}</ref> to perform with the Shyam Brass Band from [[Jabalpur]], India,<ref name=":0" /> at the International Festival of Street Music in London. They have continued to perform and record in a wide variety of musical styles, including [[Hindi]] [[film]] hits, [[Bhangra (music)\|Bhangra]], [[qawwali]], [[Punjabi people\|Punjabi]] folk songs, and wedding songs, tinged with influences from [[jazz]], other world musics, and modern [[dance music]]. They perform at weddings, world-music and street-music festivals, and cultural festivals.<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Denselow \|first=Robin \|date=2017-06-04 \|title=Bollywood Brass Band with Jyotsna Srikanth review – Indian roots and romps \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jun/04/bollywood-brass-band-jyotsna-srikanth-review-songlines-encounters-festival \|access-date=2025-06-12 \|work=The Guardian \|language=en-GB \|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

	The Bollywood Brass Band is made up of ~~more than ten~~ musicians, playing [[saxophone]]s, [[trumpet]]s, [[trombone]]s, [[sousaphone]], and [[Snare drum\|snare]] and [[bass drum]]s and also features [[Johnny Kalsi]] and members of the [[Dhol Foundation]] on [[dhol]] drums.		The Bollywood Brass Band is made up of eleven musicians,<ref name=":0" /> playing [[saxophone]]s, [[trumpet]]s, [[trombone]]s, [[sousaphone]], and [[Snare drum\|snare]] and [[bass drum]]s and also features [[Johnny Kalsi]] and members of the [[Dhol Foundation]] on [[dhol]] drums.

	In 1995 the band created a parallel performing group: SamBhangra! plays both Indian and ~~[[Brazil]]ian~~ music, and consists of the horns and drums section of the Bollywood Brass band together with a [[samba]] [[bateria]] (a nine-piece percussion section), the Dhol Foundation (five Indian dhol drummers), the Four by Four Dancers (four Bhangra–Punjabi folk-style dancers), and four Brazilian samba dancers.		In 1995 the band created a parallel performing group: SamBhangra! plays both Indian and Brazilian music and consists of the horns and drums section of the Bollywood Brass band together with a [[samba]] [[bateria]] (a nine-piece percussion section), the Dhol Foundation (five Indian dhol drummers), the Four by Four Dancers (four Bhangra–Punjabi folk-style dancers), and four Brazilian samba dancers.

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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2014}}
{{Multiple issues|
{{Notability|music|date=June 2020}}
{{Citations|date=January 2011}}}}
'''The Bollywood Brass Band''' is a [[brass band]] playing [[Bollywood]] and traditional [[India]]n music, based in [[London]], [[England]].

The band was formed in 1992 to perform with the Shyam Brass Band from [[Jabalpur]], India, at the International Festival of Street Music in London. They have continued to perform and record in a wide variety of musical styles, including [[Hindi]] [[film]] hits, [[Bhangra (music)|Bhangra]], [[qawwali]], [[Punjabi people|Punjabi]] folk songs, and wedding songs, tinged with influences from [[jazz]], other world musics, and modern [[dance music]]. They perform at weddings, world-music and street-music festivals, and cultural festivals.

The Bollywood Brass Band is made up of more than ten musicians, playing [[saxophone]]s, [[trumpet]]s, [[trombone]]s, [[sousaphone]], and [[Snare drum|snare]] and [[bass drum]]s and also features [[Johnny Kalsi]] and members of the [[Dhol Foundation]] on [[dhol]] drums.

In 1995 the band created a parallel performing group: SamBhangra! plays both Indian and [[Brazil]]ian music, and consists of the horns and drums section of the Bollywood Brass band together with a [[samba]] [[bateria]] (a nine-piece percussion section), the Dhol Foundation (five Indian dhol drummers), the Four by Four Dancers (four Bhangra–Punjabi folk-style dancers), and four Brazilian samba dancers.

==Discography==
* 1999: ''[[The Bollywood Brass Band (album)|The Bollywood Brass Band]]'' (Emergency Exit Arts)
* 2002: ''Rahmania'' (Emergency Exit Arts)
* 2005: ''Movie Masala'' (Emergency Exit Arts)
* 2016: ''Carnatic Connection'', feat. violinist Jyotsna Srikanth
* 2018: ''Carnatic Suite, A Day in Bangalore'' (EP), feat. violinist Jyotsna Srikanth

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.bollywoodbrassband.co.uk/}}
* [http://www.indiacurrents.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=0678e4413ef7377f950743b1458dc4cc "East Meets West Meets East Meet…"], by Teed Rockwell for ''India Currents''

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