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'''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> | |||
'''The Bollywood Brass Band''' is a [[brass band]] playing [[Bollywood]] and traditional | |||
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 | 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 | 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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Latest revision as of 19:29, 13 June 2025
The Bollywood Brass Band is a brass band playing Bollywood and traditional Indian music, based in London, England.[1]
The band was formed in 1992[2] to perform with the Shyam Brass Band from Jabalpur, India,[1] 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, qawwali, 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.[3]
The Bollywood Brass Band is made up of eleven musicians,[1] playing saxophones, trumpets, trombones, sousaphone, and snare and bass drums 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 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.
Discography[edit | edit source]
- 1999: 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[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Broughton, Simon; Ellingham, Mark; Trillo, Richard (2000). World Music: Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific. Rough Guides. p. 101. ISBN 978-1-85828-636-5.
- ↑ Parikh, Anjana (1 April 2017). "Not Just For Punjabis: This Band's Dhol Beats are Rocking London". TheQuint. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ↑ Denselow, Robin (4 June 2017). "Bollywood Brass Band with Jyotsna Srikanth review – Indian roots and romps". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
External links[edit | edit source]
- www
.bollywoodbrassband .co .uk - "East Meets West Meets East Meet…", by Teed Rockwell for India Currents