Search - Rebirth Brass Band :: Hot Venom

Superb, funky brass band

05/16/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This represents a great version of right-now New Orleans brass-band jazz -- very funky fusion of Dixieland jazz, hip-hop, soul, and marching band. Live-in-the-studio recording really captures their energy (and some of their warts) with somewhat better quality sound than most live records. It's almost impossible not to move to the music -- my restrained-around-the-house teenager and a business associate of my wife's were both dancing around the kitchen with this on. Take the parental advisory seriously, though! Almost every song has lyrics, and there is a strong street component to most of them."