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Overview

  • New Orleans Style Street Band
  • Gloriously eclectic repertoire of specially arranged songs from acts as diverse as Led Zeppelin, Daft Punk and the Beatles
  • Perform as a 5 piece as standard and can expand up to an 8 piece

The band are based in Edinburgh and Glasgow and have played throughout Scotland, including Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee and Islay Jazz Festivals and are available to travel.



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About this Act

Brass Gumbo provide a huge dose of funk and jazz, with a distinctly New Orleans flavour - mixing upbeat, highly danceable second line style tunes and plenty of funked-up covers of everyone from The Beatles and Led Zeppelin to Basement Jaxx and Daft Punk with buckets of energy and a wall of brass!


With musicians from some of Scotland's top funk and street bands, Brass Gumbo have performed at Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Manchester, Islay and Dundee Jazz Festivals, Fjellrocken Festival in Norway, and for Kelburn, Insider & Belladrum Festivals, being broadcast on BBC Alba for the latter. They have performed to an audience of thousands as part of the official Edinburgh's Hogmanay celebrations, led public parades around Scotland, as well as events for clients including Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh Airport, Innis & Gunn, Sky, and the Scottish Golf Open.


They can perform completely self contained, with no power or PA system record, or mic-ed up onstage for bigger venues/audiences. Their set can be adjusted to suit a garden party atmosphere, or a high energy party set. Need a surprise band? No problem! The 6 piece version is completely mobile, with two percussionists for a full walkabout experience.


The band can also be scaled up to any size for a HUGE parade if required - they have experience of leading bands of up to 30 people!

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Pop/Funk Covers:
24K Magic - Bruno Mars
Africa - Toto
All Star - Smash Mouth
At The River - Groove Armada
Cry Me A River - Justin Timberlake
Do Your Thing - Basement Jaxx
Don't Start Now - Dua Lipa
Don't Stop Believing - Journey
Don't Stop Me Now - Queen
Don't Worry Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin
Feel Good Inc - Gorillaz
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger - Daft Punk
I Was Made For Loving You - Kiss
It's All Over Now - The Rolling Stones
It's Your Thing - The Isley Brothers
I Want It That Way - Backstreet Boys
Jump - Van Halen
Life On Mars - David Bowie
Master Blaster (Jammin') - Stevie Wonder
Move Your Feet - Junior Senior
Que Sera Sera - Sly & The Family Stone
Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones
Shake It Off - Taylor Swift
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
Stand By Me - Ben E. King
Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics (as played by Soul Rebels Brass Band)
Take On Me - A-Ha
The Bare Necessities - The Jungle Book Soundtrack
The Best - Tina Turner
You're My Best Friend - Queen
You've Got A Friend In Me - Randy Newman/Toy Story Soundtrack
Plus a selection of classic New Orleans brass band/second line tunes.

Lineup

  • 5 piece - trumpet, saxophone, trombone, sousaphone and drum kit
  • 6 piece - mobile setup with two percussionists
  • 7 piece - additional trumpet
  • 8 piece - additional trumpet and saxophone

This act's standard set times are as follows:

  • Up to 90 minutes, with maximum set time of 45 mins.

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  • 5 piece
  • 6+ piece
  • acoustic
  • brass / horns
  • horn section
  • instrumental act
  • percussion
  • saxophone
  • trombone
  • trumpet
  • tuba
  • wind instruments



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