The Rebirth Brass Band is a New Orleans brass band. The group was founded in 1983 by Phillip "Tuba Phil" Frazier, his brother Keith Frazier, Kermit Ruffins, and classmates from Joseph S. Clark Senior High School, which closed in the spring of 2018, in the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans. Arhoolie released its first album in 1984.
Three members of the Rebirth Brass Band and other musicians play for a second-line parade in the Central Business District of New Orleans in 2007.
Glen David and Troy Andrews at JazzFest 2010
Kermit Ruffins (left) with the late Danny Barker at French Quarter Festival
Second line Oct. 29, 2007
A brass band is a musical ensemble generally consisting primarily of brass instruments, most often with a percussion section. Ensembles that include brass and woodwind instruments can in certain traditions also be termed brass bands, but may be more correctly termed military bands, concert bands, or "brass and reed" bands.
Tanzanian Police Force brass band
Soprano cornet
Tenor Horn
Baritone horn