The combination of New Orleans style traditional brass sound with hip-hop and funk lays down the groundwork for some powerful music with celebratory overtones, and that is exactly what The Soul Rebels deliver.

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The Soul Rebels are a brass band from New Orleans that blends the city's rich jazz traditions with marching band dynamics, hip-hop and soul music, and Afrocuban dance beats, among other things. They have been stepping outside the confines of being a brass band in their more recent work and tapping into a broader array of jazz styles. For years, they played at a typical marching band tempo and within the brass band structure. They are clearly not the only or the first act that blends jazz with hop-hop beats and rapping, but the brass/marching band angle that the Rebels bring to the table makes their work distinct. The list of artists they have collaborated with or played on is a ridiculously long one that includes obvious NOLA based artists like Trombone Shorty and Big Freedia, but also acts like Metallica, Green Day, and Katy Perry.

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Observations form Day Three of the 2023 Newport Jazz Festival - PostGenre

Jazz music and dance have long had intertwined histories. For one, the music of people like Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, and the Dorsey brothers fueled the widespread craze of swing dancing throughout the 1930s and 40s. But, over time, the music changed. Bebop expanded chordal structures beyond their traditional realm. The avant-garde movements

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