Bands

HOT BRASS MONKEY

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Since its conception in 1998, this 9 peice horn band's approach to musical entertainment has become a hit in the South Florida area. They have become one of the most sought after groups for main event corporate entertainment, and have several events to their credit. Their clientele includes prestigious companies like ADT Security Systems, Nokia Cellular Phones, Renaissance Cruise lines, Columbia Hospitals, Disney, and the American Heart Assoc.

Hot Brass Monkey has also had the opportunity to open for nationally acclaimed acts like Pat Benatar, Billie Dean, America, Ms Patty Labelle, Starship, Boney James/Rick Braun, and Spyro Gyra. You can also catch a glimpse of the band appearing in the recent Oliver Stone production, Any Given Sunday" starring Al Pacino , Cameron Diaz and Hot Brass Monkey...One of last years highlights for the band was having the honor of performing for the crew of the George Strait Country Western Festival 2000 tour party held in Orlando Florida. Hot Brass Monkey is comprised of some of South Floridas finest musicians who take pride in reproducing the great classic horn influenced hits from our recent past into today.

Songs like Santana's hit "Smooth," Ricky Martin's "Livin La Vida Loca," and Cherry Poppin Daddies' "Zoot Suit Riot" are some of the band's material that will have your guests partying the night away. Some other featured groups are Chicago, BS&T, Stevie Wonder, Toto, Earth Wind & Fire, Ohio Players, Van Morrison, Steely Dan, James Brown, Joe Cocker, The Beatles, KC and the Sunshine Band, and several other classic groups of this style. A complete female repertoire is available upon request. High enthusiastic energy, quality true to sound horn arrangements, rotating lead and back up vocals, creative harmonies, strong danceable rhythms, including latin percussion, combined in a original show format characterize their performance. From your ceremony or cocktail hour to the final dance of the evening, this band is the key ingredient to bringing out the life of any party... Several show packages are available for you to choose from so that you can have the quality band that you have been hoping for with enough variety in show material to keep your guests entertained year after year. Hot Brass Monkey rises to the occasion of any indoor or outdoor function, accommodates all age groups, and can tailor a show around any style or theme that you might have in mind. So what is it that you have in mind??? Allow Hot Brass Monkey the opportunity to be a part of your events memorable success.

All of our instrumentalists are schooled musicians. Our capacity to read lends itself to having the ability to play many different styles of music to accommodate any function. Our group draws from great seasoned experience. Our musical styles include Swing, R&B, Latin, Blues, Pop Rock, Big Band, Standard and Contemporary Jazz, and of course the great horn band classics from our recent past into today.... We have the perfect blend of material to keep your guests entertained from the cocktail hour right on through to the final dance of the evening. For styles that we can not perform ourselves, (i.e. Steel Drums, Harpist, Strolling Violins, etc…)We have referral sources to help provide you with exactly what you are looking for.... All you have to do is know what you want, so that we can provide it for you.

HERE IS A SAMPLE OF OUR PRIMARY SONG LIST COLLECTION.

AL GREEN - Let’s Stay Together
AL JEREAU - Boogie Down, We’re in this Love Together
ARETHA FRANKLIN – Respect
AVERAGE WHITE BAND – Cut the Cake, Pick up the Pieces, School Boy Crush
BILLY JOEL - You May Be right, New York State of Mind
BILL WITHERS – Ain’t No Sunshine, Just the Two of Us, Use Me
BLOOD SWEAT & TEARS – God Bless the Child, Going Down Gambling, Lucretia McEvil, Spinning Wheel, You Make Me So Very Happy
BLUES BROTHERS – Can’t Turn You Loose, Going Back to Miami, Gimmie Some Lovin, Hey Bartender, Hold On I’m Comin, Peter Gunn, Show me, Soul Man
BOBBY CALDWELL – What You Won’t Do For Love
BOB SEGER – Old Time Rock & Roll, Turn the Page
BRIAN SETZER – Jump Jive & Wail, Route 66, Who Do Voo Doo Doll
CHERRY POPPIN DADDIES – Zoot Suit Riot
CHICAGO – Beginnings, Call On Me, Color My World, Does Anybody Know What Time It Is, Feeling Stronger Everyday, Just You and Me, Make Me Smile, Saturday in the Park, 25 or 6 to 4, Hard Habit to Break
CHRISTOPHER CROSS – Ride Like the Wind
COMMITMENTS – Chain of Fools, Mustang Sally
COMODORES – Brick House
kOOL & THE GANG – Celebrate, Get Down On It
DAVE MATHEWS BAND – Too Much
DELBERT MCCLINTON – Shaky Ground
DOOBIE BROTHERS – China Grove, Jesus is All Right, Listen to the Music, Long Train Running, Taking it to the Street
DR. JOHN – How Come My Dog Don’t Bark
EARTH WIND & FIRE – Get Away, Got To Get You Into My Life, Let’s Groove Tonight, September, Shining Star
KATRINA & THE WAVES – Walking on Sunshine
GLORIA ESTEFAN – Conga, Rhythm is Gonna Get You, Get On Your Feet, 1,2,3
GEORGE BENSON – Affirmation, Breezin, Masquerade, Turn your Love Around
HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS – Working for a Living, Heart of Rock and Roll, Heart and Soul
IDES OF MARCH – Vehicle
JAMES BROWN – Cold Sweat, I Feel Good, Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag, Sex Machine
JOE COCKER – Feeling All Right, Leave Your Hat On, The letter
KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND – Get Down 2onight, That’s the Way I Like It
KENNY RANKIN – Groovin, Here’s that Rainy Day, When Sunny Gets Blue
LOGGINS & MESSINA – Your Mamma Don’t Dance
LTD – Back in Love
LUTHER VANDROS – Never Too Much
CHUCK MANGIONE - Give it all You Got
MARCUS MILLER – The Butt
MARK ANTHONY – I Need to Know
OHIO PLAYERS – Fire
PHIL COLLINS – Something Happened on the Way to Heaven, Susudio
POLICE – Message in a Bottle, Every Breath I take
RARE EARTH – Celebrate, Get ready
RICK JAMES – Give it to Me Baby, Super Freak
RICKY MARTIN – Livin La Vida loca
PRINCE – 1999
SANTANA – Black Magic Woman, Evil Ways, Oya Como Va, Smooth
SEAL – Fly Like an Eagle
STEELY DAN – Do it Again, Josie, Reelin in the Years, My Old School...
STEVIE WONDER – I Wish, Superstition, That Girl
SLY & THE FAMILY STONE – Thank you
SWING OUT SISTER – Same girl
TOTO – Georgie Porgy, Hold the line, Rosanna
TOWER OF POWER – A Little Knowledge, Soul with a Capital S, What is Hip, You’re Still a Young Man, Still Diggin on James Brown
VAN MORRISON – Brown Eye Girl, Domino, Moon Dance, Wild Nights
WILD CHERRY – Play that Funky Music

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