The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble's sound travels through jazz, rock, funk, soul, and hip-hop on peaceful waves. Reuben Atlas's debut film, Brothers Hypnotic, follows the group's eight horn-carrying brothers, all sons of legendary jazz trumpeter Phil Cohran, from an impoverished childhood on the South Side of Chicago to their current worldwide fame.
The documentary portrait starts by recounting the ensemble's journey over a decade ago to New York, where the brothers and their drummer (a close friend) appear playing outside Times Square's 42nd Street station for the pleasure of passersby. The musicians emphasize in talking-head interviews that they perform on sidewalks and without a record deal not from need but by choice, desiring to preserve their independent artists' right &...
The documentary portrait starts by recounting the ensemble's journey over a decade ago to New York, where the brothers and their drummer (a close friend) appear playing outside Times Square's 42nd Street station for the pleasure of passersby. The musicians emphasize in talking-head interviews that they perform on sidewalks and without a record deal not from need but by choice, desiring to preserve their independent artists' right &...
- 3/19/2014
- Village Voice
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