Jaipur Kawa Brass Band: Dance Of The Cobra - World Music Network

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Hear the sound of the Jaipur Kawa Brass Band as they march full steam ahead into your eardrums. Their riotous trumpets, trombones and euphoniums are peppered with a winding clarinet and loud, clattering drums. At home under the beat of the bright Rajasthan sun, the bells and valves of their instruments glisten brightly in the haze. Meanwhile their hot-headed music romps its way through an exploration of Indian brass band tradition, love songs played boisterously sparkle alongside joyously cacophonous orchestration. Brass bands have been popular in India since the 1750s when the ensembles were introduced by the then ruling British colonialists. Today, brass bands are firmly a part of Indian tradition and are hugely popular at weddings, births, national events and religious ceremonies. Leader of the band, Hameed Khan ‘Kawa’ grew up in Jaipur listening to the sound of the

Jaipur Kawa Brass Band

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