brass band

noun

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: a band consisting chiefly or solely of brass and percussion instruments

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Visitors to the Rock Island Bridge will get a chance to hear live jazz and brass band numbers from The Jumpen Carps on Saturday night. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 14 Aug. 2026 There will be almost a dozen live acts, including Guinean bongo playing, a New Orleans-style brass band, the West African Duniya Drum and Dance Company, Egyptian belly dancers and Non-Stop Bhangra (Punjabi dance music). — Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026 Bostin Brass, the five-piece brass band that performed at Osbourne’s funeral procession, will deliver a series of pop-up performances in his honor. — Jack Irvin, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026 In that scene at the end, when the brass band is playing, and everyone’s walking together, all shapes and sizes, colors, creeds, that’s where hope lives. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 6 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for brass band

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First Known Use

1827, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of brass band was in 1827

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brass band

noun
: a band made up of brass and percussion instruments

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