Hot 8 Brass Band

New Orleans-based Funk and Jazz Brass Ensemble

New Orleans brass band formed by Bennie Pete, Jerome Jones and Harry Cook in 1995. Current line-up: Terrell "Burger" Batiste - trumpet Alvarez "B.I.G. Al" Huntley - trumpet Raymond "Dr. Rackle" Williams - trumpet Jerome "Baybay" Jones - trombone Jereau "Cousin" Fournett - trombone Wendell "Cliff" Stewart - saxophone Harry "Swamp Thang" Cook - bass drum Past members: Bennie "Big Peter" Pete - tuba and band leader (died September 6, 2021, aged 45) Dinerral "Dick" Shavers - snare drum (died December 28, 2006, aged 25) Jacob Johnson - trumpet (died 1996, aged 17) Joseph "Shot Gun Joe" Williams - trombone (died August 3, 2004, aged 22) Demond "Bart" Dorsey - trombone Keith "Wolf" Anderson - trombone (died January 13, 2021, aged 56)