brass band

One of the most famous in the country, jazz funerals — a brass band and community procession to mourn and celebrate the dead — returned to New Orleans in May when “second line” parades were once again permitted.
Love and Loss in the COVID-19 Era|Zuzia Whelan|August 30, 2021|Ozy
Cover bands, brass bands and soul outfits perform on a floating stage while the audience watches from bleacher-like seats.
Where to find free outdoor concerts in the D.C. area|Fritz Hahn|July 23, 2021|Washington Post
He plays an aging punk rocker and I play the drummer from his old band.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The band turned back around, raising a lively tune to signal life would go on.
Funeral Protest Is Too Much for NYPD Union Boss|Michael Daly|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST

The band was still on its way back as De Blasio and his wife departed.
Funeral Protest Is Too Much for NYPD Union Boss|Michael Daly|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The last band I was in was kind of a Sonic Youth rip-off band, and I thought that that was my calling.
Deer Tick's John McCauley on Ten Years in Rock and Roll|James Joiner|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Every other band I had been in had been pretty loud, you could never hear the vocals.
Deer Tick's John McCauley on Ten Years in Rock and Roll|James Joiner|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
His little band was almost immediately surrounded by the enemy.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Conny stepped smilingly forward, and proceeded to affix the band around the vicar's massive throat.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
They were provided with sails and twelve oars each, and a falconet, or small brass cannon.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Roulard had played the trumpet in the regimental band in which Aristide had played the kettle drum.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
There was a band playing down at Klein's hotel, and the strains reached them faintly, tempered by the distance.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin

British Dictionary definitions for brass band

brass band

noun

See band 1 (def. 2)

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Cultural definitions for brass band

brass band

A musical group composed of brass and percussion instruments. Sometimes called marching bands, brass bands often play at athletic events and military exercises and in parades.