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Cocek! Brass Band - Boston, MA
Cocek! consists of Sam Dechenne (trumpet/vocals/composer), Ezra Weller (flugelhorn), Clayton DeWalt (trombone), Jim Gray (tuba), and Grant Smith (tappan drum). A 5-piece ensemble from Boston, MA playing all original compositions. The music is influenced by Eastern-European and New Orleans dance songs, Afrobeat, Klezmer, and elements of reggae and Western classical pieces.
CBB's sounds are inspired by acts like Fanfare Ciocarlia, Fela Kuti, Miles Davis, Rebirth Brass Band, traditional Balkan songs, and chamber brass repertoire. Dance music for those seeking something new and unique, contemplative Old World melodies that hark to a lost era, and catchy riffs that will have you singing along and tapping your foot all night long.
In performance spaces ranging from hollowed-out warehouses and arts spaces in Boston to the Kennedy Center in D.C., the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival in Vermont, WorldFest in Louisville, KY, and the 11th Annual NY Gypsy Music Festival, Cocek! can be found sprinkling their Phrygian magic dust on audience members all over the world. They also put on programs for schools and universities about traditional Balkan/Klezmer & New Orleans Jazz music, its wonderfully beautiful history, and its relation to their original compositions.
In 2015, Cocek! released a professionally produced music video for "There Goes Shlomo," a track from their debut album Here Comes Shlomo. The video has been nominated for the 2016 Manchester Film Festival in the UK. Also, in the fall of 2015, they collaborated with a traditional Japanese Taiko drum troupe for the UNIQLO clothing company’s grand opening and VIP event in Boston. In the winter of 2014, the ensemble joined with Boston-area electronic musician "String N' Fader" to create a remix album consisting of different DJs and electronic musicians sampling songs from Shlomo.
Their newest album, Round Two, is being released in the spring of 2016.
Cocek! consists of Sam Dechenne (trumpet/vocals/composer), Ezra Weller (flugelhorn), Clayton DeWalt (trombone), Jim Gray (tuba), and Grant Smith (tappan drum). A 5-piece ensemble from Boston, MA playing all original compositions. The music is influenced by Eastern-European and New Orleans dance songs, Afrobeat, Klezmer, and elements of reggae and Western classical pieces.
CBB's sounds are inspired by acts like Fanfare Ciocarlia, Fela Kuti, Miles Davis, Rebirth Brass Band, traditional Balkan songs, and chamber brass repertoire. Dance music for those seeking something new and unique, contemplative Old World melodies that hark to a lost era, and catchy riffs that will have you singing along and tapping your foot all night long.
In performance spaces ranging from hollowed-out warehouses and arts spaces in Boston to the Kennedy Center in D.C., the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival in Vermont, WorldFest in Louisville, KY, and the 11th Annual NY Gypsy Music Festival, Cocek! can be found sprinkling their Phrygian magic dust on audience members all over the world. They also put on programs for schools and universities about traditional Balkan/Klezmer & New Orleans Jazz music, its wonderfully beautiful history, and its relation to their original compositions.
In 2015, Cocek! released a professionally produced music video for "There Goes Shlomo," a track from their debut album Here Comes Shlomo. The video has been nominated for the 2016 Manchester Film Festival in the UK. Also, in the fall of 2015, they collaborated with a traditional Japanese Taiko drum troupe for the UNIQLO clothing company’s grand opening and VIP event in Boston. In the winter of 2014, the ensemble joined with Boston-area electronic musician "String N' Fader" to create a remix album consisting of different DJs and electronic musicians sampling songs from Shlomo.
Their newest album, Round Two, is being released in the spring of 2016.
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