About Street Beat Brass

As seen on ABC’s Good Morning America, NBC, CBS, and NY1 TV.  Chosen by the US State Department, Street Beat has officially represented American culture on multiple international tours.  An opening act for the New York Philharmonic, the band has been covered in the New York Times, NY Daily News, Queens Tribune and more. New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Fellow Jeff Fairbanks leads this strolling band of handpicked veterans of Broadway, Frankie Valli, Count Basie, and Glenn Miller touring bands. Influenced by the multiculturalism of NYC, Street Beat plays a wild diversity of brass-based music, from New Orleans Jazz to Polka, Mexican Banda, Gospel, Klezmer, and Funk. We add much more than a typical band to create the atmosphere you desire. For instance, we specialize in our mobility, as we are strolling brass and percussion musicians un-tethered to electric chords, amps, stages, etc. No one forgets seeing and hearing the high-energy spectacle of our roving musical party train! We also cater our style to every event to tailor to its exact musical needs.
Street Beat appears in different sizes, allowing us to cater to every event. Consisting of trumpet, sax, trombone, sousaphone, and drums, we are completely acoustic and mobile enough to play any type of event, such as strolling, processionals, parades, leading a Nola second line, as well as parties, concerts, church services, traditional music venues, and more.
Our repertoire includes familiar tunes from each tradition’s songbook, as well as originals, arranged in our unique, urban and energetic vibe. Each hand-picked member is also a conservatory-trained Jazz musician who can improvise creatively off the written tunes, adding their individual voice. When not performing with Street Beat, our members are variously playing in Broadway shows, teaching at the New York Jazz Academy, or performing and recording as freelancers throughout NYC.