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Top Cat Brass
Top Cat Brass are a brass band like you’ve never experienced before! They play original arrangements of classic pop tunes from the last 5 decades, there’s 4 horn players and 2 drummers….who perform on STILTS! Their tunes will keep you singing and their rhythms will keep you dancing. Whether it’s a Carnival, Festival, private party or bar, Top Cat Brass will bring energy and joy into your event.
Biography
Top Cat Brass pride themselves on being only a 4 horn set-up and love the challenge of taking a great tune and making it work in our their way. Along with the two drummers, being a 6 piece band makes them quite unique in the brass band world!
Most of their gigs are totally unplugged and acoustic. However, they often perform using a full PA set up and wireless, roaming mics. This is great for the larger indoor venues where everyone wants a piece of the action!
Whether you are looking for a Brass Band for a carnival, festivals or parade, Top Cat Brass can parade through your streets or venue, with the drummers on stilts!
They can also be a roaming band, stilts or ground based.
On stage, they offer blistering Latin style arrangements with an Afro-Cuban percussion set up.
Top Cat Brass love entertaining a crowd and are highly sought after – this is the band for you if you’re looking for something unique, special and to get the crowd going!
Top Cat Brass are perfect for carnivals, festivals, corporate events, parades, street events and weddings.
Read moreRepertoire
I Feel Good – James Brown
Insomnia – Faithless
Jungle Boogie – Kool and the Gang
Rhythm of the Night – Corona
Mr Saxobeat – Alexandra Stan
Lip up Fatty – Bad Manners
You’ll Never Walk Alone – Carousel/Gerry and the Pacemakers
Signed Sealed Delivered – Stevie Wonder
Message to you Rudy – The Specials
One step beyond – Madness
I Will survive – Gloria Gaynor
Can’t stop the feeling – Justin Timberlake
Sexual Healing – Marvin Gaye
Crazy in love – Beyonce
All the Single Ladies – Beyonce.
Groove is in the heart – Dee-Lite
Late in evening – Paul Simon
Tainted love – Soft Cell
Uptown Funk – Bruno Mars
Locked out of Heaven – Bruno Mars
Guaglione – (the Guinness advert)
Eye of the Tiger – Survivor
Final Countdown – Europe
Master Blaster – Stevie Wonder
99 Red Balloons – Nina
Sweet Dreams – Eurythmics
Tequila -The Champs
Big Chief – Professor Longhair
Steaming Blues – Hot 8 Brass Band
You got the Love – Candy Staton/ Florence and the Machine
Funky Town – Lipps Inc.
Ride on Time-Black Box
What is love – Haddaway
Freed from Desire
Pig Bag
Thriller – Michael Jackson
Samba de Janeiro
500 miles – The Proclaimers
Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond
Poker Face – Lady GaGa
Bad Romance – Lady Ga Ga
Make your own kind of Music – Mama Cass
Natural Woman – Aretha Franklin
Tiny Dancer – Elton John
Kiss – Prince
Toxic – Britney Spears
Don’t you want me baby – Human League
Juice – Lizzo
Cake by the Ocean – DNCE
Word Up – Cameo
Testimonials
“It’s like inviting a mini carnival into your venue”
Peggy’s Skylight management (Nottingham’s premiere Jazz venue)
“Awesome. Occasionally a band comes along and you just know they are going to get lots of bookings.”
Bar Manager Revolucion de Cuba, Sheffield
“There were 35 of us and everyone is still buzzing from a few weeks ago. I couldn’t rate them higher.”
Debbie Jones, 40th Birthday Party
“Massive thank you for making our wedding so special..you guys where amazing…I mean totally amazing.”
Rebecca Jarre, flash mob wedding party.
“Top Cat Brass at Todmorden Lamplighter….OH MY WORD can they play! They’re a dirty bassline with a stupid smile on it’s face. Seriously funky brass, seriously well chosen crowd pleasers that, y’know, please the crowd! I am SO glad I booked them. So, so much fun.”
Kerith Ogden, Artistic Director, Hand Made Parade CIC
