For more than a century, the signature sound of New Orleans has been the brass band known as “second line,†a source of celebration, collective expression, and community pride. New Orleans Brass Bands brings us three musical generations of renowned second liners—the classic sound of the Liberty Brass Band, the tradition-dening Treme Band, and the younger funk musicians of the Hot 8 Brass Band. Together, the three groups paint a stylistic panorama of this lifea rming pillar of American music.