Brothers Hypnotic

2014 • 84 minutos

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For the eight young men in the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, "brotherhood" is literal: they're all sons of anti-establishment jazz legend, Phil Cohran. They grew up in the same house, in a family of 24 siblings. Cohran and their mothers raised them together on Chicago's tough South Side on a strict diet of jazz, funk and Black Consciousness. Family band practice began at 6 AM. Now grown, as they raise eight brass horns to the
sky whether playing their unique blend of jazz, hip-hop, and funk in the streets of New York City, collaborating with Mos Def, or wowing a music festival they find the values their father bred into them constantly tested. They struggle to decide whether his principles really are their own.

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A professor at Morris Brown College just put me on to Phil Cohran and his influence in Chicago during the 60s. This is a great documentary. His family structure is fascinating. I remember when Sharzad Ali came out with the book "The black man's guide to understanding the black woman" she presented polygamy as a solution to fatherless homes in the black community and people criticized her for it. Seeing this makes me want to go back and read her book.