Brothers Hypnotic2013

At 6:00 a.m. sharp, the children of jazz musician Phil Cohran began band rehearsal. A family of twenty-four living on Chicago's South Side, the "brothers" of the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble were brought up by their father and three mothers on a strict diet of jazz, funk and Black Consciousness. Today, as they raise eight brass horns in a blend of jazz, hip-hop, and funk, whether filling the streets of New York City, collaborating with Mos Def, or headlining a European tour, they struggle to uphold their family values.