Hypnotic Brass Ensemble (also known as
The Bad Boys of Jazz) is an eight-piece, Chicago-based brass ensemble consisting of eight sons of the jazz trumpeter
Phil Cohran. Their musical style ranges from
hip-hop to
jazz to
funk and
rock, including
calypso and
gypsie music. They call their eclectic blend of sound "now music", or "Hypnotic". Reared in the teachings of
music since they were children, they grew up on the stage playing as the "Phil Cohran Youth Ensemble".