The history of brass bands is not unique to New Orleans, but this city certainly adds a special chapter to the story. Brass band music is one of the longest continuing instrumental music forms in music throughout the world. Bands past and present flourish in Eastern and Western Europe, Asia, Africa, India, North, South and Central America and the Caribbean. In Mexico, the super bandas, including El Tigres del Norte, are the most commercially successful brass bands currently in existe...