The Bollywood Brass Band is the first album

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 by The Bollywood Brass Band

The Bollywood Brass Band

The Bollywood Brass Band is a brass band playing Bollywood and traditional Indian music, based in London, England.The band was formed in 1992 to perform with the Shyam Brass Band from Jabalpur, India, at the International Festival of Street Music in London...

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Of the seven pieces (of which two are also provided as remixes), five are from India

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s ("Kehna Hi Kya" and "(Ek Ho Gaye) Hum Aur Tum" from the Tamil

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 film Bombay

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, "Hawa Hawa" from Pop, "Pardesi Pardesi" from the Bollywood

Bollywood

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 film Raja Hindustani

Raja Hindustani

The soundtrack was composed by Nadeem Shravan. It consisted of tracks like "Kinna Sona Tenu" which was based on a song with the same title by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and "Pardesi Pardesi" .- 1996 Filmfare Awards :Won* Filmfare...

, and "Mehndip Laga Ke Rakhna" from the Bollywood film Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge

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), one ("Gur Nalon Ishk Mitha") is a traditional Punjabi

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 melody, and one ("Loay Loay Aaja Mahi") is by Muzammal Safri.

Track listing

1. "Loay Loay Aaja Mahi" (Safri)
2. "Gur Nalon Ishk Mitha" (trad. Punjab–Sagoo)
3. "Kehna Hi Kya" (Rahman–Mehboob; arr. Moore)
4. "(Ek Ho Gaye) Hum Aur Tum" (Rahman–Mehboob)
5. "Hawa Hawa" (Ashraf)
6. "Pardesi Pardesi" (Shrava–Samir)
7. "Mehndi Laga Ke Rakhna" (Jatin-Lalit–Bakhshi)
8. "Gur Nalon Ishk Mitha" [remix]
9. "Kehne Hi Kya" [remix]

Arrangements

• 1–3 & 6: Sarha Moore
• 4 & 7: Kay Charlton
• 5: Shyam Brass Band & Gregg Moore
• 8: Sambhangra remix by Joe Cohen & Larry Whelan
• 9: Snake Eyes remix by Sanjeve

(Recorded at the Dairy, Brixton

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Personnel

• Sarha Moore — soprano saxophone
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  , alto saxophone
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  , percussion
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• Joe Cohen — soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
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  , percussion
• Kay Charlton — trumpet
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• Will Embliss — trumpet
• Ros Davies — trombone
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• Dave Jago — trombone
• Johnny Kalsi
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   — dhol
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• Philippe d'Amonville — drum
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• Nick Cattermole — bass drum
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  , tabla
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  , percussion
• Alice Kinloch — sousaphone
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• Mark Allan — baritone saxophone
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