The Brass Ring

The Brass Ring was a New York City-based, Herb Alpert-esque outfit from the '60s, led by reed player Phil Bodner. The group specialized in a short-lived musical style called "the Now Sound," which was largely instrumental and possessed a looser rhythm than Alpert's trademark style. The Brass Ring scored several minor hits in the '60s, their best-known being "The Love Theme from the Flight of the Phoenix," while another of their songs, "The Dis-Advantages of You," was used in a series of TV commercials for Benson and Hedges cigarettes.

Influenced by: Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, Henry Mancini, Burt Bacharach

Active:

1960s

Scene:

New York City

• BRASSIEWed, Oct 7
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• Brass-A-HolicsSun, Oct 11
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• Brass AgainstMon, Nov 2
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• HOWLING GIANT + FAERIE RINGWed, Oct 7
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• A Cirque NutcrackerSun, Dec 13
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• Raven's NightSat, Oct 10
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• The NutcrackerSat, Nov 28
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• Gordon Sterling and the PeopleTue, Sep 22
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