Brass Band · All-Female · Est. 1991
New Orleans
Original Pinettes Brass Band
The Sound
New Orleans-style traditional jazz and brass, played by the city’s only all-female brass band.
In 2013 the Pinettes won the Red Bull “Street Kings” competition against three men’s bands — rechristened “Street Queens.”
Established 1991 · New Orleans
Street Queens.
The Original Pinettes Brass Band was formed in 1991 by band director Jeffery Herbert at St. Mary’s Academy, a Catholic girls’ school in New Orleans. He named them the Pinettes — a feminine spin on his own Pinstripe Brass Band — and they became, and remain, the city’s only all-female brass band.
In 2013 the Pinettes won the Red Bull “Street Kings” brass band competition — beating three men’s bands and turning it into “Street Queens.” They have since shared stages with Arcade Fire and Katy Perry, carrying New Orleans brass around the world.
The city’s only all-female brass band.
New Orleans
