The Treme Brass Band is a marching brass band from New Orleans, Louisiana, led by snare drummer Benny Jones Sr. The band played traditional New Orleans-style brass band music and featured a shifting lineup that included notable musicians such as trumpeters Kermit Ruffins and James Andrews, tenor saxophonists Elliot Callier, Frederick Sheppard, and John Gilbert, trombonist Corey Henry, and sousaphonist Kirk Joseph. Before his death in 2012, Lionel Batiste appeared consistently on the bass drum. They released two albums: Gimme My Money Back on Arhoolie Records and I Got a Big, Fat Woman on Sound of New Orleans Records. They took their name from New Orleans' Tremé neighborhood. In 2010, they performed with Uncle Lionel Batiste to play Voodoo Experience in New Orleans. Their version of “A Closer Walk With Thee” was heard in the first episode of the HBO series Treme and was included on the series soundtrack.
