Hard Proof is an Austin-based ten-piece collective delivering driving instrumental afrobeat, jazz-funk, and soul-jazz. The ensemble features intricate brass arrangements and polyrhythmic percussion. Their sound bridges classic West African grooves with contemporary American funk.

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Hard Proof plays high-energy instrumental afrobeat and jazz-funk fusion.
Hard Proof is based in Austin, Texas.
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