Brass is a metal alloy of copper and zinc. "Brass" is also military slang for officers, especially high-ranking ones with broad decision-making powers; it is also used to refer to senior management in companies and other organizations. Brass may also refer to: Arts and culture Brass, brass instruments, musical instruments usually made of brass; or the part of an orchestra composed of players of those instruments Brass, a novel by Helen Walsh Brass (album), an album by Minibosses Brass (board game), a board game set in England during the industrial revolution Brass (film), a 1923 silent film romance Brass (TV series), a 1980s British television series starring Timothy West Geography Brass, Nigeria, a local government area in Bayelsa State, Nigeria Twon-Brass, a town in Nigeria, head of the Brass local government area Brass Island, island in Nigeria, site of Twon-Brass People with the surname Chris Brass (born 1975), English footballer Daniel J. Brass (born ca 1948), American organizational theorist Eleanor Brass (1905–1992), Canadian write John Brass, rugby player John Brass (colliery manager) John Brass (writer) Jim Brass, a character on the television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Leonard John Brass (1900–1971), Australian botanist Steffani Brass (born 1992), American actress Tinto Brass (born 1933), Italian filmmaker Other "Brass", English slang term for money, i.e. "brass in pocket"; as well as effrontery and in an alternative context, also slang for a prostitute "Brass", the metallic body of a cartridge case, usually made of brass Horse brass, a plaque used to decorate shire horses Monumental brass, commemorative plates laid down in British and European churches