Re: Klezmer/Jazz

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

>Jeff --
>
>I would also suggest a listen to the Paradox Trio. Matt Darriau, their
>reedplayer and putative leader, is a jazz musician by training and
>inclination (one of his other gigs is with a post-bop big band from
>Boston called Orange Then Blue). They play a very hot mix of Eastern
>European, Middle Eastern and klezmer influences with a lot of post-bop
>jazz underlying it all. Live they really blow the roof off the house; I
>think their studio stuff so far is very nice, but it misses some of the
>intensity of their live sets.

Oh, yes, let me second that. I believe they also have a new
album out. In any event, they do seem to perform regularly
in New York.

ari