Re: Klezmer/Jazz

[Mack the Knife <jc_wasserman...>]

>>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.


Thanks for the advice! I think they're playing at the Festival at the
Knitting Factory. I'll have to find out the date that they're playing.

--Jeff


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Jeff Wasserman                           Franklin & Marshall College '99

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