Re: gypsy caravan 2

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

>My mother saw GC in Houston and said it kicked ass. She especially liked the 
>romanian brass ensemble, and the dancers. She bought me a CD (of the brass), 
>haven't heard it yet. she said there were 2 tubas and 2 euphoniums but no 
>trombone. does anyone know, is this a musicologilogical thing or just the 
>way the ensemble worked out reg. who they could find to play?

sounds typical of what I've heard of gypsy and balkan brass bands. There is a 
New York balkan brass band, Zlatne Usted, with similar instrumentation, that 
has even been invited to the annual brass festival in the former Yugoslavia. I 
don't think that trombone has really made it to that part of the world. Why, I 
can't say.

ari


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