Wednesday, May 08, 2013

Frank London's Klezmer Brass All-Stars Klezmer-Bhangra Extravaganza

Photos from the Washington Jewish Music Festival, of Frank London's Klezmer Brass All-Stars Klezmer-Bhangra Extravaganza. Mash-up of Yiddish, Punjabi, Hebrew, and Hindi musical traditions... with extensive quotes from Dizzy Gillespie and Sun Ra.

Amazing.

The personnel on this gig were: Frank London, trumpet; Michael Winograd, clarinet; Aaron Alexander, drums; Patty Farrel, accordion; Ron Caswell, tuba; Brian Drye, trombone; Jeremiah Lockwood, guitar; Deep Singh, Indian percussion; Manu Narayan, vocals, and Sarah Gordon, vocals.








Thank you to Lili Gersch of the WJMF for  her help.

Great video from the show by Lia Chiang

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