Event Details
| Group Name: | Metropolitan Klezmer |
| Event Date: | Tue, April 7th 2009 |
| Event Time: | 7:00 pm |
| Admission: | $10 General Admission |
| Tickets (no fees) | http://dromnyc.com/home/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=325&category_id=2&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=69 |
| Event Info/Notes: | Tuesday April 7th 2009 Metropolitan Klezmer 7:00pm $10 General Admission  Formed in 1994, the adventuresome neo-traditional octet Metropolitan Klezmer plays rollicking dances and ethereal trance tunes, plus exuberant Yiddish swing, klezmer cumbia, soundtrack tango, and genre-defying originals. With an astounding horn section, lithesome accordion, stirring acoustic strings, dynamic syncopating drums, mystical ney flutes, and gorgeous multi-lingual vocals, the bandmates bring experience in styles from Balkan, bebop, and funk to reggae, classical and zydeco. Metropolitan Klezmer bandmates also perform with the likes of Rufus Wainwright, Hazmat Modine, The Microscopic Septet, Sounds of Taraab, Los Mas Valientes, Burning Spear, Anthony Braxton, Indigo Girls, David Krakauer, and their sister sextet, Isle of Klezbos. Their fourth album, "Traveling Show," is a live concert album and made many Best of 2007 lists from coast to coast. Repertoire inspiration comes from sources as diverse as archival 78's, Soviet newsreels, family home audio, and well-tuned imaginations. Metropolitan Klezmer: Ismail Butera (accordion) Pam Fleming (trumpet/flugelhorn) Melissa Fogarty (vocals) Michael Hess (violin/ney flutes) Dave Hofstra (upright bass/tuba) Debra Kreisberg (clarinet/alto sax) Reut Regev (trombone) Eve Sicular (drums/leader) Official Site MySpace |