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  • Genre: Other

    Location CHICAGO, Un

    Profile Views: 65129

    Last Login: 5/18/2011

    Member Since 2/8/2005

    Website www.lamajamal.com

    Type of Label Unsigned

  • Bio

    Lamajamal was formed in Chicago in 2003 by Ronnie Malley, George Lawler and Joey Spilberg. Originally sticking to music mostly from North Africa, the band soon expanded to include other musical traditions when Eve Monzingo and Gary Kalar joined the group in 2004. Weaving the common threads between Balkan, Middle Eastern, and North African music into something also contemporary and American, Lamajamal quickly became one of Chicago's premier world music groups, playing at the Chicago World Music Festival 4 times in a row, including a stint as Turkish Roma clarinet wizard Selim Sesler's band, and releasing an album of Kashmiri folk music underwritten by FUNKAR, a NGO promoting the preservation and appreciation of Kashmiri language and arts. Their latest LP, 'Tsikago' expands their sound further with more instruments, original compositions, and luscious studio production.
  • Members

    Gary Kalar - guitar, cümbüş, tanbur George Lawler - drums, programming Ronnie Malley - oud, vocals, harmonium Eve Monzingo - clarinet, saxaphone, hammered dulcimer Joey Spilberg - bass
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  • Richard Harris



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    "A person shows WHAT HE IS

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    with WHAT HE HAS."

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    CHARACTER IS WHAT HE REALLY IS!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

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    12 days ago
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  • Richard Harris


    LISTEN TO SOME SWEET MUSIC FROM MY NEW CD "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Enjoy LIFE Lamajamal!

     
     
    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT ENJOYING LIFE ...

    "ENJOY LIFE NOW -

    it has AN EXPIRATION DATE!"

    (Baby's Foot Stamped "EXPIRES ON 9/4/2080")



    GO CONFIDENTLY IN THE DIRECTION OF YOUR DREAMS ...

    LIVE THE LIFE YOU HAVE IMAGINED!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

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    30 days ago
  • Richard Harris


    LISTEN TO SOME SWEET MUSIC FROM MY NEW CD "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Sending you LOTS OF SUNDAY LOVE AND LAUGHS Lamajamal!

     

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    "I’m a modern man, a man for the millennium. Digital and smoke free. A diversified multi-cultural, post-modern deconstruction that is anatomically and ecologically incorrect. I’ve been up linked and downloaded, I’ve been inputted and outsourced, I know the upside of downsizing, I know the downside of upgrading.

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    I’m new wave, but I’m old school and my inner child is outward bound. I’m a hot-wired, heat seeking, warm-hearted cool customer, voice activated and bio-degradable.

    ... I’m a rude dude, but I’m the real deal. Lean and mean! Cocked, locked and ready-to-rock. Rough, tough and hard to bluff. I take it slow, I go with the flow, I ride with the tide. I’ve got glide in my stride.

    Drivin and movin, sailin and spinin, jivin and groovin, wailin and winnin. I don’t snooze, so I don’t lose. I keep the pedal to the metal and the rubber on the road. I party hearty and lunch time is crunch time. I'M HANGIN IN, THERE AIN'T NO DOUBT AND I'M HANGIN TOUGH, OVER AND OUT!"

    ~ George Carlin

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

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  • Richard Harris



    LISTEN TO SOME SWEET MUSIC FROM MY NEW CD "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Lamajamal,

    The Clark Griswold family wishes YOU a Merry Christmas!

     

     TODAY'S THOUGHT IS FROM "A Christmas Vacation" ...

    Clark: "You're pretty set so far as shopping goes?"

    Eddie: "Well, I can't lie to you Clark. The truth is, things ain't going too good at all. You know I told you I borrowed the RV from my neighbor? Nope. It's mine. We live in it. I had to sell off the house, the barn, the ten acres. All I kept was a 50-foot plot, the pigs and the worm farm..."

    Clark: "What about the kids?"

    Eddie: "Oh, well, that's the bad part of it. See, I don't know what to do. We coasted into town on fumes. The gas money give out in Gurnee. "

    Clark: "Eddie, Ellen and I want to help you give the kids a nice Christmas."

    Eddie: "Oh Clark, I couldn't do that."

    Clark: "No, no, we insist."

    Eddie: "Oh, no; I'm not one for charity, now."

    Clark: "Oh, I know that Eddie. This isn't charity; it's family."

    Eddie: "Ooh, I don't know about that."

    Clark: "Now, come on; if you don't tell me what they want, I'll go out and get it on my own."

    Eddie: "Oh boy, this is a surprise Clark. This is just a real nice surprise. Just a real nice surprise. Here's a little list. Alphabetical, starting with Cathrine. And if it wouldn't be too much, I'd like to get something for you Clark. SOMETHING REAL NICE."

    HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS ONE AND ALL!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

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    1 month ago
  • Richard Harris



    LISTEN TO SOME SWEET MUSIC FROM MY NEW CD "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    A Very Merry Christmas to you Lamajamal!

     

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS "When Christmas Comes" ...

    "Have you any old grudges you would like to pay,
    Any wrongs laid up from a bygone day?
    Gather them now and lay them away
    WHEN CHRISTMAS COMES.

    Hard thoughts are heavy to carry, my friend,
    And life is SHORT from beginning to end;
    Be KIND TO YOURSELF, leave NOTHING TO MEND
    WHEN CHRISTMAS COMES."

    .~ William Lytle

    THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT ~ LOVE ~ CHANGES HEARTS AND LIVES!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

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    1 month ago
  • Richard Harris



    LISTEN TO SOME SWEET MUSIC FROM MY NEW CD "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Lamajamal,

     

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT DANCING IN THE RAIN ...

    "LIFE is not about WAITING FOR THE STORMS TO PASS ...

    It's about LEARNING HOW TO DANCE IN THE RAIN."

    ~ Vivian Greene

    LIFE IS EITHER A DARING ADVENTURE, OR NOTHING!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and KINDNESS my friend,

    Richard

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    Please give my music a listen and let me know what you think!

    Cool Jazz CDs @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

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    2 months ago
  • Richard Harris



    LISTEN TO SOME SWEET MUSIC FROM MY NEW CD "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    BELIEVE IN YOURSELF Lamajamal!

     

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT BELIEVING ...

    "The ONLY THINGS that stand between a person and WHAT

    THEY WANT IN LIFE are the WILL TO TRY IT and the FAITH

    TO BELIEVE IT'S POSSIBLE."

     ~ Richard M. DeVos

    BELIEVING IN YOURSELF IS MAGICAL.  IF YOU CAN DO THAT, YOU CAN MAKE ANYTHING POSSIBLE!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and KINDNESS my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please give my music a listen and let me know what you think!

    Cool Jazz CDs @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    OR

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    2 months ago
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Bio:

.. Lamajamal combines of a wide variety of musical styles, instruments, rhythms and songs into one universal expression that displays musically how specific traditions from around the world can harmonize with each other. Their current sound is influenced by music from the Balkans, Turkey, North-Africa, and the Middle-east, as well as a touch of '60's "Surf Sound." During a live set, Lamajamal takes the listener on a musical journey with the following destinations: Bulgarian folk dances, Turkish/Anatolian melodies, Moroccan music, Classical Arabic/Egyptian music, Balkan Gypsy marching band songs,and Greek dulcimer melodies. .... On Lamajamal's latest album, "Gypsy Surf," Lamajamal takes the listener on a journey, "surfing" through a variety of gypsy and folk melodies from the Black sea to the Nile. .. Lamajamal spent september of 2006 in Paris, Bulgaria and Turkey where they played shows, collected instruments ,researched folk music, partied with gypsies, and studied with local musicians. An important part of their philosophy is to travel around the world and learn the music of other cultures and share this knowledge with people back home. They have established a foundation called Intercultural Music productions to help them with this task and are currently planning their next trip to Greece and Turkey. ....... In Chicago, Lamajamal has established themselves as a renown name in the world music market, playing the 2006 & 2007 Chicago World Music Fest, Chicago Turkish fest, Chicago Cultural Center, , CBS morning news, the Chicago Middle east music ensemble's concert of Ottoman & Turkish Music,Greek Archdiosces Byzantine remembrance ceremony, Xauen music's Chicago Arabesque, and more. Guest musicians have included Liz Johnson on violin, Jim Stoynof on clarinet, Sam Johnson on trumpet and Neil Porteus on percussion. LamajamaL "Gankino"
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Member Since:

February 08, 2005

Members:

Gary Kalar: Guitar, Turkish Banjos. George Lawler: Drums, Percussion, Vocals. ----- Ronnie Malley: Oud, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals. ----- Eve Monzingo: Clarinet, Dulcimer, Saxophone, Flute. ----- Joey Spilberg: upright and electric bass, Vocals. ----- - Guests: Sam Johnson: Trumpet ----- Jim Stoynof: Clarinet ----- Liz Johnson: violin ----- Neill Porteous: Percussion -----

Influences:

Ivo Papasov, Goran Bregovic, Mohammed abdel Wahab, Selim Sesler, Manu Chao, Susana Baca, Taraf de Haiduks, Funkadelic, Abdel halim Hafez, Dub, Mustafa Kandirali, Erkose Ensemble, Squarepusher, Warda, Oum Kalthoum, Laco Taifa, Sly and Robbie, Greek folk music, Boris Karlov, Bulgarian folk music, Yuri Yunakov, Klezmer music, Boban Markovic, Burhan Ocal, Omar faruk Teklibek, Tabla beat science, Kocani Orkestar, Sulukule, Peru Negro, Esma Redzepova, L. subramanian, Ferus Mustafov, Trans-global Underground, Bombay beat box, Balkan beat-box, Chicago Klezmer ensemble, Occidental brothers dance band, Mucca Pazza, Red chamber, Emil Zrihan, Tunisian music, Rebetica, Celia Cruz, Tito Puente, Mambo, Tanburi cemil-bey, Sukru Tunar, Gogol Bordello, Sabri brothers, Rahat nusrat fateh ali Khan, Ragas, Epirotika, Turkish Percussion, Mercen Dede, Balkan Horses Band, Taraf de Haidouks, Ahmet Kusgoz, Man or astroman, George Clinton, Classical Arabic music, Lamajamal, Gypsy music, Herb, and many more!

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Middle-eastern/Gypsy world Surf/ Deathnic dub/ belly dance /percussive/oddmetersnob

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