Art Bailey, accordion; Jim Guttmann, bass; Brandon Seabrook, mandolin; Jeremy Brown, violin; Jake Shulman-Ment, violin
Influences
Joseph Moskowitz, Abe Schwartz, Belf's Rumanian Orchestra, Dave Tarras, Abe Ellstein, Nicu Helerea, Astor Piazzolla, Joe Mooney, Vinko Stefanov, Neno Koitchev, Miles Davis, Frank London, Hankus Netsky, Sonny Bravo, Luis Cruz, Tipica 73, Willie Colon, Eddie Palmieri, Louie Ramirez, Hector Rivera, Peruchin, Felo Bergaza, Lili Martinez, Taraf De Haidouks, Olivier Messiaen, Duke Ellington, Thad Jones, Charles Ives, Artie Shaw, Osibisa, James Brown, Dave Douglas, Drew Gress, Paradox Trio, The Meters, Human Feel, Michael Formanek, Tim Berne, Ben Monder, Cachao, The Orioles....
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Art Bailey- accordion, has performed with KCB, Frank London, Del McCoury, Steve Lacy, David Krakauer, Alicia Svigals.
Jim Guttmann- bassist, founding member of the Klezmer Conservatory Band.
Jake Shulman-Ment- violinist, performs with Romashka.
Jeremy Brown- violinist, needs to send me a bio.
Brandon Seabrook-mandolinist, performs with Paul Brody, Naftule's Dream...............................................................................................
I put this band together for a few different reasons- first, to explore the music of Joseph Moskowitz, the genius cymbolm player active in the first part of the last century. His repertoire and approach was different from many of the recordings of klezmer groups of that time. Also, I was listening to a lot of different Romanian and Hungarian gypsy string bands, like Taraf de Haidouks, and really fell for that sound. There's something about screechy, scrapy, slightly out of tune fiddling that goes right to my heart. Some of these recordings had things in common with some of the early Jewish fiddle recordings of Abe Schwartz, Leon Ahl, etc........................................................................................
Aside from the Jewish music I was listening to, I had been pretty deep into Cuban and Nuyorican sounds for some time. I was checking out a lot of danzon and charanga groups, such as Fajardo, Cachao, Pacheco's first group, Aragon, etc. More strings. I was hearing strings in my sleep. So, I just had to put together a band with strings. There's a certain looseness that this kind of group can achieve that can't be had with a more typical klezmer group, in regard to time, groove, and repertoire. I think of this band as a laboratory for exploring Eastern European and Jewish traditional textures, and also as a lab for working on my own composition and arranging ideas, stolen from only the finest sources.
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Hey Art!!!! Thanks so much to you and your wife for coming out to hear some music from the other side the other night. It was such a nice surprise to have friends there while I was "smokin in the boy's room" and I'll see you on Saturday!! Have fun. love Nicole
Gracias por el comentario y por la amistad. Un placer. Lo nuestro es un poco "exótico", mezcla de tradición y pachanga. Todavía nos queda mucho por mejorar. Suerte con vuestro proyecto musical, que tiene mucha calidad. Saludos y viva la fiesta. Folkgazais Forever.
Hi Art, Jim, Brandon, Jeremy, Jake ! Overjoy to listen your great music. All the best for you. Kindest regards from France NINA http://zikanina. blogspot. com/
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Great to hear from you! I've been enjoying your stuff for a while now, and meaning to get in touch. How is everything? Playing in Boston anytime soon? Take care,
Art Bailey, thank you for the accept and the very nice comment. Your music sounds great. I have always liked the accordian because my granfather used to play it for me when I was very young.
Art Bailey- accordion, has performed with KCB, Frank London, Del McCoury, Steve Lacy, David Krakauer, Alicia Svigals.
Jim Guttmann- bassist, founding member of the Klezmer Conservatory Band.
Jake Shulman-Ment- violinist, performs with Romashka.
Jeremy Brown- violinist, needs to send me a bio.
Brandon Seabrook-mandolinist, performs with Paul Brody, Naftule's Dream...............................................................................................
I put this band together for a few different reasons- first, to explore the music of Joseph Moskowitz, the genius cymbolm player active in the first part of the last century. His repertoire and approach was different from many of the recordings of klezmer groups of that time. Also, I was listening to a lot of different Romanian and Hungarian gypsy string bands, like Taraf de Haidouks, and really fell for that sound. There's something about screechy, scrapy, slightly out of tune fiddling that goes right to my heart. Some of these recordings had things in common with some of the early Jewish fiddle recordings of Abe Schwartz, Leon Ahl, etc........................................................................................
Aside from the Jewish music I was listening to, I had been pretty deep into Cuban and Nuyorican sounds for some time. I was checking out a lot of danzon and charanga groups, such as Fajardo, Cachao, Pacheco's first group, Aragon, etc. More strings. I was hearing strings in my sleep. So, I just had to put together a band with strings. There's a certain looseness that this kind of group can achieve that can't be had with a more typical klezmer group, in regard to time, groove, and repertoire. I think of this band as a laboratory for exploring Eastern European and Jewish traditional textures, and also as a lab for working on my own composition and arranging ideas, stolen from only the finest sources.
