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TriBeCaStan in Concert @ The Cellar Stage

TriBeCaStan

Tickets $21.00 ~ Showtime 8:00 pm - 410-521-9099

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Radically multi-cultural and poly-stylistic, New York City’s TriBeCaStan
is one of contemporary music’s most vibrantly eclectic ensembles, using
diverse instruments from around the globe to create an exotic palette
of sonic colors. The New York Times describes TriBeCaStan‘s sound as “genre-bending jazz and world music,” with The Washington Post hails them as “an
international jazz and folk festival unto themselves, fusing Balkan,
Middle Eastern, Indian, Latin American, and African musical elements to
bold and dazzling effect.” Rootsworld simply calls them “the most
hellishly-heavenly world music band you’re ever going to hear.”

Nestled in the heart of New York’s bustling urban sprawl lies a sonic
oasis in which the sounds of the Indian sarod meet surf rock, West
African kora merges with Appalachian mountain tunes, and traditional
Afghan melodies mingle with East Coast loft jazz. Here Swedish
nykelharpas and Pakistani taxi horns coexist in harmony (and mayhem)
alongside thoroughbred jazz horns, driving grooves, exotic strings, and
buzzing reeds. While nailing down the multifarious culture of TriBeCaStan
might be challenging (especially since the band purposefully aims to
tear down the boundaries between world, folk, and jazz), the final
package is the result of a virtuosic and exuberant collaboration between
some of New York’s finest jazz and world musicians—many of whom have
played and collaborated with legendary innovators, such as Ornette
Coleman, Patti Smith, John Corigliano, James Brown, and Taj Mahal.
Long-time fixtures of the band include co-founders and
multi-instrumentalists John Kruth and Jeff Greene, as well as Claire Daly (New York’s baritone sax goddess and former James Brown touring member) and Matt Darriau (multi-reedist and a Klezmatics staple). “Our music,” says Jeff Greene, “is
ultimately about the cross-fertilization of musical idioms. Between our
travels and life in New York City, we get to witness, first-hand, all
the wonderful ways in which the world’s cultures combine to create new
musical forms and expressions. To us, there couldn’t be anything more
inspiring.”
Alarm Magazine: “TriBeCaStan spans centuries with its incomparable blend of traditional… and modern styles.”


The Band: John Kruth — Mandolin, Mandocello, Flutes, Banjo, (Pattie Smith, Violent Femmes), Jeff Greene — Yayli Tambur, Ukulele, Marimba, Double Flutes, Claire Daly — Baritone Sax, Flute (James Brown, Taj Mahal), Matt Darriau — Kaval, Alto Sax, Clarinet, Gaida (The Klezmatics), Kenny Margolis — Accordion, Organ (Cracker, Mink Deville), Chris Morrow — Trombone (Kokolo), John Turner — Trumpet (Baraka Orchestra, Ivy), Ray Peterson — Bass (Eddie Harris), Boris Kinberg — Percussion (Willy DeVille).

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