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Queen Kong
Queen Kong is an exploration of music inspired by the Radical Jewish Culture movement in New York founded by pioneer John Zorn. Led by Toronto drummer, vocalist and composer, Lorie Wolf, Queen Kong seamlessly blends Ashkenazi Jewish idiom with jazz, free improv, rock and punk to explore new sounds and ideas. Queen Kong features Toronto's top young jazz and world music performers, improvisers, movers and shakers;
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Queen Kong: Fray
by Troy Dostert
Providing further evidence of the capaciousness of the Toronto jazz scene, Queen Kong is a neo-klezmer outfit that brings smart musicianship and some crafty grooves to its debut, Fray. Although the name of the band has a facetious aspect, there's nothing flippant about Queen Kong's music, as it mines a rich vein of cultural resources in the course of its eleven engaging tracks. The music's provenance in the covid pandemic is indicated on the opener, “Kavod-19," a tribute ...
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Last Updated: July 9, 2022
Queen Kong
Location: Toronto
Instrument: Band / ensemble / orchestra
