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Instrument: Clarinet
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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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by AAJ Italy Staff
Giovane clarinettista (è nato nel 1982) dalle molteplici collaborazioni, Michael Winograd (noto anche con il nome di Garf Pinsky) è solito muoversi nel variegato mondo della nuova musica ebraica (ha tra l’altro collaborato con i Klezmatics e faceva parte del gruppo dei Khevre). Qui si presenta con un progetto a proprio nome, alla testa di un settetto tipicamente klezmer nella struttura (spicca solo l’assenza del violino, sostituito però dal mandolino) e nel programma. Il carattere assai filologico del lavoro lo ...
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