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BiographyThere’s no easy way to describe the distinctive sound of TriBeCaStan. Downtown-loft improv with the odd trace of Appalachian blues? Yep. Cinematic fusion jazz filtered through a North African lens? Ditto. Multiculti urban folk music steeped in Balkan, Cajun, klezmer, Gypsy and classical Indian flavors? Absolutely. Whatever you call it, the final package is the result of an exuberant, and sometimes irreverent, collaborative effort. Co-founded by veteran ethno-enthusiast Jeff Greene and multi-instrumentalist John Kruth, TriBeCaStan has built its own mythology around a deceptively simple construct: just play music that you haven’t heard yet. The group finds the futuristic in the ancient, borrowing from far-flung traditions to create sleek new hybrids and, in the restless spirit of Yusef Lateef, Don Cherry and Rahsaan Roland Kirk, flips the tables on your expectations. Now TriBeCaStan celebrates its third album, New Deli, a lively bazaar of artfully mashed-up styles that includes banjo tango (“Jovanka”), Malian soukous-funk (“Freaks for the Festival,” with Steve Turre on trombone), Moroccan trance (“The Mystery of Licorice McKechnie,” with Bachir Attar from Master Musicians of Jajouka) and a mandolin-fueled nod to Ornette Coleman’s youthful Change of the Century sound (“Two for Ornette”). So dig into the flesh-and-blood immediacy of worn wood, twisted metal, and buzzing reeds, and you’ll be sure to get grooves that feed the hungry soul and get the room dancing! |
Summary“New York cool, explorer energy, and outer space vibes” TimeOut New York describes our sound this way: “Downtown-loft improv with the odd trace of Appalachian blues? Yep. Cinematic fusion jazz filtered through North African and Middle Eastern lenses? Ditto. Multiculti urban folk music steeped in Balkan, Cajun, Klezmer, Gypsy and classical Indian flavors? Absolutely! It’s all built around one deceptively simple construct: create music that people haven’t heard yet.” Why does our music work? Because our members “have played with everyone from James Brown to the Meat Puppets and Ornette Coleman and it shows,” writes the Washington Post, who go on to call our latest record “bold and dazzling.” And in case there were any doubts, their review continues: “There’s no whiff of globe-trotting musical dilettantism on TriBeCaStan’s record… but rather something much more deeply felt and inspired.” Recent highlights include:
Members: Guests: Tami Lynn (Rolling Stones); Bachir Attar (Maceo Parker, Master Musicians of Jajouka); Matt Darriau (The Klezmatics); U. Rajesh (U. Rajesh); Badal Roy (John McLaughlin, Miles Davis); Samantha Parton (Be Good Tanyas); Steve Turre (Rahsaan Roland Kirk); Al Kooper (Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan); |
Live from Joe’s Pub (New York, 2011) |
All Music Guide Review“It’s probably fair to call TriBeCaStan strange. They’ve developed their own cosmology and music style that’s sort of Balkanish (or points further East), not unlike 3 Mustaphas 3. They’re clever, extremely eclectic, slyly humorous and technically very good indeed. It works because they understand the groove and because they feel the music and respect the cultures they explore. Even when they get down and dirty it’s with a delicious twist. Smart, often funny, but always highly accomplished, TriBeCaStan satisfies the head and the feet.” |
Upcoming Shows & Past HighlightsAug 17, 2012 — Mohonk Mountain House Festival, New Paltz, NY |
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Our TeamBooking: Mark Roberts — tribecastan@gmail.com |
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