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Yoni Kretzmer Quartet: Interplay with Tradition at The Firehouse Space
Courtesy of sandra sprecher | Posted on January 8, 2014
Where
The Firehouse Space
246 Frost Street
Brooklyn, NY
Map
(917) 709-7799
When
Thu, January 23, 2014
8:00pm
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Musicians
About
Carlo Costa Band @ 8:00 Yoni Kretzmer Quartet @ 9:30
The Carlo Costa Band is Joe Moffet (Trumpet), Dan Peck (Tuba), and Carlo Costa (Drums).
The Yoni Kretzmer Quartet is Yoni Kretzmer (Tenor Saxophone), Eric Plaks (Piano), Pascal Niggenkemper (Double Bass), and Ehran Elisha (Drums).
Yoni Kretzmer’s newest project takes upon itself to deal with one of the most famous of jazz combos: the sax-piano-bass-drum quartet. In this band the piano is placed as a constant, spreading layers of sound and bedding the pieces with lush chords and clusters.
The compositions hold within them a naïve yet provocative sound, giving a notion of familiarity and obscurity. Within these full sounding pieces that maintain a high energy, another tune, a fragile tune, from inside the music can be heard....