April 28, 2011
Klezmer Concert Features Music of Dave Tarras
Yale Strom, one of the leading artists of klezmer culture, will perform the music of the "Benny Goodman of Klezmer", Dave Tarras - many of these Tarras' melodies have never been published or recorded before now.Thursday, May 5 ยท 7:00pm - 10:00pm
FREE TO THE PUBLIC!!!
Dweck Center, Brooklyn Public Library
1 Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn, NY
Hot Pstromi clarinet virtuoso NORBERT STACHEL (Pink Floyd, Freddie Hubbard, Diana Ross, Roy Hargrove, Tower of Power, Boz Scaggs, Sheila E and many other world-class bands) will bring new exciting artistic interpretation to Tarras's tunes.
Strom will also discuss his new book, Dave Tarras:The King of Klezmer (Or-Tav), a Tarras-family authorized biography. Tarras is considered the most influential klezmer musician of the twentieth century. Even the great be-bop artists Charlie Parker and Miles Davis traveled to the Catskills to study the technique of this complex and compelling virtuoso. The book includes never-before published photos, music and biographical details.
Concert lineup: Norbert Stachel - reeds, Peter Stan - accordion, Sprocket - bass, David Licht percussion and Yale Strom - violin.
1 Grand Army Plz # 1
Brooklyn, NY 11238-5681
(718) 230-2100
Subway: Eastern Pkwy - Brooklyn Museum Posted by jmwc at April 28, 2011 10:57 AM