Workshop intensive with trombonist Dan Blacksberg and guitarist Nick Millevoi
In the last 40 years since Klezmer music has become the global phenomenon it is today (and even long before), musicians from inside and outside the music have combined the music’s sounds, scales and rhythms with those of other musical forms. At its most successful, these experiments have changed our definitions of klezmer, and sometimes even the other styles of music they’ve connected with. Dan and Nick have encountered many of these combinations and created more than a few of their own. Starting with a traditional tune or two, they will lead participants through a process of transforming those tunes by trying out ideas from a few other genres. Building on the listening of the previous session, one of the genres we’ll focus on is their new trials mixing klezmer and surf rock. Participants will get to try out new sounds, play some rocking music, and leave with a different look at what makes klezmer klezmer, and where they might take the music next.