Doors @ 6:30pm
Radiant Others is one of the newest projects from Dan Blacksberg, an acknowledged masters of klezmer trombone. Featuring original music and arrangements of traditional klezmer tunes that span the history of the tradition, Radiant Others is the first klezmer band to feature the trombone as the lead instrument. Blacksberg pairs up with longtime collaborator, guitarist Nick Millevoi to create a thoroughly modern sound. On Radiant Others, Blacksberg brings together years of research and development on how to play klezmer melodies with all the virtuosity, ornamentation, and depth of emotion that we hear in the more common lead instruments like the clarinet or violin. This music presents the results of this search, creating a new language for the trombone that can lead a new role for the instrument in the klezmer tradition.