In Reply to: RE: Thanks, a wonderful instrument. My favorite off the wall gypsy instrument is the cymbalom. posted by Banat on August 28, 2012 at 07:52:04:
I often play it for folks who need to hear what 3 cimbaloms, 3
accordians, and 4 violins sound like together. When I play it for
musicians they start muttering about time signatures and counting on
their fingers. For me, though, the best is Fanfare Ciocarlia; they
remind me of old Bennie Moten Orchestra, which turned into, of course,
the Count Basie Orchestra. Fanfare is touring North America and will
be playing Manhattan next month; two of my daughters live in Manhattan
and will be attending under parental edict. I'm also enamoured with
the Kocani Orkestra and that all time champion of the Guca Trumpet
Festival, Boban Markovic. Regards,
J.R.
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- One of my favorite groups; I have that DVD. - J.R. 09:30:21 08/28/12 (20)
- RE: One of my favorite groups; I have that DVD. - Banat 10:37:19 08/28/12 (19)
- French Gypsies are cool too. Shades of Django. - J.R. 11:47:33 08/28/12 (18)
- RE: French Gypsies are cool too. Shades of Django. - Banat 12:58:34 08/28/12 (17)
- Damn, that is good. Would not be out of place in a Sergei Leone western. - J.R. 13:46:41 08/28/12 (16)
- RE: Damn, that is good. Would not be out of place in a Sergei Leone western. - Banat 16:32:03 08/28/12 (15)
- The Kate Bush of Hungarian Gypsy music: Monika Juhasz Miczura. - J.R. 17:14:32 08/28/12 (14)
- RE: The Kate Bush of Hungarian Gypsy music: Monika Juhasz Miczura. - Banat 06:32:39 08/29/12 (13)
- Weddings need dancing girls. - J.R. 17:47:26 08/29/12 (12)
- Whoops, forgot to link the BBB video. - J.R. 10:48:44 08/30/12 (11)
- RE: Whoops, forgot to link the BBB video. - Banat 13:44:03 08/30/12 (10)
- That's wonderful. Here's Esma Redzepova. - J.R. 18:15:45 08/30/12 (9)
- RE: That's wonderful. Here's Esma Redzepova. - Banat 03:44:54 08/31/12 (8)
- Brass bands of the Turkish janissaries. - J.R. 05:48:30 08/31/12 (7)
- RE: Brass bands of the Turkish janissaries. - Banat 14:36:11 08/31/12 (6)
- Klezmer. - J.R. 23:07:08 09/03/12 (5)
- And to think that - LWR 09:51:18 11/19/12 (4)
- RE: And to think that - Banat 04:05:12 11/20/12 (3)
- And something totally different - LWR 08:11:04 11/20/12 (2)
- RE: And something totally different - Banat 14:39:09 11/20/12 (1)
- RE: And something totally different - Banat 16:03:39 01/17/13 (0)