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Kugelplex w/ Faisal Zedan & the Ajyal Drum Ensemble

Sat, Sep 21, 2019, 1:00pm2:30pm

Free
Photo of klezmer music group Kugelplex, with band members standing lined up holding their instruments in front of a worn industrial door
Date:
Sat, Sep 21, 2019
Time:
1:00pm – 2:30pm
Venue:
Great Lawn, Yerba Buena Gardens
Mission St. between 3rd & 4th Sts.
San Francisco, CA
Phone:
(415) 543-1718
Cost:
Free

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https://www.facebook.com/events/358721011472678/
Photo of musician Faisal Zedan playing a hand drum. Photo by www.KelseyOgdenFilmAndPhoto.com
Faisal Zedan

The great Bay Area band Kugelplex is steeped in the secular, celebratory music of Eastern European Jewry, preserving and building on a tradition that was almost wiped out by the Holocaust. Always looking to collaborate—they’ve worked widely with powerhouse soul/funk/jazz singer Linda Tillery—the group teams up with Syrian-born percussion master Faisal Zedan his Arabic drum ensemble Ajyal. Featuring clarinetist Jason Ditzian, accordionist/pianist Dan Cantrell, violinist/vocalist Lila Sklar, percussionist Michael Pinkham, guitarist Max Baloian, and bassist Eric Perney, Kugelplex has performed with Zedan over the years, but the ecstatic experience of joining forces at a Tunisian wedding last year left all the players determined to chase the buzz again. There are no nuptials planned, but the concert promises the joyous celebration of a wild vibe of Arabic-Jewish wedding.

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