Another one of my favorite bands in this style is New York based Slavic Soul Party! They've played Carnegie and have toured the world's stages and bars, performing with their stylistic, virtuosic playing.
Their most recent album is Slavic Soul Party Plays Duke Ellington's Far East Suite, and it is a wild ride. It's an incredibly stylistic interpretation of Duke's well-known suite. My personal favorite is their schmaltzy interpretation of the sensual Isfahan.
Singing multiple songs in Roma, my first introduction to their playing was Opa Cupa, one of the few songs I know all the lyrics to (including those in English).
Their instrumentation is 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, saxophone, drum battery of 3, and tuba. This also occasionally includes accordion, such as in their song Teknochek Collision.
Their music sits well within the characteristic altered scales of Eastern Europe, including flat seconds, 6ths, and 7ths, with a major third and the occasional major 7, and the virtuosic scalar and ornamental passages.
Singing multiple songs in Roma, my first introduction to their playing was Opa Cupa, one of the few songs I know all the lyrics to (including those in English).
Their music sits well within the characteristic altered scales of Eastern Europe, including flat seconds, 6ths, and 7ths, with a major third and the occasional major 7, and the virtuosic scalar and ornamental passages.
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