North African Brass Orchestra Fanfarai (France / Algeria) is set to perform Wednesday, September 23 at Drom as part of the 2015 New York Gypsy Music Festival.
Fanfaraï take brass where they’ve never been before – deep into the heart and soul of North African. They connect the styles of the Maghreb (gnawa, chaabi, rai) to jazz, funk, Eastern Europe, and even Jamaica.
Fanfarai emerged in 2005 under the direction of Samir Inal. After creating a traditional Algerian street band in 2000 he met with musicians coming from jazz and salsa bands and decided to reconfigure with them the traditional and popular repertoire of brass bands. Their most recent album is Tani.
Doors at 8:30pm, Show at 9pm
$15 adv, $20 at door
Drom
85 Avenue A, NYC (212) 777-1157
More details at www.nygypsyfest.com and www.dromnyc.com
Author: World Music Central News Room
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