CABARET TONIGHT IN BOSTON: TIM RIES & THE EAST GIPSY BAND FROM BUDAPEST
Tim Ries & The East Gipsy Band from Budapest will perform at THE REGATTABAR at the Charles Hotel (1 Bennett Street, Cambridge, MA - 617-395-7757 - ) on Wednesday, January 15th at 7:30 pm. The East Gipsy Band represents a new color on the Hungarian music scene, as well as in world music. Its members come from first-rank jazz and gypsy musicians. Their music is an adventure within the traditions of Roma music with a great spin on jazz. Improvisation and characteristic features of jazz are central to their music. The band, formed by Jozsef Balazs - who himself is one of the most talented piano players of the young generation, having played with Erik Truffaz, Stephane Belmondo, Bobbie Watson, Charlie Mariano, Robin Eubanks, and Steve Houben, among others, - plays well-known French, German, Italian, Hungarian and Roma tunes with unique scoring. The jazz band consists of Jozsef Balazs on piano, Lajos Sarkozi on violin, Krisztian "Toggle" Lakatos on double-bass, Vilmos Olah on cimbalom, Gabor Bolla on saxophone, and Elemer Balazs on drums, with Gusztav Balogh singing. Their debut album was released in May 2011, featuring the great jazz saxophone and keyboard player Tim Ries. Fall 2011, the band played in the finest jazz clubs of New York City (Drom, Smalls) and Toronto (Rex), among others, on a short Northern American tour. In May 2012, they performed in capital cites of Europe: entertaining audiences in Music Village, one of Brussels' and the jazz worlds most important jazz venues; the 606 Club in London; and the Hungarian Institute in Paris. There is a $20 cover.copyright 2014 - See cabaret listings from all over the world at
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