Slavic Soul Party (often stylized Slavic Soul Party!) is an American
Balkan brass/jazz band.
The band borrows from dixieland, funk,
klezmer
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, and Roma music.
The band has performed on stages usually known for rock bands, opening for such acts as
Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire is a Canadian indie rock band, consisting of husband and wife Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, alongside Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury and Jeremy Gara. The band's current touring line-up also includes former core member ...
and
Dresden Dolls.
They have also performed at music festivals which highlight their international flavors, such as Chicago's 14th annual
World Music Festival
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in 2012.
Members
There have been at least nineteen members of Slavic Soul Party,
including:
* Matt Moran, bandleader (drums, percussion)
* Roland Barber (trombone)
* John Carlson (trumpet)
* Ron Caswell (tuba)
* Brian Drye (trombone)
*
Shane Endsley
Shane Endsley is an American trumpeter, drummer, and composer. He is a founding member of Kneebody, as well as an active leader and sideman with other New York City jazz musicians, as well as with pop and rock musicians such as Ani DiFranco and ...
(trumpet)
* Jacob Garchik (trombone)
*
Curtis Hasselbring (trombone)
* Peter Hess (saxophone, clarinet)
* Ben Holmes (trumpet)
* Matt Musselman (trombone)
* Oscar Noriega (saxophone, clarinet)
* Ted Reichman (accordion)
*
Chris Speed (clarinet)
* Peter Stan (accordion)
*
Chris Stromquist (snare drum)
* Take Toriyama (snare drum)
* Kenny Warren (trumpet)
* Tim Vaughn (trombone)
* Rossen Zahariev (cornet, trumpet)
Discography
*''In Makedonija'' (Knitting Factory, 2002)
* ''Bigger'' (Barbes, 2005)
* ''Teknochek Collision'' (Barbes, 2007)
* ''Taketron'' (Barbes, 2009)
* ''New York Underground Tapes'' (Barbes, 2012)
* ''Plays Duke Ellington's Far East Suite'' (Ropeadope, 2016)
References
External links
Official website
Brass bands
Musical groups from New York City
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