Slavic Soul Party (often stylized Slavic Soul Party!) is an American
Balkan brass
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/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
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and
Dresden Dolls
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.
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 (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
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Early life and career
Speed grew up outside of Seattle and studied classical piano and clarinet from an early age. He later began studying jazz, took up ...
(clarinet)
* Peter Stan (accordion)
*
Chris Stromquist
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Biography
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(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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