TriBeCaStan is an American world music ensemble from

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. The band was co-founded by multi-instrumentalists John Kruth (mandolin, banjo, sitar, flute, and harmonica) and Jeff Greene (marimba, yayli tambor, Jew's harp) and includes baritone sax player

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, percussionist Boris Kinberg and Kenny Margolis on accordion and keyboards (both formerly with Willy DeVille), Premik Russell Tubbs (Mahavishnu Orchestra, Carlos Santana, Sting) - alto saxophone, flute, clarinet and lap steel guitar, bassist Ray Peterson (Eddie Harris), trombonist Chris Morrow, John Turner on trumpet and drummer Kirk Driscoll. Referred to as 'genre-bending' by

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and Alarm Magazine the band has been known to defy musical genre description, with several publications describing their music as fusing

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, Afghani folk,

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and

surf rock Surf music (or surf rock, surf pop, or surf guitar) is a Music genre, genre of rock music associated with surf culture, particularly as found in Southern California. It was especially popular from 1958 to 1964 in two major forms. The first is in ...

and has been compared to the British world music band 3 Mustaphas 3 by

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. Other musicians who have been known to play with the band include tabla player Badal Roy (Miles Davis, John McLaughlin) Bachir Attar (of the Master Musicians of Jajouka) bassist

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of Ween, trombonist

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. guitarist

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, . and Matt Darriau (alto saxophone, clarinet, kaval) of the Klezmatics.

Discography

The cover for their album ''New Deli'' was created by

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. Regarding the release of their album ''New Songs from the Old Country'', journalist Richard Gehr called it "the fourth (and best) album by a band specializing in making old and foreign music new again."

References

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