JetLag Fest

[klezmer]

Okay, so here we are, back in NYC, after a kind of interesting event, the JetLag Fest, jetlagfest right from the Indian Head camping out of Bloomsburg, PA. The idea of the festival initially was to bring Mr Fyodorov, the soloist of A'uktsy'on, a popular rock group from Russia. But then many other artists representing all different styles were invited to perform. So, I was asked to come by Psoy, AKA khaloymes. It was for the first time over the festival's decennial history that Yiddish/klezmer music was presented at a basically Russian festival. For many it was quite a revelation. Frank London joined our semi-improvised / semi-chaotic band right upon our arrival there. There were a couple more kids from New Jersey, one on the tuba and the other on the trombone, sounding enthusiastic, even somewhat creative yet green. Zina Pozen of Seattle, Dan of Chicago on the accordions, Ibrahim on the djembe and someone else (bigbeat66) on the guitar joined our band, bringing in that sweet feeling of jam.
Later in the evening, after Olga chikina's utmost artistic performance, Psoy, Frank, me and a couple of other guys started our second set, that time on the main stage, the latter being not that big though.
Honestly, I did not very much enjoy Mr Fyodorov's performance, despite the fact that Frank London and Marc Ribot appeared on one of A'u'ktsy'on's latest albums. Not that the bard sang that bad, no. It was just not interesting to me, musically. Well, anyway it was all fun. map_ka and I met there some really nice and open-minded people, among them a couple having had immigrated from Minsk 13 years ago.
And here are some pictures of JetLag Fest.


Frank London, me, and Psoy Korolenko at the daytime set.

Comments

[ruby-tooz.livejournal.com]

that sweet feeling of jam - I like this expression!

[klezmer.livejournal.com]

:) That's how it feels, really.

[uzheletta.livejournal.com]

Димка, спасибо, что рассказал.
looks like fun.
we'll try to make it next year.

[allka.livejournal.com]

ahm good, you did go! did Marka play?
We did not make it, as you probably noticed... :)

[aelemmire.livejournal.com]

me, i take a quite sceptical view of the Auktsyon's latest album, too (but it could worth listening because of Ribot and Medeski. it was totally surprise to me to hear they had participated in the recording.)

[map-ka.livejournal.com]

My instrument did not make it either :-)))

[shalom73.livejournal.com]

Эх, позажигали!... Заезжайте в Одессу как-нибудь на фестиваль http://aidishe.com/ru/news/412-raduga-evreyskoy-diaspory-v-odesse

[klezmer.livejournal.com]

Позажигали неслабо, факт :-)
А в Одессу я с удовольствием, но даже из Минска это вряд ли можно назвать "заехать" (сутки на поезде), а из Нью-Йорка тем более. Так что если специально пригласят (с оплатой билетов, аккомодации и т.д.) – будем думать.

[klezmer.livejournal.com]

Then why not buy a CD of Ribot and Medesky? I mean, there were a few songs at the gig which had some musical idea and space to develop. Or... am I too much into jazz in what I'm saying?

[klezmer.livejournal.com]

Да, надеюсь, у вас получится-таки. И у нас тоже :-)

[klezmer.livejournal.com]

We did notice :) But recalled you a couple times.

[aelemmire.livejournal.com]

i'd rather say, no, you are not. as for buying, listening, enjoying, there is always a sort of limit, and mostly appreciable it is in the flight of time. and an extremely large amount of information in addition, of course - including live recordings, for example.

[rodgar.livejournal.com]

it seems like you are
he's about something different in music
and i only got that after seeing him on this fest, i used to have an opinion close to yours. also, his works with Volkov are fantastic.

[bigbeat66.livejournal.com]

"and someone else on the guitar joined our band, bringing in that sweet feeling of jam" -

someone - это был я :)

Ребятки, вы были супер, и было очень клёво с вами играть. Мне не часто доводится петь на Идеш, подозреваю, что удивил многих, кто знает меня в несколько другом амплуа. Если вы где-то играете, пожалуйста держите меня в курсе. Зафрендил.

[klezmer.livejournal.com]

А, сейчас исправим и дополним! :-) Спасибо, что присоединился на сейшне, а то мы шли туда совсем нестройными рядами, не зная толком, как таким составом будем играть. Так что ура, оно получилось. Спасибо! Зафрендил взаимно.
Присоединяйся к комьюнити jetlagfest

[klezmer.livejournal.com]

It is absolutely understandable that that was something else. After all, not everyone should be doing jazz. My previous note is exceptionally personal and is not meant to argue Mr Fyodorov's talent in his genre, in what he's doing. Alike might he not be very fond of klezmer, jazz and many other genres and ways of thinking in music.