Doors 7pm
Tickets £15 adv
Emma Johnson meets Frank London
+ support from Kavona (www.myspace.com/kavonaklezmer)
Emma Johnson, internationally acclaimed classical soloist, brimming over with the joy of the clarinet, meets Frank London, klezmer’s iconic New York Grammy Award winning trumpeter, of the Klezmatics and the Klezmer Brass Allstars fame, together with a host of European and British klezmer luminaries including Christian Dawid (Clarinet) and Sanne Möricke (Accordion) from Berlin. These outstanding exponents of this most joyful and poignant music will keep Emmas fingers flying and all of our toes tapping till we cant repress the urge to dance.
Ace Jazz Trumpeter from New York Frank London of Klezmatics fame and of Frank London's Klezmer Brass Allstars heads a stellar cast of klezmer players from Europe and the UK.
Warm up bands inlcude Klezmer 4 from Brazil, Mamalor from Czech Republic, and Kavona from London
Part of JMI KlezFest the weeklong summer course in klezmer music and Yiddish song and dance at SOAS University of London www.jmi.org.uk
