Lars and In Charge with Zoe Jakes and Pixie Fordtears
Fanfare Zambaleta
Saturday, April 18, 8 pm
The Starry Plough Pub
3101 Shattuck St. Berkeley, CA
Tickets: $20 general/$15 students; Doors open at 7 pm; All ages before 10 pm. 21+ after 10 pm. Beer and wine available at the bar. Kitchen closes at 10 pm.
Lars and in Charge (10-Midnight) performs high-energy original and traditional music of Turkey, Greece and beyond. Lars Tergis and Greg Jenkins lead the charge on violin and clarinet with driving, gritty interpretations of classic party tunes and original compositions. Chris Reid adds a touch of ‘West’ with percussive chordal accompaniment on steel-string guitar. Joe Rosato Jr. holds it down on upright bass while Faisal Zedan keeps the beat popping on derbekki, riqq and davul. Joined on stage by some of the Bay Area’s top belly dancers, Lars and In Charge guarantees a big sound and an even bigger party!
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Zoe Jakes is a founding member of the electronic and world fusion group Beats Antique, where she composes music and is the lead dancer along with a troupe featuring Pixie Fordtears. Since Beats Antique’s 2007 inception, Zoe has been renowned around the world for her unique form of belly dance.
Fanfare Zambaleta (Bay Area Balkan Brass) is an eight piece Balkan Brass band specializing in spirited music of the Serbian, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Greek and especially the Romani people. Combining a love of the classic brass bands of the past with the modern sounds coming out of the Balkans, Fanfare Zambaleta brings an irresistible blend of old and new to get you dancing! They’ve learned from some of the greats including Demiran Ćerimović, Džambo Aguševi Orkestar and Nizo Alimov (of Kočani Orkestar) and are now embarking on a new journey to write original tunes inspired by their deep love of the music. The band is directed by Gregory Masaki Jenkins (alto sax, clarinet) and features Joey Friedman (alto sax), Noah Levitt, Peter Bonos, and Max Miller-Loran (trumpets), Rachel MacFarlane, Adam Waite, and Brendan Mauro (mid horns), Evan Stuart (sousaphone) and Ivan Velev (percussion, vocals).
