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Album Review , J & R Music World >>
There’s an old soupy sales joke that goes like this: “I just got a job in New Deli!” Soupy asks: “India?” Answer: “No, the new deli around the corner.” TriBeCaStan could be the house band from that mythical deli, especially if it’s located in New York’s multi-ethnic melting pot. TriBeCaStan is fronted by world percussionist Jeff Greene and multi instrumentalist John Kruth. They New deli blend the rhythms and melodies of Eastern Europe, evergreen Asia Minor and the Middle East with tonalities that are more familiar to world beatniks like salsa, Bollywood soundtrack music and rock. This time out, the duo has morphed into an 11-person group that they’ve dubbed the TriBeCaStani FolkLorkeStra. The music on New Deli is more jazz-flavored than before, adding to the album’s depth and complexity. Kruth composed the Latin-esque “Bed Bugs” and the arrangement is a bluesy whirlwind of cha-cha, Tex-Mex and jazz. The melancholy “Crack in the Clouds” uses Bruce Huebner’s shakuhachi, Scott Metzger’s subtle electric guitar work and minimal percussion to sustain its morose mood. Don Cherry’s “Guinea”has a more typical TriBeCaStan sound with Indian classical percussion, Eastern European flutes and odd Klezmer accordion accents dancing through the mix. “The Brain Surgeon’s Wife Serves Lunch” takes a typical ’40s R&B turnaround and turns it inside out with a blend of American folk, proto-rock and swing. The eerie sounds of Tine Kindermann’s musical saw and Bachir Attar’s ghaita are supported by a flurry of interlocking rhythms supplied by Greene’s collection of hand drums on “The Mystery of Licorice McKechnie” to close the album on a cryptic note. 12/22/11
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