Moishe's Bagel

Click on image above to buy your tickets for Moishe's Bagel at Carnegie Hall, October 17th.

Rip-roaring, foot-stomping, jazz-inflected klezmer and Balkan music from some of Scotland's finest musicians. An intoxicating, life-affirming mix of Eastern European dance music, Middle Eastern rhythms and virtuoso performances.

Formed in Edinburgh in 2003, Moishe's Bagel combines the energy and passion of Eastern European folk music with the excitement and soul of improvisation. Boasting some of the best instrumentalists that Scotland has to offer (Salsa Celtica, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Celtic Feet, Scottish National Jazz Orchestra), we are just as likely to see them jamming in a late night jazz den, grooving at a forest festival or enthralling an upmarket concert hall.

Everything began when four of the band members met in a local tango outfit.  With the recruiting of a percussion wizard to give a new twist to the klezmer/Balkan groove, the line up found an unbeatable mix. Not too concerned with authenticity (there are enough people doing that already), they let the interaction of their individual musical personalities create their own style; a sound that mixes klezmer, folk dance, jazz, Eastern percussion and more, topped off with dazzling musicality and classical rigour. The result is a band which has the excitement of occasional improvisation with an energy that keeps the music highly danceable and visually and aurally exciting.

 "Consummate musicians, the degree of concentration and  engagement with their music is palpable...this is high-class work" EdinburghGuide.com



Date : 17 Oct 2008
Time : 19:30
Charge : £10.