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Nashaz at Alwan For The Arts
Courtesy of Brian Prunka | Posted on October 17, 2013
Where
Alwan For The Arts
16 Beaver Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY
Map
212-967-4318
When
Sat, November 9, 2013
8 PM
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Musicians
Brian Prunka
oudKenny Warren
trumpetReuben Radding
bass, acousticGeorge Mel
drumsVin Scialla
drumsNashaz
oudAbout
Brooklyn-based musician Brian Prunka was already an accomplished jazz guitarist in New Orleans when a series of events led him to become a beginner again, learning the oud (Arabic fretless lute) and Arabic music from the ground up. Fifteen years later, he is the leader of Nashaz, a group that finds unexpected kinship between jazz and traditional Arabic music, garnering praise and support from Arabic music luminaries like Simon and Najib Shaheen, Youssef Kassab, and Ray Rashid in response to their recently released self-titled album (www.nashazmusic.com). The journey took him from New Orleans to Brooklyn, and eventually to Haifa and Ramallah, in the process finding his own voice with an authenticity that has won him respect within the Arabic music community, whether performing with Simon Shaheen's Qantara, Zikrayat, or the New York Arabic Orchestra. This concert brings Nashaz to the lower Manhattan Arabic cultural center known for its presentation of renowned musicians from the Arab world, and promises to be an intimate event celebrating the recent CD release among their friends and peers in the NY community of Arabic musicians and music lovers....