Zebrina [Canada]

Since their debut album Trail of the Hunter-Gatherers launched in 2010 at the prestigious Ashkenaz Festival in Toronto, the bold compositions and brilliant playing of Zebrina have caught the attention of legendary New York-based music producer, composer and performer, John Zorn, and his experimental music label Tzadik Records. Zebrina is thrilled to be recording their second album for Tzadik with special guest and fellow Tzadik artist, San Francisco-based Ben Goldberg (New Klezmer Trio, Tin Hat) on clarinet.

The Toronto-based band Zebrina gets its exotic name from the Latin word for the plant popularly known as ‘wandering jew’. Composed of Canada’s leading roots, folk, klezmer and jazz musicians, Zebrina brings together singular talents and a daring experimental, improvisational style with Jon Feldman (Zebrina composer), Bret Higgins (Beyond the Pale, Great Lake Swimmers), Peter Lutek (Engine, The Flying Bulgars), Joel Schwartz (Royal Wood, Aviva Chernick), Max Senitt (Alex Cuba band), and the young Columbian percussion sensation Juan Carlos Medrano.

Eastern melodies meet Western grooves in a harmonious experience akin to what writer Andrew Gilbert (Jazz Times) has described as “Ashkenazi roots music.” Mix that sound with an electric Miles Davis feel and you get Zebrina: moody and lyrical, lively and avant-garde. The band’s innovative compositions are deeply informed by boundary-breaking greats such as John Zorn’s Masada Project, Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew, and Medeski, Martin, and Wood’s spirit of jam-based improvisation, all of which inspire their dynamic live shows.

Stay tuned for the release of their new album The Desert Speaks in Fall 2013.

http://zebrina.org/

2010 - Trail of the Hunter​-​Gatherers

2014 - Hamidbar Medaber 

discogs.com: http://www.discogs.com/Zebrina-Hamidbar-Medaber/release/6154347

bandcamp.com: http://jonfeldman.bandcamp.com/album/trail-of-the-hunter-gatherers