Jewish Poetry as Music and Music as Poetry
The show will explore the ecstatic coition of the art mediums, through poetry that incorporates musical elements & themes, and through music that breathes poetics. Think jazz-poetry, ghazals in reverb, Yiddish-speaking oud, and slam-scat with the bass-drum!
Featuring: Basya Schechter (of Pharaoh's Daughter) & Friends, Jake Marmer and Frantic Turtle, Jay Michaelson (Zeek), Adam Schechter, Mima’amakim Poets, and special guests!
Presented by the mima'amakim journal of jewish art & zeek magazine in conjunction with New York Jewish Music Festival.
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Official Website: http://www.mimaamakim.org
Added by bohemianjm on August 9, 2006