Gangbé Brass Band April 12, 2007

Picture the sound of military brass bands, voodoo ritual chants and rhythms, scratchy American jazz records, with a dash of Afrobeat, and you can almost hear Gangbé Brass Band. The band from the West African nation of Benin takes traditional rhythms and invigorates them with jazz harmonies to create a unique fusion of music, both modern and traditional. "Dizzyingly gorgeous horn lines, rolling vamps carry sunny African Chorales, and polyrhythmic voodoo grooves host harmonies that slide in all directions at once. The music just plain sings." - New York Times

MSU
Wharton Center for Performing Arts
Pasant Theatre
Show Time: 7:30pm
Tickets: $28
1-800-WHARTON
www.whartoncenter.com

Official Website: http://www.whartoncenter.com