The Maine Jewish Film Festival Presents: Naftule's Dream

As a warm-up to the Maine Jewish Film Festival in March; MJFF and One Longfellow Square welcomes Boston's Naftule's Dream, the progressive, "post-klezmer" side of Shirim Klezmer Orchestra, to Portland. Announcing MJFF Dates for 2013! Join us March 9 - 16th, 2013 for the 16th Annual Jewist Film Festival!
Naftule's Dream has performed at major jazz festivals and venues in the United States, Europe, and Canada for over a decade., including the Berlin Jazz Festival, Ashkenaz in Toronto, and the Chicago… Show more World Music Festival. But they call Boston home and honed their sound in the clubs in Cambridge and Boston in the 1990s, where they attracted a loyal following.
When John Zorn started his "Radical Jewish Culture" label, Tzadik, one of the first bands he signed was Naftule's Dream, who's three Tzadik CDs set the standard for what new Jewish music could be. Incorporating klezmer, new jazz and rock, the band has explored the most visceral and sophisticated edges of the music, through their composition and improvisations. Because of their eclectic approach and influences, critics have compared them to Zorn's "Naked City," Frank Zappa, Ivo Papasov and King Crimson.
Naftule's Dream is Glenn Dickson, clarinet; Gary Bohan, trumpet; Michael McLaughlin, accordion; Eric Rosenthal, drums; James Gray, tuba with Andrew Stern on guitar.
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