June 14 2009

Broadcast Date: 
Jun 14 2009

On this edition of Abe Velez's monthly all-music Beyond the Pale, acclaimed trumpeter, bandleader and composer Frank London.

Episode segments
  • Frank London
    Music, Arts & Culture

    Trumpeter/composer Frank London is a member of the Klezmatics, Hasidic New Wave has performed with John Zorn, LL Cool J, Mel Torme, Lester Bowieπs Brass Fantasy, LaMonte Young, They Might Be Giants, David Byrne, Jane Siberry, Ben Folds 5, Mark Ribot, Maurice El Medioni and Gal Costa, and is featured on over 100 cds. His projects include, A Night in the Old Marketplace, Davenen for Pilobolus and the Klezmatics, Great Small Works' The Memoirs of Gluckel of Hamln and Min Tanaka's Romance. He composed music for John Sayles' The Brother from Another Planet and Men With Guns, andYvonne Rainer's Murder and Murder
    Abe Velez

    Abe and Frank talk and play cuts from Frank London's latest release Tsuker-Zis:

    track 2: “Blessings without End”
    track 3: “Our Life is Sugarsweet”
    track 5: “Increase Our Joy”
    track 12: “Greeks Gathered Against Me”

    and from Schamlos Schon, track 5, “Schwesterlein”