Posts Tagged “Irving Fields”
At the May 15th Dawn Festival in San Francisco, the Idelsohn Society provided this soundtrack of old, archival, vintage recordings, mixed that in with some contemporary remixes to get the crowd moving. The Barry Sisters, Machito & his Afro-Cubans, mixing up to bands like Soulico, from Israel, as well as a kind of crazy, eight-minute, …
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The remarkable Gregor Ehrlich cut this short piece which takes us back to one lazy day at the end of summer in which Arturo O’Farrill lead a cast of thousands in a recreation of Mazeltov, Mis Amigos. This snippet includes glimpses of Sway Machinery’s Jeremiah Lockwood, Arturo, and Irving Fields, who incidentally is celebrating …
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“Shalom aleichem and buenas noches.” So began one of the most memorable nights in the history of the Idelsohn Society.
After months of planning and rehearsal, the Idelsohn Society brought the 1961 album Mazel Tov Mis Amigos— a collection of Yiddish theater tunes gone Latin– back to vibrant life on the esteemed stage of …
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The Idelsohn Society will be closing out Lincoln’s Center’s Out of Doors Festival with a re-creation of the 1961 Riverside album, MAZEL TOV, MIS AMIGOS on August 23rd.
The ONE NIGHT ONLY show will feature Arturo O’Farrill and his Afro Cuban Sextet with special guests Irving Fields, Fania legend Larry Harlow, the Antibalas horns, and …
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