Abraham Inc. is an unprecedented collaboration among three cultural visionaries: David Krakauer, champion of klezmer music and world-class clarinetist; legendary funk trombonist and arranger Fed Wesley, celebrated for his work with James Brown and George Clinton; and hip-hop renegade and beat architect Socalled. “Abraham Inc.” heralds a time when boundaries are eroding, mutual respect is presumed, and musical traditions can hit with full force without concession or appropriation. Backed by a three-piece horn section led by Wesley plus musicians who collaborate frequently with Krakauer and Socalled, the result is an all-out klezmer-funk dance party!
Abraham Inc.’s debut release Tweet Tweet peaked at #1 in Funk and #1 in Jewish and Yiddish Music and #35 in music sales on Amazon. It reached #7 in Jazz on Billboard and was featured at #40 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart for fastest sellers.
“This endlessly surprising yet highly successful hybrid of klezmer, funk and hip-hop had the enthusiastic crowd—young and old, Jews and gentiles, whites and blacks—dancing ecstatically in the aisles like it was a Jewish wedding. Wesley brought the funk while virtuoso clarinetist David Krakauer delivered the passionate intensity and deep Jewish soul that ties him to the lineage of klezmer clarinet kings….” – JazzTimes
Klezmer Meets funk meets hip-hop!
Saturday, Nov. 12, 7:30 p.m.
$49, $45, $39, $33 (reserved seating)
Tickets at Newman Center Box Office: (303) 871-7720 (ext. 1)
9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon-Fri or www.newmantix.com
Gates Hall, Newman Center, D.U., 2344 E. Iliff Ave., Denver, CO 80208
Presented by the MACC as part of the Fourth Annual JAAMM Festival in collaboration with Newman Center Presents, Center for Judaic Studies at D.U. and The Spirituals Project
Sponsored by: Ellen Beller
