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Lemon Juice Quartet: Peasant Songs
by Mark F. Turner
The Lemon Juice Quartet has serious eclecticism. The term which is not found in most dictionaries is used to describe music that uniquely and successfully displays profound elements of eclecticism and electricity. Peasant Songs continues to show that the borders of jazz are global and that it’s roots will continue to thrive in the hands of musicians with vision. LJQ is a New York-based jazz quartet founded in 1993 with member roots in Israel. Original members Eyal ...
read morePiadrum Records Releases "Peasant Songs" by Lemon Juice Quartet
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All About Jazz
Piadrum Records invited the Lemon Juice Quartet to work on a project based on known traditional music. It was our attempt to merge the old and the familiar with new experimentation of today. Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz proposed to take the music of Erik Satie and Bela Bartok with a new approach. Eyal Maoz was instrumental in the selection and adaptation of these pieces. The result is a rich diversified style that is distinctively LJQ. It not only brings out the ...
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