Kanjira
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Kanjira

Syracuse, New York, United States | SELF

Syracuse, New York, United States | SELF
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"Syacuse Music Tasted Really Good - by Ellen Leahy 6/10/10"

Sparky Town Combines Kanjira Trio and Moroccan Flavors

Far from the maddening crowd, I had the most amaxing tasting experience in Syracuse last Friday night. While the actual Taste of Syracuse was rolling downtown, I was sitting at the Café enjoying a three course meal listening to the Kanjira trio with a small but appreciative audience.

Kanjira is named for the style of drum from India. It's apropos, because one of the signature aspect of this band is their bag of musical instruments, which includes several gorgeous guitars, a silver trumpet, a recorder, a host of percussion instruments, a teeny-tiny piano, interesting voices, a pan flute, ukulele, and new to the trio, and EWI or electronic wind instrument running through a laptop computer. It may soung a little too smorgasbordish, but the talent of the players, Karl Sperber, Carl Lovell and Tamaralee Shutt, makes for a musical journey that is quite intriguing. Their arrangements are interpretations of jazz, flok, T&B and world music classics are always an adventure in listening.

But this time there was the added experience of my meal consisting of savory chicken, imported olives, dried dates, basmati rice, lentils, cilantro, safron, lemon, chick peas, coconut and more. As the musicians crafted each song, the tastes and textures n my plate seemed to follow along. Instead of dancing, I ws eating to the music. tapping my taste buds in time. I felt for the first time what it must be like to sit in with the band, except I was playing a knife and a fork.

Kanjira is a trio that defies categorization. It must be experienced to be understood.

I'm not sure if Sparky Town will recreate the dinner and the show, but if they do, check it out sooner rather than later for a real musical treaty - in very good taste.

Some of Syracuse's best bites are off the beaten track, so when considering eating out, remember to consider our host of independent restaurants.

- Syracuse City Eagle


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Kanjira is named for a style of drum from India. It's apropos, because one of the signature aspect of this band is their bag of musical instruments, including several guitars, a trumpet, a recorder, a pan flute, EWI, several drums, ukulele, toy piano and voices. It may sound a little too smorgasbordish, but the intent of these players, Karl Sperber, Carl Lovell and Tamaralee Shutt, is to take you on a musical journey. Their arrangements and interpretations of jazz, folk, R&B and world music classics are always an adventure in listening. With backgrounds in classical guitar, symphony orchestra, jazz big band, spiritual, gospel, musical theatre and pop - Kanjira is a trio that defies categorization.