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SUMMARY:Grand Fatillas
DESCRIPTION:About Grand Fatilla Grand Fatilla began as an informal tri
 o when Club d’Elf bassist Mike Rivard, electric mandolinist Matt Glo
 ver and accordionist Roberto Cassan got together to explore their mutu
 al love for folk music from all over the world, especially the styles 
 born out of the gypsy diaspora. Occasionally gigging around Boston/Cam
 bridge when schedules with their other bands allowed, the trio became 
 a quartet with the addition of percussionist and singer Fabio Pirozzol
 o, and Grand Fatilla was born. A Monday night residency at Cambridgeâ€
 ™s Atwoods Tavern has generated a considerable buzz, as enthusiastic a
 udiences embrace their passionate take on Modern Global Music. Like an
  iPod on shuffle the group jumps from Argentine Tangos to Italian Tara
 ntellas...from Turkish sacred Sufi songs to Irish reels...Moroccan tra
 nce to Bulgarian dance music, all performed with an emphasis on improv
 isational group interplay and playful spontaneity. In this age of heig
 htened global consciousness the repertoire that Grand Fatilla performs
  acknowledges and pays homage to the idea that it is indeed One World 
 that we all live in, and the music of diverse cultures enriches us all
 . Each member of the band brings a distinct flavor and area of experti
 se in different World musics to the collective sound: Cassan and Piroz
 zolo both hail from Italy and play locally with the Italian folk group
  Newpoli, and both have also intensely explored various Balkan musics;
  Glover came to Boston from his native Newfoundland where he absorbed 
 the Celtic influences and fiddle music of that area, as well as studyi
 ng the South Indian stylings of mandolinist U. Srinivas. Rivard, who i
 s also a member of local Indian-jazz group Natraj, has a passion for N
 orth African music, especially Berber and Gnawa music from Morocco, le
 ading him to study the Sintir, which is a 3-stringed bass lute used by
  the Gnawa in their ceremonies. The group has a special love for Brazi
 lian composer Hermeto Pascoal, often performing his beautiful composit
 ion \"Little Church\" (which they first heard on Miles Davis’s Live/
 Evil album), as well as a deep affinity for Argentine Astor Piazzolla 
 and his Tango compositions. Original compositions by the band members 
 inspired by the folk and world music influences they share round out t
 he group’s repertoire.\n\nFor more information visit http://neighbor
 sforneighbors.org/events/grand-fatillas
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CATEGORIES:jazz
LOCATION:The Alchemist
WEBSITE:http://alchemistlounge.com
URL:http://alchemistlounge.com
CONTACT:617-477-5741
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