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The Los Angeles Times calls Eastern Blok’s music “relentlessly innovative work.” Downbeat Magazine claims that “the ensemble playing is often breakneck and consistently challenging.” Acoustic Guitar Magazine raves that Eastern Blok plays with “blazing virtuosity and sheer beauty.” The group features classical guitar virtuoso GORAN IVANOVIC, who teamed up with DOUG ROSENBERG on saxophone and flute, MATTHEW ULERY on bass, and MICHAEL CASKEY, a five-time Detroit Music Award and Downbeat Magazine Award winner, on drums. EASTERN BLOK’s extraordinary pan-cultural ensemble effortlessly blends classical and jazz music with the rich folkloric traditions of Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Serbia. The resulting music is as alluring as it is complex. Exotic Middle Eastern motifs merge gracefully with the evocative sounds of Eastern European Klezmer music. Beautifully conceived folk passages are followed by perfectly executed Mahavishnu- inspired pyrotechnics. The passion and urgency at which this group plays is heard in every note on this remarkable musical offering. |
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Uncommon Ground Past Show Dates | |
| 2008-05-07 (78 days) | Curtis Evans |
| Sleeper Car (Mike Solo) | |
| Back Room Sessions! | |
| Eastern Blok | |
| 2008-04-03 (112 days) | Ashley Brooke Toussant |
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| Everett McKee | |