Frank London’s Loisaida Fife and Drums Corps.
August 10th , 8:00pm – 8:30pm
Grammy-award winning trumpeter and composer Sir Frank London’s Loisaida Fife & Drum Corps celebrates the release of their recording Touzle Your Kurchy (Adhyaropa Records) and America’s 250th anniversary with a concert of re-imagined American Revolutionary and Civil War music.
The ensemble — some of New York’s greatest musicians, bold improvisers who have performed with everyone from Henry Threadgill & Laurie Anderson to McCoy Tyner & The Yeah YeahYeahs — explores the intersections of traditional and contemporary musical practices.
London’s Loisaida Fife & Drum Corps reinvigorates18th- and 19th-century American Fife & Drum music with African polyphony, Irish and Scottish dance tunes, and good old American Sun Ra-style group improvisation, transforming this military music into a street party.
Frank London with Charlie Burnham, Newman Taylor Baker, Reut Regev, Brian Chase Elija Thomas, Kenny Wollesen and Ron Caswell.
Green-Wood’s public programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, as well as the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.