« All nearby programs

Book Oliver Levi for a groupmuse

A voyage through nomadic folk music


Details

Oliver Levi full profile / Violin, Guitar, Bass, Hand Percussion / 4 musicians

Composers featured: Paganini, Reinhardt, Debussy, Ellington


Full program notes

Paganini's Caprice 24 (arranged for jazz quartet)
Debussy's Reverie ("")
Çeçen Kızı - "The girl from Chechnya" (Turkish classical piece by Tamburi Cemil Bey)
Lunata (an original swing tune composed by our guitarist Will Crescent Banks)
Nihavend Longa (Turkish classical piece by Kevser Hanim)
Caravan and Jemilleh (arabesque suite comprising a traditional Jazz Manouche tune and a traditional Armenian belly dance tune)
Klezmer medley - Sherele and Odessa Bulgar (both traditional / composers unknown)

Tchavolo Swing - composed by Tchavolo Schmitt, a relative of Django Reinhardt
Sherefe - a ballad composed by Turkish singer Gaye Su Akyol
Shehnaz Longa (an uptempo Turkish classical piece by Santuri Ethem Efendi)
Nazende and Crescent Sirto - An original flamenco suite composed by Oliver Levi and Will Crescent Banks.


Other programs from this ensemble