David Krakauer photo: courtesy the artist

Performing Arts DAVID KRAKAUER'S KLEZMER MADNESS! SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2004, 8 PM, $32 ($26) TED MANN CONCERT HALL, 2128 FOURTH STREET SOUTH, MINNEAPOLIS

"Krakauer is connected with something deep, mysterious, and timeless . . . [he is] one extremely gifted, amazingly versatile, and uncommonly open-minded virtuoso, willing and able to go anywhere with his clarinet."--Jazziz

One of the foremost musicians in the new wave of klezmer, clarinetist/composer David Krakauer and his five-member group reinvent traditional Eastern European urban Jewish music with their special brew of jazz, electronic, avant-garde, classical, and funk. While firmly rooted in classic folk tunes, the band "hurls the tradition of klezmer music into the rock era" (The New York Times). A standout on John Zorn's Tzadik label, Krakauer also performed as soloist for Eiko & Koma's Offering at Out There 2003. Copresented with Northrop Auditorium.