Astor in Paris

Artist: 3 Leg Torso
Label: Meester Records
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 723724615328
EAN: 0723724615328
ASIN: B0000DZTS3

Release Date: 2003-11-04

Astor in Paris

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Tracks:

Ba Doum
Astor In Paris
Zemer Attic/Tanz Tanz Yiddelach
Frog...Secret Agent
Giant Stomp
Bill's Last Adventure
Elliot's Dream
My Level Water
Le Beau's Hole
B & G's
Danza Lucumi

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Customer Reviews:

Passionate Bohemian Accordian Instrumental with Strings!.......2005-09-26

Very hard to describe but unforgetable in passion and life. I saw these guys play live, to a packed theatre. We were transfixed by the beauty and depth of this Gypsy/Ethnic explosion of sound. As I recall several audience members ran up to the front of the theatre, stripped off their clothes completely and danced with wild abandon. Being as it was Portland (little Beruit) Oregon, no one objected. Highly recommended addition to anyone's electic collection!

Amazing, fascinating, unique, and sophisticated.......2005-07-04

I've become a big fan of 3 Leg Torso since they played at the Northwest Folklife Festival in Seattle in 2004. Mesmerized by the beautiful music, especially the violin, I bought both of their CDs, which I have listened to for numerous times. I was lucky to see them play live three times in Seattle. Hope they release more CDs and come here more often.

A Brilliant, Inventive, and Engaging Work of Musical Art.......2004-01-06

This is one incredible CD, a collection of witty and engaging tunes, like nothing I've ever really heard before. It could be the soundtrack of a fabulous, as-yet-unmade film, perhaps a cross between a Hitchcock thriller, a French farce, and an unexpectedly tender love story. One song sounds like a chase through the Casbah, and the next a semi-cynical confession of indiscretion, told over drinks in a little cafe on the Left Bank. Throw in a bluesy number for an aging chanteuse, then perhaps a little bluegrass, and then maybe something a nostalgic Russian might dance to, after a round of chilled vodka and caviar. For all its world-wide, cosmopolitan flavor, the CD is focused, fun, and brilliantly performed. It's wonderful. I can't wait to see the movie!

Witty, comical, bright, and startlingly engaging........2003-12-17

Flattering adjectives stack easily on this energetic troupe of gifted musicians. Astor in Paris is a joyous sonic tapestry. That's because 3 Leg Torso pulls off the rare trick of creating a surprising melodic language that's instantly familiar and foreign - like hearing your cat speak to you - by mixing styles from Eastern Europe, modern classical, jazz, and music well beyond my ken. The brainy depth of compositions by principals Courtney Von Drehle (accordion) and Bela Balogh (violin) stages an ample forum to showcase the feline grace, humor, and boundless vigor of all the performers. After reading on the web about their live performances in the Northwest , I only hope these (shamefully provincial!) Oregonians can soon bring their spirited musical adventure to the East Coast!

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