Naby Camara Band & Talne Trio
Saturday, October 17, 2026 · 7:30 PM PDT · Kenyon Hall · Seattle, WA
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KENYON HALL PRESENTS Naby Camara Band - The music of Guinean master balafon player, Naby Camara Talne Trio - Yiddish klezmer music from Eastern Europe and the United States Saturday, October 17 2026 Doors: 7pm Show: 7:30pm Seated General Admission: $15 Senior/Students: $10 The Talne Trio presents a unique interpretation of klezmer music. Their repertoire comes from sheet music collected in the early 20th century, popular jewish instrumental music recorded in the mid-20th century, and originals written by the trio's violinist, Kim Goldov. Kim Goldov - violin, mandolin, shtroyfidl Mark Lutwak - piano, accordion Aaron Harmonson - bass The Naby Camara Band is led by Guinean balafon player, Naby Camara. Naby comes from a lineage of musicians and storytellers known in West Africa as griots. Naby is a griot, as are his brothers, their father before them, his father before him, and so on. Naby Camara - balafon Carol Olivier - balafon Peter Toms - bass Denny Stern - percussion Kim Goldov - electric mandolin So what brings together this unique union of seemingly unrelated musical genres? In the early 20th century, German composer, Carl Orff, recieved a balafon (xylophone) from West Africa. Orff later created a method for teaching music to children that utilized recorders, percussion instruments, and xylophones. His method spread world wide, and in the early 1960s, Lori Goldschmidt, Kim's mother, became an Orff method teacher. Kim was introduced to the xylophone around age 7. However, 100 years before Orff, a Belarusian-Jewish klezmer musician, Michal Gusikov, achieved notoriety performing in the concert halls of Europe on his shtroyfidl, or Russian xylophone. Fast forward to 1986. Kim and Nancy Goldov were forming their first klezmer band and wanted a way to make the band special. Kim built a shtroyfidl based on historical research into Gusikov's instrument, and advice from an African marimba maker in Seattle. Our Kenyon Hall event on October 17 will most likely be…
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