Cosa Nostra Strings presented by The Jazz Mafia Tickets, Thu Nov 7, 2024 at 7:30 PM

COSA NOSTRA STRINGS, a branch of the illustrious Jazz Mafia, specializes in original Hybrid Crossover music. This five-piece powerhouse consists of conservatory-trained classical musicians who add a provocative, precise punk rock personality to a highly distinctive multi-style sound, utilizing their unique instrumentation of cello, viola, violin, trombone, bass and percussion. full extent. You cover centuries of genres and you hear various influences from all over the world: funk infusion, folk, western chamber music, jazz and certainly rock ballads from the 80s!

The Cosa Nostra Strings quintet shares plenty of creative DNA with the ever-evolving Oakland Jazz Mafia collective, which has parlayed its stylistically omnivorous aesthetic into a thriving cottage industry, collaborating with everyone from racy cabaret productions and soul belters to symphony orchestras and socially conscious hip-hop MCs. Whatever its mafia ties, Cosa Nostra belongs to a larger, more powerful underground family of musical renegades. The group builds directly on the region’s rich history of string innovators by featuring a cadre of superlative musicians including violinist Shaina Evoniuk, violinist/vocalist Keith Lawrence, cellist Lewis Pazner, multi-percussionist Aaron Kierbel and bassist/trombonist Adam Theis . shows almost everything a string band can do.