Slavic Soul Party!

{{short description|American Balkan brass/jazz band}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Slavic Soul Party | image = | origin = New York City | genre = Jazz, world music, brass band | years_active = 1999 – present | label = | website = {{URL|slavicsoulparty.com}} | current_members = * Kenny Bentley * John Carlson * Adam Dotson * Peter Hess * Matt Moran * Peter Stan * Chris Stromquist * Tim Vaughn * Kenny Warren }}

'''Slavic Soul Party''' (often styled '''Slavic Soul Party!''') is an American Balkan brass/jazz band.<ref name="ChiReader World Music Festival" /><ref name="Henderson1">{{cite web |last1=Henderson |first1=Alex |title=Slavic Soul Party! |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/slavic-soul-party%21-mn0000026129/biography |website=AllMusic |accessdate=15 September 2020}}</ref> The band borrows from Balkan brass, dixieland, New Orleans Second Line, funk, klezmer, and Roma music.<ref name="bayou">{{cite web |title=Slavic Soul Party: The Bayou Meets Bratislava |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113934670 |website=NPR.org |accessdate=15 September 2020 |date=19 October 2009}}</ref><ref name="heart">{{cite web |title=Slavic Soul Party: Heart and Feet Music |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10859007 |website=NPR.org |accessdate=15 September 2020 |date=9 June 2007}}</ref>

The band has performed on stages usually known for rock bands, opening for such acts as Arcade Fire and Dresden Dolls.<ref name="bayou" /> They have also performed at music festivals which highlight their international flavors, such as Chicago's 14th annual World Music Festival in 2012.<ref name="ChiReader World Music Festival">{{cite news| url= http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/world-music-festival-dcase-diawara-slavic-gaiteros/Content?oid=7474044 |title= The World Music Festival: Down but not out | newspaper= Chicago Reader | first= Peter | last= Margasak | date= 18 September 2012 | accessdate= 22 September 2012}}</ref>

==Members== There have been at least nineteen members of Slavic Soul Party,<ref name="bayou" /> including:<ref name="ChiReader World Music Festival" />

* Matt Moran, bandleader (drums, percussion)<ref name="heart" /> * Roland Barber (trombone) * John Carlson (trumpet) * Ron Caswell (tuba) * Adam Dotson (trombone) * Brian Drye (trombone) * Shane Endsley (trumpet) * Jacob Garchik (trombone) * Curtis Hasselbring (trombone) * Peter Hess (saxophone, clarinet) * Ben Holmes (trumpet) * Matt Musselman (trombone) * Oscar Noriega (saxophone, clarinet) * Ted Reichman (accordion) * Chris Speed (clarinet) * Peter Stan (accordion) * Chris Stromquist (snare drum) * Take Toriyama (snare drum) * Kenny Warren (trumpet) * Tim Vaughn (trombone) * Rossen Zahariev (cornet, trumpet)

==Discography== *''In Makedonija'' (Knitting Factory, 2002)<ref name="Bardeen">{{cite web |last1=Bardeen |first1=Sarah |title=In Makedonija |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1145268 |website=NPR.org |accessdate=15 September 2020 |date=19 June 2002}}</ref> * ''Bigger'' (Barbes, 2005) * ''Teknochek Collision'' (Barbes, 2007)<ref name="bayou" /> * ''Taketron'' (Barbes, 2009) * ''New York Underground Tapes'' (Barbes, 2012)<ref name="ChiReader World Music Festival" /> * ''Plays Duke Ellington's Far East Suite'' (Ropeadope, 2016)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.slavicsoulparty.com/ Official website] *[https://ckord.com/bands/96e18fb4-2d43-4485-a025-e45c6331801f Slavic Soul Party! on Ckord]

Category:Brass bands Category:Musical groups from New York City