Event Listing - Music

Wed Jan 14

Les Yeux Noir

Location	Date and Time
Yoshi's San Francisco 1330 Fillmore Street San Francisco, CA 94115 map cross street: Eddy district: Japantown/Fillmore	Wed Jan 14 (8PM & 10PM)

Description

Les Yeux Noirs French for "The Black Eyes" takes their name from the title of a Russian gypsy tune made famous by Django Reinhardt in the '30s. It's the perfect name for a French sextet that plays their own variety and melding of Gypsy and Yiddish music, with a nod to Manouche (or French Gypsy) jazz. Violinists Eric and Olivier Slabiak founded Les Yeux Noirs ten years ago. France, and much of Europe, are following in the footsteps of the recent American Yiddish revival, and this is the origin of Les Yeux Noirs. The two classically trained Jewish brothers stumbled across the music of the Diaspora and could not get enough. They frequented small clubs and met many musicians. These new friendships led to the creation of the band, which combines violins, violoncello, accordion, electric guitar, cimbalom, and electronic samples in innovative, highly complementary ways.