JUNE 23, 2011 ISSUE
Izzy and the Kesstronics Play Boone Saloon June 30
Brooklyn-based band Izzy and the Kesstronics will perform at Boone Saloon on Thursday, June 30, at 9:00 p.m. The band has trombone and saxophone horn accompaniment, electric guitar, bass and drums. The show costs $5.On Thursday, June 30, Izzy and the Kesstronics will perform at the Boone Saloon. Doors open at 9:00 p.m., and the show costs $5.
The band consists of Izzy Zaidman on electric guitar, Seth Kessel on bass, Joe M.F. Wilson on saxophone, Mark Ettingoff on drums and Chapman Sowash on trombone.
The Brooklyn-based band describes their sound as a unique brand of avant-garde rockabilly and cited Chuck Berry as their greatest influence. With a horn accompaniment consisting of a trombone and saxophone, their sound invariably gravitates to swing, but their music spans genres. One song off their debut album, Elegant M.F., sounds like surf rock meets Elvis.
All the members have played in previous bands of varying styles. Zaidman played in a speed metal and bluegrass band and also was lead guitarist in honky-tonk legend Wayne Hancock’s band until he got in an altercation with another member of Hancock’s band. He got kicked out of the band, moved to Brooklyn and formed his own music group. His ex-bandmates have played with Fela Kuti, Bad Brains and Slavic Soul Party.
Kessel has been a lead singer and bassist in punk bands and a lead guitarist for rockabilly bands and a hip hop engineer for Busta Rhymes, Keith Murray and Redman.
Wilson, the saxophone player, has been on recordings with different styles of music such as indie rock, world pop from Mali, hip hop and ska.
Ettinghoff has played drums with swing and jazz, and Sowash has played trombone in the ska and reggae scene. Sowash has sat in with bands such as the Slackers, Westbound Train and Footrights.
For more information, click to www.myspace.com/izzyandthekesstronics or call the Boone Saloon at 828-264-1811.
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