submitted on Mon, 10/27/2008 - 06:05 in Jazz Group by Mike_Longo Similar media
If only from the title, A Hamster Speaks and the anime/manga cover art, where a very battered and partially mechanically enhanced hamster is saving his world from an evil viper, you know that you are in for a trip--and quite a wonderful trip it is.
Upright bassist and composer Aryeh Kobrinsky formed Brinsk to incarnate his vision (or, if you will, hallucination) of hamsters singing classical operatic arias over metal-rock based rhythms. However, the band is acoustic and is made up of Kobrinsky along with trumpeter Jacob Wick, tenor saxophonist Evan Smith, Adam Dotson on euphonium and drummer Jason Nazary...
Source: allaboutjazz
Author: Budd Kopman
