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Theatre Raymond Kabbaz, Le Lycee Francais de Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
They say the hand is quicker than the eye — but with Les Yeux Noirs, the hands might be quicker than the ears, at least if those hands belong to Eric and Olivier Slabiak. Both violinists, the real-life brothers front the Paris-based sextet and drive its infectious Gypsy-Klezmer-Yiddish sound with some of the fastest playing you have ever seen. Your ears might need a chance to keep up when this group really gets cooking, moving across a range of moods and styles at breakneck pace, creating an atmosphere that’s nothing short of exhilarating. The perfect remedy for a cold night or a sour mood, Les Yeux Noirs (“The Black Eyes” for non-French majors) excels at, in the words of AllMusic, “the kind of playing that brings a smile to the face.”
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