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A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler
A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler

David Krakauer's Ancestral Groove

March 12, 2020
7/9 Rue des Petites Écuries, 75010 Paris, France

That object in David Krakauer’s hands is, of course, a clarinet; it is also a mage’s wand that makes jazz, hip-hop, funk, electronica, cantorial cries, even stuffy chamber music spring to their feet, join hands, and dance a freylekhs. Here, with a band that includes sampler maven Keepalive, this alumnus of the Conservatoire de Paris returns to his old stomping grounds. —E.E.