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Pitom

Thu., Jan. 6, 8 p.m., free, with Many Arms, Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St., therotunda.org.

Published: Jan 5, 2011

[ jazz/rock ]

What's left to write about a band that refers to itself as "punkassjewjazz"? That mashed-together descriptor seems to cover most of the bases, even if it's left to the snarky "ass" in the middle to encompass the quartet's tongue-in-snarling-cheek incorporation of country (via Jeremy Brown's fiddle) and surf instrumentals (courtesy bandleader Yoshie Fruchter's guitar) along with the genres that made it into the title. No wonder they caught the ear of famed genre iconoclast John Zorn, who signed them up to his Tzadik label under the "Radical Jewish Culture" banner.

Thu., Jan. 6, 8 p.m., free, with Many Arms, Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St., therotunda.org.

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