Jonathan Freilich's Freedom Double-O Naked Klezmer Jazz Latin Boogaloo: Live Performance & Radio Documentary By David Kunian

Jonathan Freilich has been a composer, guitarist, band leader or co-bandleader for many well known New Orleans groups for the last 18 years. These include The New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars, Naked On The Floor, 007, The Naked Orchestra, and Klezmurder. As a sideman he was the original sounding guitarist in Michael Ray and the Kosmik Krewe, The Kermit Ruffins Jam Session, Mas Mamones, Los Vecinos, Mike Ward and The Reward. He has backed up The Wild Magnolias, Robbie Robertson, Walter Payton, Sam Rivers, Bernie Worrell, Frederick Sheppard, and many other legendary New Orleans jazz and Rhythm and Blues players. Upcoming record releases will include another Naked Orchestra album and a new exciting recording of original compositions with Stanton Moore, Skerik, Todd Sickafoose, and Mike Dillon. As well as delight and drive in improvisation, he continues to move forward in "avant-pop" and klezmer comosition styles as well as perpetual work in more free-style writing and guitar playing.