Frank London

Frank London (born 1958 in New York[1]) is an American klezmer trumpeter who also plays jazz and world music.

He served as conductor and music director for David Byrne and Robert Wilson's The Knee Plays and has collaborated with the Palestinian American violinist Simon Shaheen.

He has worked with Chava Alberstein, Lester Bowie, John Cale, Gal Costa, Ben Folds Five, Avraham Fried, Allen Ginsberg, Anne LeBaron, LL Cool J,[2] Luna, Maurice El Mediouni, Natalie Merchant, David Murray, Itzhak Perlman,[2] Iggy Pop, Jerome Rothenberg,[3] Marc Ribot, Jane Siberry, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, They Might Be Giants, Mel Tormé,[2] Reggie Workman, La Monte Young, Lev Zhurbin, and John Zorn.

Some of his major works include the folk opera A Night in the Old Marketplace (based on Y. L. Peretz's Bay nakht oyfn altn mark); Davenen, a dance for the Pilobolus Dance Theatre and the Klezmatics; Great Small Works' The Memoirs of Gluckel of Hameln, and Min Tanaka's Romance.

He attends various workshops throughout the year, including KlezKanada of Montreal, where he teaches aspiring musicians the art of klezmer music.