November 14, 2003

David Glukh Klezmer Ensemble

David Glukh Klezmer Ensemble released their first CD, which was recorded live, in New York, in February 2003.

Glukh is a Julliard-trained trumpet player whose group has Ronn Yedidia, (a native Israeli) on accordion, and Dan Auerbach on violin (also Julliard grad). The group plays in the "fusion" style with music of Irish, Gypsy, Classical, Latin, Jazz, Georgian, Arabic, Chinese elements. Glukh also publishes klezmer sheet music for brass quintet. http://www.glukh.com

Posted by jmwc at 01:25 PM

November 11, 2003

Baruch Mimakeheloth Amecha

The Dutch Jewish Community and the Amsterdam Synagogue Choir present two new CD Albums.

The two CD Albums: 1) Amsterdam Synagogue Choir Baruch Mimakeheloth Amecha (Blessed by the Choirs of Thy People) 2) Dutch Jewish Community (Chief Cantor Hans Bloemendal) Tefiloth Shebe'al Peh (Recitatives & Melodies from the Amsterdam Synagogue) an eight CD collection. email: info@nik.nl

Posted by jmwc at 01:29 PM

A la Una: In the Beginning

Sarah Aroeste wrote: "I have a Ladino fusion band--you can check it out atwww.saraharoeste.com I began this project because there are so few young people working in Ladino. I grew up on the traditional music....

Sarah writes: Mmy family is from Salonika, Greece), but I am also influenced by other musicial styles. Not only am I a proud Sephardic Jew, but I am also a young, modern American woman! I wanted to find a musical style that could really incorporate my various identities. So I started a band a few years ago taking traditional sephardic songs from across the Mediterranean and combining them with American rock, blues and jazz. I have a 5-piece band, based in NY, and we've been traveling all over the country the past year sharing our interpretation of this exotic body of music. We just released our debut album, and invite you to check it out and listen to sound clips at www.saraharoeste.com

Posted by jmwc at 01:15 PM

November 01, 2003

Soul Encounter

Arnie Singer, singer-songwriter has put together a website and CD.

Soul Encounter
Arnie is part of the Manhattan Jewish experience. Religous, liturgical. Music in the renewal-popular style, with some more "traditional" Carlebach tunes. Singer is soloists at the Manhattan Jewish Experience on the West Side. 137 W. 86th St. (between Amsterdam and Columbus) in New York City. http://www.soulencounter.com

Posted by jmwc at 01:37 PM

Berakhot-- A Midrash Cantata

Bruce Chalmer is releasing a CD of Berakhot A Midrash Cantata

It was recently performed March 30, 2003, at Beth Jacob Synagogue, Montpelier, Vermont and elsewhere in Vermont. Information about the piece is available through his website. Bruce Chalmer

Posted by jmwc at 01:35 PM

On Second Avenue

Hester Street Troupe's third CD is, consisting of Yiddish Vaudeville and the Lower East Side songs....

Hester Street Troupe Klezmer and other Jewish music consisting of Alan Sweifach, clarinet ; Jay Sweifach, keyboards(synthesizer); and Jim Bazewicz, drums. They have 3 CDs, first two: Generation to Generation and Sounds of the Shtetl. Contact x(908) 276-5245 or email: HSTroupe@aol.com

Posted by jmwc at 12:54 PM

Sweet Return

The Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band just released their new CD, "Sweet Return", at Hugh's Room in Toronto May 10. For the first time ever, each band member has composed at least one tune for the project, which features special guest, the great Grammy-nominated saxophonist, Jane Bunnett.

"Sweet Return" is 13 tracks of some of the most unique music the Bulgars have ever produced, dancing between Eastern Europe, the Middle East, the Lower East Side and Downtown Toronto. The group has garnered rave reviews and international recognition for its joyful performance style, excellent musicianship and complex, far-ranging compositions through numerous European and North American tours and JUNO-nominated CDs. Far from the traditional Klezmer found at weddings and bar mitzvahs, the Bulgars are a dynamic force in Canadian contemporary music, combining a love for tradition with a fearless commitment to experimentation. They are the most prominent Canadian members of the international Klezmer fraternity, as well as being regarded as one of the most adventurous and accomplished Klezmer groups around. Rooted in Toronto, the Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band brings together the remarkable talents of six great musicians. FBKB leader and trumpeter David Buchbinder has been deeply involved with New Jewish music since forming the FBKB over 15 years ago. The other members are:
Daniel Barnes – drums and percussion
Andrew Downing – double bass and bass clarinet
Robert Stevenson – clarinet and bass clarinet
Marilyn Lerner – piano and accordion
and Dave Wall – vocals and alto saxophone.
Joining them on the CD and for the concert is special guest Jane Bunnett, an award-winning musician."

Posted by jmwc at 12:50 PM

Love Your Neighbor

Beth A. Schafer announces Love Your Neighbor, a new CD. She also has a new blog about music. www.bethschafer.com

Posted by jmwc at 12:45 PM

THE HEART'S ABODE

Eduardo Paniagua focuses on poems from the Golden Age of the Sepharad in Al-Andalus, with Sephardic melodies and contrafactum pieces from the Andalusian-Maghrebian music of the Sufi brotherhoods and from the Moroccan and Garnati nawbat.

This CD is released by PNEUMA Records and distributed internationally by the Spanish company Karonte Records. The poems, written by Moshe and Abraham Ibn Ezra, and Shemuel Hanaguid ibn Nagrella, are played with Medieval and North African traditional instruments such as qanun (Arabic zither), Arabic lutes, fidula (ancient viola), citola (Medieval guitar), flutes and percussion (dumbek, darbuqqa, riqq, tar, sistrum), and is sung in Hebrew. For more information, contact: Jorge Rozemblum, at: rozemblum@yahoo.es

Posted by jmwc at 12:38 PM