Jewish Musicians Remembered

Much information from Isaachar Fater's book on Jewish musicians in Poland between the World Wars is now available through the Internet. There is a list of Jewish musicians who worked and lived in Poland between the two world wars. http://www.zchor.org/fater/musicians.htm

Jews and Blues at JCC in Newton, MA

Jews and Blues at JCC
Saturday, January 27, 8:00 pm, and Sunday, January 28, 2:00 pm: "Jews and Blues," Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center, Newton:
You might feel the JCC shake, rattle, 'n' roll when Artistic Director Joshua Jacobson and Zamir, in collaboration with Nathaniel Stringfield and his band, HouseK'wake, team up this weekend. The program includes individual sets by each group and a not-to-be-missed joint set showcasing Jewish and African-American music— swing, jazz, folk, gospel, reggae, and blues. For more information, go to LSJCC (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=mfkt88bab.0.8qf568bab.p54cesbab.2674&ts=S0229&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ovationtix.com%2Ftrs%2Fcal%2F191) or call the JCC Box Office at 617-965-5226.

Cantors Sing Broadway for Benefit

From "West Side Story" to "Wicked," the music of the Broadway theatre will be highlighted at the "Cantors' Cabaret" concert at 7p.m., Thursday, February 15, 2007 at Congregation Rodeph Sholom, 7 W 83rd Street off Central Park West.

Joining Rodeph Sholom's Cantor Rebecca Garfein and Cantorial Intern, Jennifer Strauss-Klein are New York Metro Area Cantors, Claire Franco, Daniel Singer, Howard Stahl and pianist, Jonathan Faiman. The concert, a light-hearted tribute to the Broadway theatre will benefit the School of Sacred Music Scholarship Fund at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion and Project Kehila, Rodeph Sholom's response to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. To date, Project Kehila has contributed tens of thousands of dollars to the hard-hit Gulf community.

General admission tickets to the "Cantors' Cabaret" are $25 in advance/$36 at the door; Senior citizen tickets (age 65 and above) are $18. All ticket prices include the

reception. Benefactor/ priority seating information is available upon request. For more information, please call (212) 362-8800, ext. 1337 or visit www.rodephsholom.org .

The concert will feature music from "Wicked," "Les Miserables," "Annie Get Your Gun," "Showboat," "Funny Girl," "West Side Story," and includes many songs written by Jewish composers..

Cantor Rebecca Garfein is the Senior Cantor of Congregation Rodeph Sholom in New York City and is the first female Cantor to hold this position in the history of the congregation. A graduate of the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University and the Hebrew Union College School of Sacred Music, Cantor Garfein made her Carnegie Hall debut with Mandy Patinkin and has sung in numerous recitals throughout the United States, Israel, and Europe. Cantor Garfein has two solo CD recordings, "Sacred Chants of the Contemporary Synagogue," a live recording from the 1997 Jewish Festival in Berlin and her first studio recording, "Golden Chants in America...Commemorating 350 years of Jewish Music, 1654-2004," the first U.S. recording to feature Jewish music spanning 350 years of life in America.

Cantor Claire Franco came to the cantorate with a diversified background. After graduation from the University of South Florida with a degree in business, music and English Literature, she worked in sales management before enrolling in Hebrew Union College School of Sacred Music. An accomplished pianist, she also worked as a musical director for a local theater company. Cantor Franco has an extensive theater background and has performed at Disney World among other venues.

In July of 2003, Cantor Franco joined the clergy team at The Community Synagogue in Port Washington, New York.

Cantor Daniel Singer majored in Music and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin, and holds masters degrees in vocal performance from the University of Michigan and in sacred music from the Hebrew Union College School of Sacred Music. Before entering the cantorate, he was Voice Department Chair, Opera Workshop Director, and Head Start Coordinator at the Flint School for the Performing Arts. In addition, Cantor Singer was a resident artist with the Toledo Opera as well as the Israel Vocal Arts Institute and the Brevard Music Center. He made his solo debut in On Second Avenue with the Folksbiene Yiddish Theater. Cantor Singer currently serves as the senior cantor at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York City.

Cantor Howard M. Stahl was called to Congregation B'nai Jeshurun in Short Hills, New Jersey in July of 1999. He is a graduate of the Hebrew Union College School of Sacred Music, and earned a Masters degree in Social Work from the State University of New York at Albany. Cantor Stahl has appeared on major stages throughout the world including the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, the Sarasota Opera House, and Carnegie Hall where he made his operatic debut in Massenet's Herodiade with the Opera Orchestra of New York with Renée Fleming and Grace Bumbry, under the direction of Eve Queler. Cantor Stahl can be heard on the from the Milken Archive of Jewish Music series - Leonard Bernstein: a Jewish Legacy; and The Music of Gershon Kingsley.

Originally from La Crosse, Wisconsin, Jennifer Strauss-Klein, soprano, is a third-year cantorial student at Hebrew Union College School of Sacred Music. She received her Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from the University ofWisconsin-Madison in 1999, and her Master of Music in Vocal Performance from the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, MD in 2001. Jennifer continued to study at Peabody in the Graduate Performance Diploma program.

A multiple ASCAP award winner, Jonathan Faiman was described in The New York Times as "a pianist with the kind of technique that affords remarkable clarity even in the speediest lines." Critically acclaimed, his solo CD, Hie Up The Mountain, has been called "a major contribution to the available body of music by the generation now making its mark in American music". He has performed with The Ambrosia Trio and other musicians throughout North America and in Israel. In New York City, Mr. Faiman has performed extensively in most major halls, including Avery Fisher, Florence Gould, Merkin, Miller Theatre, Symphony Space, and Weill (Carnegie Recital Hall). Mr. Faiman is on the faculty of Bloomingdale School of Music and the Preparatory Division of Manhattan School of Music, from where he holds a Doctorate.

Alicia Svigals' Party Band at Celebrate Showcase

Free! Come dance the hora with dance leader Steve Weintraub and Alicia's klezmer party band!
Sunday, January 28, 12 to 5 p.m.

Big hora at 2 p.m! Come dance with us, and check out the band for your wedding or bat/bar mitzvah. Before and after the big hora, we'll be playing for and teaching klezmer and Israeli folkdancing in a more intimate setting. Its free, and its part of the Celebrate! Party Showcase featuring hundreds of party vendors.

Celebrate! Party Showcase
Teaneck Marriott at Glenpointe
100 Frank W Burr Boulevard
Teaneck, New Jersey 07666 USA
Phone: 1-201-836-0600
For showcase information and directions:
http://klezmerbyaliciasvigalsllc.c.topica.com/maafB44abv8DhbIFEx6eafpQav/ or call Flora at 1-203-322-2840

Read about Alicia Svigals at www.aliciasvigals.com
http://klezmerbyaliciasvigalsllc.c.topica.com/maafB44abv8DjbIFEx6eafpQav/


Visit the JCC website for more info: www.jccmanhattan.org

Whirling Dervish with Yuval Ron Ensemble

"deeply moving pan-Middle Eastern music"-- The Yuval Ron Ensemble unites the sacred musical traditions of Judaism, Sufism (Islamic mystical tradition) and the Christian Armenian Church into an unusual musical celebration. Bringing together artists from Arabic, Jewish and Christian ancestry the Yuval Ron Ensemble is dedicated to fostering an understanding of Middle Eastern cultures and religions.

What: An evening of Suft Music and Whirling and Sufi poetry of Rumi, Yunus and Hafiz

Who: Whirling Dervish of the Melevi Order- Aziz, with The Yuval Ron Ensemble, featuring Najwa Gibran, vocal soloist

Where: Church in Ocean Park, 235 Hill Street, Santa Monica, CA 90405. Free street parking on 4th street and streets east of 4th street or pay parking lots on Main Street or 1/4 block east of Main Street

When: Sunday, February 18, 2007 at 7:00pm

Money: Advanced tickets: $15, at the door: $20. For Advance Ticket information please call 818-505-1355 or email to info@yuvalronmusic.com

or Calendar page at www.yuvalronmusic.com

Aziz is a authentic Sufi Dervish, and a member of the Mevlana Sufi Order both in Turkey and the US. He was born in the Us for parents who were Sufis and he followed the Sufi path since his childhood. He has studied with the leaders of the Mevlavi order in Kunia and Istanbul in Turkey and with the head of the US Sufi Mevlana order in Northern California. He is a master whirler who performed with The Yuval Ron Ensemble in the World Festival of Sacred Music in LA in 2002 and in many other concerts in the US, most recently in the concert Sacred Soul in LA For Aziz, Sufi Whirling and Whirling as a way of life, are a way of worship and a way of Prayer.

In 2002 and 2005, the ensemble was featured at the World Festival of Sacred Music in Los Angeles and was honored to be the first American-based Middle Eastern Ensemble to perform at an International Peace Festival ’05 in South Korea. In addition, the Ensemble was chosen by the Mid-Atlantic Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts to represent the United States and its cultural diversity at the International Folk Music Festival in Lublin, Poland in 2005. In 2006 the Ensemble was the first to introduce the music of the Middle East to Chihuahua, Mexico at the International Chihuahua Festival.

Composer and Oud master Yuval Ron works across different media and styles, actively seeking new forms of interchange and collaboration between musicians and other artists. His compositions have served as soundtracks for television programs and films such as Oliver Twist (UPN Network) and To Life (a CBS special), to dance works with the innovative dancer/choreographer Oguri (with music from these collaborations recorded on two CDs, In Between the Heartbeat and In The Shadows), to concert works for chorus, orchestra, and cello. He has also served as an impresario, helping to organize concerts at the UCLA Hammer Museum highlighting the diversity of musical styles to be found in the Los Angeles area.

But for many, Yuval is known for his deeply moving pan-Middle Eastern music. This group at once unites the music and peoples of the Middle East, incorporating elements of Armenian, Levantine, Arabic, Bedouin, Sephardic, and other stylings to create a fusion that is at once deeply traditional and still boldly innovative. His recordings include One and One Truth (with renowned Turkish Sufi musician Omar Faruk Tekbilek), Under the Olive Tree: Sacred Music of the Middle East, featuring the spectacular young Arabic singer, Najwa Gibran and most recently Tree of Life also featuring Najwa Gibran.

For more information, please contact 818-505-1355 or info@yuvalronmusic.com. Yuval Ron can be reached directly at 818-505-1355 or yuval@yuvalronmusic.com.

www.yuvalronmusic.com

Frank London's "A Night In The Old Marketplace"

CD Release Celebration for Frank London's "A Night In The Old Marketplace"

Featuring
Ron Caswell, tuba. bass
Brandon Seabrook guitar, banjo, mandolin
Art Bailey keyboards, accordion
Aaron Alexander, drums

And vocalists... La Tanya Hall, Manu Narayan (star of Broadway's Bombay Dreams), Craig Wedren (from Shudder to Think), The Klezmatic's Lorin Sklamberg and many others featured on the recording.
CD Release Celebration:
Monday, March 26th
8pm
Barrow Street Theatre
27 Barrow St.
NY 10014
(corner of 7th Ave. South)
http://www.barrowstreettheatre.com
Admission: $20
Telecharge Website <http://www.telecharge.com/> or by phone inside the NY metro area at (212) 239-6200 and outside the NY metro area at 1 (800) 432-7250.


A Night In The Old Marketplace In Stores --April 3, 2007
http://www.soundbrush.com

Soundbrush Records presents A NIGHT IN THE OLD MARKETPLACE by Jewish music giant Frank London with lyrics by acclaimed playwright Glen Berger. Inspired by the legendary 1907 Yiddish play by I.L.Peretz, this extraordinary score mixes Jewish, jazz, classical, rock and world beats with a dose of Kurt Weill and Tom Waits. This collection of 21songs is performed by an array of stars including Manu Narayan (lead of Broadway's Bombay Dreams), the Klezmatics' Lorin Sklamberg, pop legends They Might be Giants, Celtic singer Susan McKeown, and Craig Wedren, leader of the cult rock group Shudder to Think.

The Night in the Old Marketplace band features the hottest, most versatile and exciting players on the new Jewish music scene: Aaron Alexander (drums), Ron Caswell (tuba), Art Bailey (accordion/piano) and Brandon Seabrook (guitar). London helped transform Jewish music through his work with The Klezmatics, the Hasidic New Wave, and his Klezmer Brass Allstars. Now he takes klezmer and Yiddish theater music solidly into the 21st century with this boldly original project.

Illustrated CD booklet includes lyrics.

In addition to the aftermentioned bands he has founded, London has composed the musical Green Violin (winner, Barrymore Award 2003), the Jewish folk-opera A Night in the Old Marketplace (winner, Frederick Loewe award), the song-cycle An Alphabet in the Sky, Tony Kushner's A Dybbuk, John Sayles' The Brother from Another Planet, Pilobolus Dance Theater's Davenen, Pearl Gluck's Divan (Winner, Best Soundtrack, Monaco Film Festival),and Great Small Works' Memoirs of Glikl of Hameln.

The Klezmatics releaseded their settings of Woody Guthrie poems on two CDS, the Grammy - nominated "Wonder Wheel" and "Happy Joyous Hanukah" to ecstatic press and sold out theaters this winter. His latest recordings include Frank London's Klezmer Brass Allstars' "Carnival Conspiracy" which won a German Critics' Award and was listed in Rolling Stone's Top CDs of 2007, his soundtrack to Pearl Gluck's film "Divan", his solo recordings of cantorial music, "Hazonos", Hasidic New Wave's Belly of Abraham, and solo CDs Invocations and Scientist at Work. Featured on over 200 recordings, he has performed and recorded with Allen Toussaint, John Zorn, LL Cool J, Mel Tormé, Itzhak Perlman, Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy, LaMonte Young, They Might Be Giants, David Byrne, Gal Costa, Mark Ribot and Jane Siberry and on HBO's Sex and the City.

Mr. London's film scores include music for The Shvitz, John Sayles' the Brother from Another Planet and Hombres Armados, Yvonne Rainer's MURDER and murder, A Brother's Kiss, The Debt, and many others. In addition to Pilobolus Dance Theater, he has composed dance scores for Yoshiko Chuma, Min Tanaka, Tamar Rogoff, Elisa Monte and more. Musicologist Joel Ruben called him the person most responsible for pushing the Klezmer revival in the world beat and fusion with rock and jazz, and Harvey Pekar said "London is a passionate intelligent soloist, one of the best jazz trumpeters to emerge since 1980"

ABOUT THE MUSICIANS:
The Night in the Old Marketplace band features the hottest, most versatile and exciting players on the new Jewish music scene. Drummer Aaron Alexander released his thrash punk Jewish Jazz recording Midrash Mish Mosh on Tzadik records, and is London's bandmate in the Hasidic New Wave and the Klezmer Brass Allstars. Ron Caswell is tuba player for everyone in New York City, playing at Lincoln Center and in Balkan (Romashka), rock (The Knobs), klezmer (Kleztrophbix) and other groups. Art Bailey and Brandon Seabrook are both alumni of the Klezmer Conservatory Band (as is London). Bailey leads his Orkestra Popilar and is a salsa and jazz virtuoso. Seabrook is the hottest guitarist on the scene, toured and recorded with Paul Brody's Sadawi and the Klezmer Conservatory Band, influenced by John Bonham, Morton Feldman, Bjork and The Minutemen.

SHULAMIT RHYTHMS in Brooklyn

"SHULAMIT RHYTHMS" -- FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE USA
February 4th, 6th and 8th 2007!
Israel Edelson (piano): winner of the BBC Lupert International Young Conductors' competition Devora Tyroler (accordion): Conductress of the "AccordiRon Orchestra" in Jerusalem Batsheva Segal (violin): 4 time winner of the Keren Varon music competition
Description:
"Shulamit Rhythms" hails from Jerusalem, Israel. With a soul stirring repertoire of traditional Jewish songs, klezmer and hassidic inspired tunes, as well as classical pieces, the group aims to transport its listeners to a higher emotional plane.
Performance info:
Sunday, February 4th at 6pm @ the Manhattan Beach Jewish Center, 60 West End Ave, Brooklyn 718-891-8700
Benefit concert to raise funds for the Ron Shulamit Music Conservatory in Israel:
Tuesday, February 6th at 7:45pm @ 489 Marlborough Rd Brooklyn 718 469-5990

One of the performing groups is "Shulamit Rythms". Proceeds from this performance will go to the school, its orchestra, and its programs.

Thursday, February 8th at 8pm @ the Jewish Music Café, 401 9th St, Brooklyn www.jewishmusiccafe.com Celebrationg its 100th anniversary next year, the Ron Shulamit Conservatory was established by Shulamit Ruppin and noted violinist Yariv Ezrachi. Alumni include Itzhak Perelman, Daniel Binyamini, Pnina Zalzman, and Shlomo Mintz. It continues to offer music and dance training of a very high caliber, as well as music therapy for children with special needs. Visit us at www.ronshulamit.org.il

One of the performing groups is "Shulamit Rythms". Proceeds from this performance will go to the school, its orchestra, and its programs.

Thursday, February 8th at 8pm @ the Jewish Music Café, 401 9th St, Brooklyn www.jewishmusiccafe.com

Denise Williams CD Release 'Walk Together Children'

Soprano Denise Williams is launching her imaginative Black-and-Jewish CD, Walk Together Children,
Sunday, February 11, 2007
3 p.m.
in the Al Green Theatre,
Miles Nadal JCC
750 Spadina Ave. (at Bloor)

Admission is $20. For tickets and information, call 416-924-6211, ext.0,
or visit www.denisewilliamssoprano.com.
Copies of the CD will be available for sale, with Denise available to sign them following the concert.
Denise will perform a wide range of music. The program ranges from folk songs in English, Creole, African languages, Yiddish, Hebrew and Ladino to spirituals and classical. Joining her are some of the artists featured on the recording - Brahm Goldhamer, piano; Nina Shapilsky, keyboards; Sam Donkoh, percussion; and Tonian Morgan, guitar. The Antiguan-Canadian choir Voices of Paradise, led by Eulalie Walling-Sampson, will also appear, along with members of the Toronto Jewish Folk Choir.

New Jewish Music Label

Talk about E-c-l-e-c-t-i-c.....The Jewish Music Group is a Record Label and Music Distributor specializing in Jewish Music and Entertainment with everything from Connie Francis (remember her?) to Meshugga Beach Party (you know, that obvious blend of American instrumental surf guitar and Jewish music) on their front page this month. (Yes Virginleke, there is the possibility to blend anything with Jewish music!)

The label is owned and run by industry veterans Richard Foos (formerly Rhino, currently Shout Factory Entertainment) and David McLees (formerly Rhino Entertainment and Warner Music Group). JMG is distributed in the U.S. by RED Distribution exclusively in the the non-Judaica market. Label President, David McLees explains, "We want our releases to cover a wide spectrum of music, the Jewish retail world, as well as cross over into the broadest possible market including traditional, specialty and mainstream." Tel: 818-508-2500. Web: www.jewishmusicgroup.com. (Klezmatics, Debbie Friedman, and more).

"The Eternal Question” / “DI ALTE KASHE” released

"The Eternal Question” / “DI ALTE KASHE” FRAIDY KATZ sings Yiddish
Produced by Wolf Krakowski and Jim Armenti
http://www.kamea.com/F_MAIN.html
The CD includes a 24-page booklet with song lyrics in Yiddish, transliteration, and English translation. The booklet also includes songwriter bios and more.

Alicia Svigals' Party Band at Celebrate Showcase

Free! Come dance the hora with dance leader Steve Weintraub and Alicia's klezmer party band!
Sunday, January 28, 12 to 5 p.m.

Big hora at 2 p.m! Come dance with us, and check out the band for your wedding or bat/bar mitzvah. Before and after the big hora, we'll be playing for and teaching klezmer and Israeli folkdancing in a more intimate setting. Its free, and its part of the Celebrate! Party Showcase featuring hundreds of party vendors.

Celebrate! Party Showcase
Teaneck Marriott at Glenpointe
100 Frank W Burr Boulevard
Teaneck, New Jersey 07666 USA
Phone: 1-201-836-0600
For showcase information and directions:
http://klezmerbyaliciasvigalsllc.c.topica.com/maafz5Jabv0eMbIFEx6eafpQav/ or call Flora at 1-203-322-2840 Read about Alicia at www.aliciasvigals.com http://klezmerbyaliciasvigalsllc.c.topica.com/maafz5Jabv0cHbIFEx6eafpQav/ Visit the JCC website for more info: www.jccmanhattan.org http://klezmerbyaliciasvigalsllc.c.topica.com/maafz5Jabv0cGbIFEx6eafpQav/

Midnight Prayer Answered

The new CD, "Midnight Prayer" by the Joel Rubin Ensemble has been released. Clarinetist Joel Rubin has long been considered to be one of the leading performers of Jewish instrumental klezmer music in the world today, earning accolades from sources as diverse as klezmer giants Dave Tarras and Max Epstein, international clarinet soloist Richard Stoltzman, avant garde composer John Zorn, and Nobel Prize Laureate and poet Roald Hoffmann. The ensemble also features Hungarian cimbalom virtuoso Kálmán Balogh, Italian accordion wizard Claudio Jacomucci and rising klezmer star violinist David Chernyavsky, as well as Ferenc Kovács (trumpet), Csaba Novák (bass), Sándor Budai (second violin) and Pete Rushefsky (tsimbl).

To order:
http://www.traditionalcrossroads.com/

For more information:
http://www.rubin-ottens.com Midnight Prayer brings together two diverse, yet partially overlapping repertoires: the instrumental music of the klezmorim - the professional Jewish instrumentalists who graced every traditional Jewish wedding in Eastern Europe from at least the 16th century onwards - and the mystical nigunim (religious melodies of spiritual elevation) of the hasidic movement. Recorded in four magical days at the Operetta House in Budapest, Hungary, Midnight Prayer creates its own sonic universe, full of depth, virtuosity, playfulness and introspection. The kaleidoscopic soundscape filters the many historical layers of traditional Jewish music through the lenses of the multifarious musical backgrounds of the band's members, ranging from classical to Gypsy to free jazz to contemporary art music. Here the interaction of a great improvising jazz ensemble melds with the delicacy of a chamber music group and the drive of a hot wedding band at the cusp of klezmer, Roma and other Eastern European traditions.

The ensemble will also be in residency at the University of Virginia Sunday, Feb 4th - Tuesday, Feb 6th, 2007.

Joel Rubin is Professor of Assistant Professor, Director of Music Performance at the McIntire Department of Music, University of Virginia. Education: Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology from City University of London, BFA in Clarinet Performance from State University of New York, College at Purchase.

Research Interests: Ornamentation, improvisation and modality; music and trauma; music and professionalism; music and immigration; music and diaspora; music and identity; music and religion; folk music revivals; musical hybridity; Jewish musical traditions (klezmer, hasidic, American Jewish popular music, Middle East and beyond); art and urban popular traditions of the Balkans, Turkey and the Middle East.

Shtreiml on the Move this Winter '07

Shtreiml in Ardmore, PA w/Susan Watts
Thursday February 1, 2007 7PM
Milkboy Coffee
2 E. Lancaster Ave.
Armore, PA
http://www.milkboycoffee.com/

Shtreiml in Ottawa, ON w/Ismail Fencioglu, Susan Watts, Michael Winograd
Saturday March 10, 2007 8PM
Soloway JCC
21 Nodolny Sachs Pr.
Ottawa, ON
http://www.jccottawa.com

http://www.shtreiml.com

Eleanor Cory Piece to be performed at Mannes

Tuesday, January 30, 2007, 8:00 PM
MANNES FACULTY COMPOSERS CONCERT
Mannes College the New School for Music
150 W. 85th St.(between Amsterdam and Columbus)
New York, NY
212-580-0210
Admission: FREE
Eleanor Cory: Play Within a Play for Solo Piano (1996)
Julia Dusman, piano
Also pieces by Thomas Addison,
Keith Fitch
David Loeb, and
David Tcimpidis

Klezmatics

Fresh on the heels of their first Grammy nomination for their innovative collaboration with the Woody Guthrie archives, The Klezmatics will perform two shows at Manhattan S.O.B. on January 21st.

The Klezmatics with special guests Susan McKeown and Boo Reiners Double bill with Hugh Masekela Showcasing songs from Wonder Wheel, Woody Guthrie Happy Joyous Hanukkah, and the Klezmatics 20-year career.

Sunday, January 21st
1st show- Doors: 6:30pm Hugh Masekela: 7:15pm - The Klezmatics: 8:15pm
2nd show- Doors: 9:30pm The Klezmatics: 10pm - Hugh Masekela: 11pm
Where: S.O.B. 200 Varick Street, NYC
Info and tickets: www.klezmatics.com

The band's partnership with the Woody Guthrie Archives has yielded two acclaimed albums, 'Wonder Wheel - Lyrics by Woody Guthrie' and 'Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah,' both released by the Jewish Music Group, and spawned a remarkable run of praise, with raves in print ranging from 4 star reviews in Blender to an "A" in the Village Voice, as well as segments on NPR's All Things Considered and Fresh Air

The Klezmatics - hailed for an adventurous sound that melds world music, = American traditions, and the rich tapestry of Yiddish culture - have = received a nomination in the Best Contemporary World Music category for = 'Wonder Wheel.' Awards ceremony February 11.

Free Synagogue of Flushing features Joel Chernet Quartet

The Free Synagogue of Flushing invites you to share an afternoon of music with:
**The Joel Chernet Klezmer Quartet**
-featuring-
**Pete Sokolow**
Sunday January 21, 2007 at 2:00 p.m.
The Free Synagogue of Flushing
41-60 Kissena Boulevard
Flushing (Queens), New York 11355
Tickets: $20 in advance, $25 at the door
Children 12 and under: $10
Discounts available for groups of 10 or more
Call 718-961-0030 for more information and ticket purchase
Free onsite parking
3 blocks away from the #7 Flushing Line subway
Handicapped accessible
www.freesynagogue.org

Next Generation in Philly

Klezmer: The Next Generation
at Society Hill Synogogue
Saturday, January 27th 8:00 p.m.
$10, by phone (215) 922-6590 or at the door

Society Hill Synagogue's own Dan Blacksberg brings his trombone and friends Michael Winograd, clarinet, and Carmen Staaf, accordion, for an evening of klezmer music at Society Hill Synagogue, 418 Spruce St, Philadelphia, Saturday January 27th at 8:00 PM. Second to none among the new generation of klezmer players, Dan, Michael and Carmen offer traditional and original music drawn from the heritage of Eastern European Jewry. A magical combination of years of experience (already) on the world's klezmer stage, the sanctuary's excellent acoustics and superb musicianship will bring us to our feet, joined in spirit by those who once called the Synagogue's building "Die Groyse Rumeyneshe Shul. (The Great Rumanian Shul)"

Michael Winograd leads the New York-based Klezmer band, Khevre, is music director of Folksbiene Theater's popular children's production, Kids & Yiddish, teaches at KlezKamp and KlezKanada and has appeared in concert with the Klezmatics and Klezmer Conservatory Band and many of the best of today's klezmer musicians..

Carmen Staaf, in addition being a member of Khevre, has appeared with Susan Watts and the Klezmer Conservatory Band. As well as being a wonderful klezmer player, she is a virtuoso jazz pianist performing all over the world and serving on the faculty of the Berklee College of Music.

Dan Blacksberg, has inhabited Society Hill Synagogue since birth, and is now one of the world's leading klezmer trombonists. Featured among an all-star klezmer band at the 2006 Jewish Music Festival in Cracow, Poland, Daniel has been seen on stage with members of the Klezmatics, Brave Old World and the Klezmer Conservatory Band. He has performed with Aaron Alexander's Midrash Mishmosh in New York and at the Ashkenaz Jewish Music Festival in Toronto.

Marty Ehrlich Trio in Tel Aviv

The Marty Ehrlich Trio will play at the Performing Arts Center in Tel Aviv on January 19 at 10 p.m. Ehrlich, an American wind player is known for his eclectic jazz style. Israeli saxophonist Albert Beger will also appear as a guest of the Trio. Ehrlich's music is influenced not only by jazz, but by traditional Jewish music he heard as a kid in the US as well as American folk, pop, rock.

Solomon Sisters in London

The SOLOMON SISTERS are set to warm up the crowd for Steven Berkoff's new play 'Sit and Shiva' starring Berkoff himself. Mon 29th Jan at 6.30pm
HACKNEY EMPIRE - Marie Lloyd Bar
291 Mare Street E8 1EJ
London, UK
020 8510 4500
(Free entry to the bar)
www.myspace.com/solomonsisters
http://www.hackneyempire.co.uk/show_details.php?show=37

Veretski Pass in Connecticut

Branford Folk Music Society
Veretski Pass Jan. 20, 2007
8pm

Playing in an unbound, energetic "village style", the trio Veretski Pass presents a concert of historical klezmer music of Eastern Europe; pre WWII melodies from Ukraine, Carpathian-Ruthenia, Bessarabia and Rumania played on violin, accordion tsimbl, basy and baraban. With unique arrangements and compositions, this group of veterans carries on the ancient tradition of klezmer musicians, playing music of all kinds, but with a recognizably Jewish sound.
Branford Folk Coffeehouse
First Congregational Church of Branford
1009 Main Street, Branford, CT
Admission: $15 nonmembers, $13 members, $3 children

NPR and Nextbook stories on new CD "Jewface"

Some of the most offensive music ever recorded, put together by Jody Rosen...a look at the early vaudeville and minstrel music about Jews in America a hundred years ago... http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6710022

NPR's radio program hosted by Terry Gross, "Fresh Air" had a story on January 2, 2007 on the new CD "Jewface", which journalist Jody Rosen put together. "It's the first anthology of Jewish minstrel songs. Tracks include "Cohen Owes Me 97 Dollars," "I'm a Yiddish Cowboy" and other long-lost hits from the vaudeville stage of the early 20th century. Rosen is the music critic for Slate.com and also writes for The Nation." Rosen is the author of the book White Christmas: The Story of an American Song which was reviewed on JMWC http://www.jmwc.org/whitechristmas.html Rosen also has an interview on Nextbook.http://www.nextbook.org/audio/podcast_feature455.mp3

Two New Discographies of Jewish Music

Julian Futter wrote: Dr Rainer Lotz, who was behind the 11 CD set "Vorbei" - Beyond recall, the survey of Jewish recordings in the Nazi era, has just released a discography of Jewish recordings in German speaking countries. "Discographie der Judaica-Aufnahmen". This book covers 78rpm recordings made from 1901 up to 1960. It is complimentary to Spottswood since Spottwood only covers recordings made in the USA. It is nearly 600 pages long and covers more than 400 performers. Covering all aspects of Jewish life, culture, religion and anti-semitism it therefore also includes entries for Thomas Mann, Ze'ev Jabotinsky and many of the leaders and functionaries of the 3rd Reich. Among other performers there are full details for S Kwartin, J. Rosenblatt, Julius Guttmann and many others. Although entirely in German, the material is so well laid out that a knowledge of German is not necessary to be able to make full use of it. It costs 60 Euros and can be obtained directly from him at Birgit Lotz Verlag, Jean Paul Str 6, 53173 Bonn, Germany email: disc@lotz-verlag.de

Tomasz Lerski in Warsaw has produced an extraordinary discography and history of the Jewish owned Syrena record label. Among the hundreds of artists who recorded for this label, before and after the First World War, were Belf's orchestra, Aaron Lebedeff, Sirota, David Oistrakh, Moses Kussevitsky, Wladyslaw Szpilman (the subject of Polanski's "The Pianist") and pretty much anyone who recorded in Poland. It is copiously illustrated and includes a biographical dictionary containing nearly 900 entries. However unless you can read Polish much of the information will be hard to decipher. This book has been an incredible labour of love and is an absolutely invaluable tool for any serious student of Jewish recordings and culture in Poland. It cost about 75 Euros It can be obtained direct from Mr Lerski at Blekitna 83, 04-663 Warsaw Poland or Rokosowska 7/5,02-348 Warsaw Poland. His email is tomasz.lerski@post.pl

A Tickle in the Heart at MFA

A Tickle in the Heart
Thursday, January 11, 6:30 pm
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Part of the Series, "Swiss Films with Rhythm"
Tickets: $9 general admission; $8 for memberes of The Boston Jewish Film
Festival, the MFA, students, and seniors
On Sale at MFA Box Office Only (Please call the Box Office at 617 369 3306 for advance ticket orders.)

A Tickle in the Heart
Director: Stefan Schwietert
Country: Germany, Switzerland, released 1996
Duration: 90 min., Video
Language: English, Yiddish
w/subtitles Film image
The Epstein Brothers were the kings of klezmer, the traditional music of Eastern European Jewry, for more than 60 years. Beginning in the 1930s, they played their joyous, sentimental blend of tangos, horas, Russian folk dances and Gypsy drinking songs throughout New York. Today, as klezmer music enjoys an upswing in popularity from Manhattan to Berlin, they live and continue to play their memory-laden melodies in America's retirement paradise, Florida. The music is the star of Stefan Schwietert's documentary about The Epstein Brothers' 1995 European tour.

Klezmer Workshop with Jeff Warschauer in NY

Free Open House this coming Tuesday, January 9, from 7-9 PM
Followed by a 6-week session - Tuesdays - January 16, 23, 30 and February 6, 13 and 20
Hands-On Workshop
- Study with an internationally recognized master instructor
- Learn tunes from the diverse klezmer tradition
- Work in ensembles with other instrumentalists
- Develop tools for improvisation
- Guest instructors from the cutting edge of the contemporary klezmer scene
- Open to players of any instrument who play and read music at least an intermediate level.

The open house and all sessions will take place at the Workmen's Circle, 45 East 33rd Street (between Park and Madison), Manhattan.
$150 for all 6 sessions
Members: $25 per session
Non-members $30 per session
For more information contact:
Lisa Stein
New York Regional Director
Workmen's Circle
45 E. 33rd Street
New York, NY 10016
212-889-6800 x271
212-532-7518 - fax
lwstein@circle.org
www.circle.org

Flashes In The Darkness CD Released

In honor of her newly released CD, Flashes In The Darkness, Talia Applebaum will be performing in Har Nof in the home of Karen Pichel.
Address: 2/12 Chai Taibe, Entrance Bet
Jerusalem
Date: Motzei Shabbat, January 13th
Time: 8:00 PM
Entrance fee: 20 NIS
Cost of CD: 50 NIS
Talia's music encompasses a variety of genres including:
Melodic piano ballads, folk, jazz, blues, rag time, mild rock and ethnic-funk. All carrying messages based on Torah themes or verses. All resulting from a personal spiritual journey that can be shared by all. Please join us for this "Inspiring Musical Odyssey"
Quote from Tambourine, Jewish Woman's Arts Newsletter, "Talia's unique sound reveals deep spiritual dimensions within her voice. Potent and playful, Talia's voice emerges from the depths of the soul with a rawness and honesty that is simply refreshing" http://cdbaby.com/cd/talia

THE JEWISH MUSIC CAFE

This Saturday night January 6th at 8:30pm
$15
OMEK HADAVAR
PROPHETS'N'BLUES
TISCH
SPECIAL GUEST NAFTALI ABRAMSON

THE JEWISH MUSIC CAFE
401 9th street (between 6th & 7th Ave.)
Park Slope Brooklyn
http://www.jewishmusiccafe.com

Center for Jewish History opens NEW joint catalog in 2007

The Center for Jewish History officially declared opening of a new joint catalog (for all 5 partners) through the Center's official website www.cjh.org This new catalog currently has records for the holdings of the library and archival collections of the Partners, which include YIVO, Yeshiva University Museum, Leo Baeck Institute, American Sephardi Federation, and the American Jewish Historical Society. Here is a link to the new catalog: http://aleph.cjh.org:81/F