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Jewish World Review
Sept. 19, 2006
/26 Elul, 5766
HOW TO NAME A KLEZMER BAND: Six New Klezmer CDs
By Paul Wieder
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One of the fun things about klezmer bands is their names — Yiddishe Cup, The Klezmer Mountain Boys, Brave Old World, The Shtetl Blasters... anywhere from The Best Little Klezmer Band in Texas to The Isle of Klezbos. Here are a half-dozen more cleverly named klezmer bands, all with
new releases:
THE KLEZ DISPENSERS: NEW JERSEY FREYLACHS
Music and math are more closely related than most realize, so it is no major surprise that many
of the Princeton-attending Dispensers majored in a science: molecular biology, computer
science, and two in mathematics itself. Similarly, some of them are Russian, Lithuanian, and
Hungarian, while others are from Australia and even New Zealand. But their focus is on the
American midcentury klezmer repertoire, performing works by clarinetist Dave Tarras and his
contemporaries, plus original works influenced by them; American influences as horns, jazz, and
Latin stylings intermingle with more Old World klezmer elements. One piece is named in honor of
the Karnofskys, a Jewish New Orleans family who once helped look after a nice kid named Louis
Armstrong.
YID VICIOUS: THE SEVENTH SCHLEMIEL
The Dispensers merge their Old World sounds with the same sounds their grandfathers would have.
Vicious is more traditional, ironically, in that these talented youths incorporate their own
generation's sounds into the mix, from country to reggae. Although "The Girl from Bukovena" and
"Nice Terk If You Can Get It" mix klezmer with two midcentury standards. There is much more
improvisation here overall, and many decidedly cacophonous passages. The result is less a
straight-on performance than an ongoing experiment, but most of it is danceable. This is
because most of the pieces are, at heart, wedding dances. Brainy and fun... this is music that
thinks on its feet.
THE JEWS BROTHERS: TOO MUCH TALENT
Not from Chicago but New Zealand, The Jews Brothers Band did play the HotHouse a couple of
years back. Like their Windy City namesakes, these kiwi klezmorim make serious music, but not
very seriously. With titles like "Dunkin' Bagels," "The Millennium Swing", and even simply
"Wacky Rhythm," The Jews Brothers are old-fashioned vaudevillian fun. If you skip the cover of
"Alabama Song," this is very a very family-friendly listen, too... with a few educational
nuggets hidden amid the goofiness. Celebrate Purim a few months early as The Jews Brothers turn
11-string guitars, a bass made from a tea-chest, and even toys into instruments of beautiful
silliness and, sometimes, surprising beauty.
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KLINGON KLEZ: BLUE SUEDE JEWS
The word "kling" in Yiddish means "play," so "kling on" sort of means "play on." A "Klingon" of
course, is a space Viking featured in Star Trek. Imagine if the band from the Star Wars cantina
played a Jewish wedding, and you're close to the Klingon Klez sound. To the typical klezmer
instrumentation, they add synths and other electric and electronic instruments on such titles
as "Return of the Alien Bar Mitzvah Tutor," "Mojo Shabbos," and "End of the Universe, Part 2."
Some of these are really songs from, say, the Dave Tarras or Sephardi songbooks in Klingon
clothing. Add warp-speed wackiness and cosmic inclusivity, and you have klezmer music of the
22nd Century... or as we Jews might say, the year 7000.
THE WHOLESALE KLEZMER BAND: SING FOR PEACE, DANCE FOR JOY
Back on Earth, the old-school klezmer is still being made. Wholesale Klezmer plays the more
familiar wedding music that is the bedrock of klezmer performance, and plays it very well. As
one of their songs says, "Play me a song in Yiddish/A happy song with no surprises." This stuff
is what most people think of when they hear the term "klezmer music." The liner notes include
full Yiddish lyrics, transliterations and translations, and explanations of each song's
significance. An excellent choice for those who want a basic introduction to klezmer or Yiddish
language and culture.
SHTREIML: SPICY PAPRIKASH
While the accordion is a typical klezmer instruments, its cousin the harmonica is not. Well,
not at least until klezmer harmonica player Jason Rosenblatt has something to say about it.
Rosenblatt also reintroduces the cimbalom- a large dulcimer once part of the standard klezmer
ensemble- and tosses the occasional electric piano into his "Paprikash." Rosenblatt learned the
songs here from the greats, including the Barry Sisters, Mickey Katz, Moishe Oysher... and the
inescapable Dave Tarras. As befits a harmonica album, however, Rosenblatt also tips his
shtreiml to John Popper on "Galitzianer Tantz." A shtreiml, by the way, is one of those large,
round beaver-fur-fringed hats you may see Chasidim wear.
Whether your ensemble is named Jazmer, The Mazeltones, The Klezmatics, The Flying Bulgar
Klezmer Band — or just The Klezmer Conservatory Band- kling on! After all, it's the only way for a klezmer band to really make a name for itself.
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