Klezmer

New Klezmer Trio - Short For Something (2000) {Tzadik TZ 7141}
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© 2000 Tzadik | TZ 7141 | Tzadik Radical Jewish Culture Series
Jazz / Klezmer / Modern Creative / Jewish Music / Clarinet

This long-awaited third CD by the legendary New Klezmer Trio is pure pleasure. Their first two CDs, released in 1990 and 1995 respectively have long been Tzadik favorites, combining elements of jazz and improvisation with the Jewish tradition in ways both thoughtful and surprising. This is a masterful new recording by one of the classic bands in the New Jewish Renaissance. Naftule Brandwein via Jimmy Giuffre.

David Krakauer's Klezmer Madness! - Klezmer, NY (1998) {Tzadik TZ 7127}
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© 1998 Tzadik | TZ 7127 | Tzadik Radical Jewish Culture Series
Jazz / Klezmer / Modern Jazz / Clarinet

David Krakauer is a clarinetist of astonishing virtuosity whose dual commitment to both upholding and exploding tradition has taken Klezmer to places we've never dreamed possible. A former member of the Klezmatics, Krakauer was featured on a recent album by the Kronos Quartet. This second CD for Tzadik pays tribute to one of the greatest clarinet soloists in jazz: pioneer Sidney Bechet. In this extended, multi faceted suite, the Krakauer trio explores the hidden connections between Bechet and Klezmer giant Naftule Brandwein - inspired in part by Bechet's legendary and incredibly rare performance of "My Yiddish Momma." Klezmer, NY is Krakauer's BECHET JESURUN, and is sure to both delight and raise more than a few eyebrows.

David Krakauer - Klezmer Madness! (1995) {Tzadik TZ 7101}
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© 1995 Tzadik | TZ 7101 | Tzadik Radical Jewish Culture Series
Jazz / Klezmer / Modern Jazz / Clarinet

With a profound knowledge of Yiddish musical heritage, the virtuousic Krakauer Trio combines the traditions of klezmer with innovative composition, arrangement and improvisation to create a style with reverence, imagination and a sense of humor. Klezmer Madness features both traditional and original music, including tunes from the repertoire of klezmer clarinet greats Naftule Brandwine and Dave Tarras (check out Tarras' wonderful CD on Yazoo) and even John Zorn's Masada.

Large musical ensemble which performs Klezmer music, the musical heritage of the Eastern European Jews. The group, the only one of its kind in the world, possesses a distinctive size & energy which hearken back to the early 20th century, when large Klezmer orchestras were still all the rage.

Giora Feidman - The Magic of the Klezmer (1990) {pläne ‎88708}
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© 1990 Verlag "pläne" GmbH | ‎88708
World / Klezmer / Jewish Music / Clarinet

This outstanding disc is an excellent introduction to this wonderful genre. Feidman's sensitive playing makes these tunes by turns melancholy and ecstatic. The simple, clear production serves the music well. This is the purest of folk musics; that is, music of the people with a universal appeal.