Tag: klezmer
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Naftule Brandwein and Joseph Roth: sketches of a lost Europe
This is the music of borders. Or the crossing of borders. The great klezmer clarinettist, Naftule Brandwein crossed the maritime border of the USA in April 1909 to join his brother Israel who was already living in New York. But his musical journey had begun much earlier – from birth in fact, as he was…
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The Klezmer Melting Pot
Only three players in this orchestra: Shloimke Beckerman on clarinet, Harry Raderman on trombone, and A. Nonymous on piano, but together they summon up the rowdy spontaneity of a full klezmer band. Not so unlike the rowdy spontaneity of a dixieland jazz band. In fact, Raderman makes use of the newly invented wah-wah mute here,…
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