Jewish Klezmer Music

by Zev Feldman

Overview

Sparsely droning and arcing through 12 songs, Zev Feldman and Andy Statman swirl around each other on Jewish Klezmer Music. Originally recorded and released in 1979 and now available on CD through Shanachie, these songs are steeped in tradition and spark with the passionate fervor that clarinetist Statman is famous for. While today the instrumentation seems unusual, the paired clarinet and European hammer dulcimer (called the cymbalom) were long the chief instruments in klezmer music. Feldman's cymbalom intricately traces the melodies of Jewish dance and wedding celebrations, backed occasionally with bowed bass and mandolin, and usually chased by Statman's whirling clarinet. Ranging from the quietly introspective Old World "Gypsy Hora and Sirba" to the raucous and freewheeling "A Galitsanier Tantsel," the songs resonate with haunting authenticity, as if they are alternately wafting out of an ancient street in a gray Eastern European village or surrounding a colorful Jewish ceremony centuries ago. ~ Zac Johnson

Product Details

Release Date:	05/09/2000
Label:	Shanachie
UPC:	0016351210227
Rank:	114189

Tracks

1. A Galitsianer Tantsel
2. Old Sher
3. Fun Der Khupa
4. Doina
5. Kallarash
6. The Bride's Waltz
7. Ternovka Sher
8. Kaleh Bazetsen (Seating of the Bride)
9. Gypsy Hora and Sirba
10. Fihren Di Makhetonim Aheim
11. Alineinem
12. Wedding March

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Zev Feldman   Primary Artist
Andy Statman   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Richard LePage   Engineer,Engineer
Dave Tarras   Composer
Andy Statman   Performer
Richard Nevins   Technical Assistance
Daniel Michael Collins   Liner Notes,Producer
Traditional   Composer
Zev Feldman   Performer