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By: Crooked Timber » » Klezmer on Christmas Eve

Crooked Timber » » Klezmer on Christmas Eve — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 22:36:53 +0000

[...] More than once I have posted about klezmer concerts after they have happened. This time I am giving you enough time to plan accordingly. [...]

By: Crooked Timber » » Third Coast Festival

Crooked Timber » » Third Coast Festival — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 23:37:05 +0000

[...] I saw a great concert last night as part of the Third Coast International Audio Festival’s events. The special guest for the evening was One Ring Zero playing music different from most of what’s usually on my playlist. As one of the members described it at some point: weird circus klezmer music. As silly or weird as that may sound, I think it was a reasonable description of at least some of their music. (If you don’t know what klezmer music is, you can check out the bit of discussion we had about the topic here on CT a while back or see what Wikipedia has to say about it.) [...]

By: Miss Authoritiva

Miss Authoritiva — Wed, 25 Feb 2004 03:51:00 +0000

Does anybody know? I once caught a wonderful program block of klezmer music on an Italian radio station (this was online radio). I’ve never been able to find it again. Does anyone have any idea what station I might have been listening to? Thanks.

By: eszter

eszter — Tue, 24 Feb 2004 19:43:53 +0000

John T – that’s funny. I wouldn’t have recognized you either, I’m afraid. I was running around quite a bit saying hi to the band members and catching up with folks in the audience. John Q – I’m not an expert, not sure where to start.. that CD is as good a place as any, I think.:) If you were to look at its history seriously, it’s probably quite complicated with lots of influences. I don’t know enough about music to give you a description. If you watch Sex and the City:), they had a Jewish wedding where a famous Klezmer band played. (One of the Klez Dispensers stood in for the trumpet player, that was neat.:) Much of it is very upbeat and it’s almost impossible to stay in your seat.;)

By: john theibault

john theibault — Tue, 24 Feb 2004 19:29:10 +0000

Coincidentally, I was at the same concert. Not that I would have recognized Ester if I had seen her. It was lots of fun. I think the usual descriptive is “East European Jazz.” Trumpets and clarinets (and fiddle) carry the melody with a jazz trio backup. As I recall, “modern” klezmer became popular in the 1980s with the Klezmorim and Klezmer Conservatory Band.

By: John Isbell

John Isbell — Tue, 24 Feb 2004 15:00:59 +0000

Polka seems unfair. Swirling fiddle lines: I think there’s some in Fiddler on the Roof. You get polka in Good Morning Vietnam, I hate that. This I like. Oddly, I went to my first klezmer concert this Saturday. Lots of dancing, including someone trying cossack dancing which seemed a bit unexpected.

By: dsquared

dsquared — Tue, 24 Feb 2004 10:40:36 +0000

Yiddish polka. To my ear, prety difficult listening, but otoh I have some faily strong views on the subject of Celtic folk music.

By: John Quiggin

John Quiggin — Tue, 24 Feb 2004 09:41:40 +0000

I’m running across more and more allusions to klezmer, but still don’t know exactly what it is. What’s a good place to start (if it helps, my musical background is primarily trad Anglo-Celtic folk).