Re: Bluegrass & klez and In the Fiddlers House

[Abraham Malz <MALZ...>]

    I am 100% sure that you are correct Reyzl.  I recorded "It's a 
Jumping Night In The Garden of Eden" from a PBS special.  I remember 
Henry Sapoznik discussing how he started with bluegrass music while 
he was holding his banjo and then became interested in his musical 
roots, klezmer.
    On another note (no pun intended), I would like to comment on 
the Klezmer concert in Tanglewood last week, which I attended with a 
friend and my Cantor.  This was the second big Klezmer Concert I 
attended with Perlman playing.  As Reyzl already knows, the first one 
was at Demrosh Park, Lincoln Center.  Everyone is probably aware 
that that first concert was excellent in every imaginable way and  
left the audience feeling spiritually elevated.
    I found this concert to be enjoyable but lacking in something I 
can't put my finger on.  Perhaps simply listening to so many great 
bands play for only 30 minutes each and perhaps not playing their 
most rousing numbers in an attempt to introduce new music while 
leaving out some of my favorites left me feeling that I wanted more 
at the end.  I attended the KCB concert at the Book Center Opening 
and found them to be completely satisfying only 6 weeks earlier.  I 
need to ask this.  Do these bands change their performances when they 
play with Itzak Perlman?
    BTW   I missed Jeffs mandolin solo with KCB.
Abe Malz




>>Several years ago I saw a film on Klez where one of the revivalists 
>>spoke about coming to the music out of a bluegrass career. 

>You are probably talking about Andy Statman who started with groups 
>like Breakfast Special. He played mandolin and sax with that group 
>prior to his becoming a klezmer clarinet player after studying with 
>Dave Taras.

I am 99% sure that the person you are referring to in the film about 
klezmer revivalists is Henry (Hank) Sapoznik who came to klezmer music 
from bluegrass music.  The film is "It's A Jumping Night in the Garden 
of Eden" directed by Michal Goldman.

Andy Statman was playing various kinds of music, including bluegrass and
Greek before he began playing Jewish music.  He played Jewish music for 
several years before studying with Dave Taras.

Reyzl Kalifowicz-Waletzky