Re: Celtic shmeltic

[George Robinson <GRComm...>]

Ari Davidow wrote:
> 
> >Riverdance  -- Fiddler on the Roof...  What's the difference?
> >Schmaltz is Schmaltz
> 
> Possibly true, but in this case we're talking about four
> klezmer bands playing with Itzhak Perlman, the show being
> called "In the Fiddler's House." It =is= quite a bit
> staged, but what I've heard has been quite nice ... even
> if Perlman is close to, but not quite playing klez.
> 
> ari

I haven't heard "In the Fiddler's House," although I saw some of the PBS
documentary. Perlman's playing is closer to klezmer than the hilariously
bad LP Yehudi Menuhin did with Stephane Grappelli in the late '70s; nice
tone Yehudi, but you just don't swing.

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