Re: Epstein Brothers win NEA National Heritage Fellowship

[Leonard Koenick <lkoenick...>]

While I am please to hear of their selection and will be one of the lucky ones 
who will get to go to the conert 
here in Washington, they are not the first.  Several years ago, Dave Tarras got 
one of the awards but 
became ill while in Washington for the event and could not [perform.  Andy 
Statman "filled in."  Of course, I 
asume allwill unerstand that putting "filled in" in quotes in no way means any 
disrespect to Andy Statman, it 
is only showing my respect for Dave Tarras.

Leonard Koenick

ate sent:       Thu, 9 Jul 1998 17:36:45 -0400
To:                     "World music from a Jewish slant." <jewish-music (at) 
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From:                   Ari Davidow <ari (at) ivritype(dot)com>
Subject:                Epstein Brothers win NEA National Heritage Fellowship
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> Julie Epstein alerted me to this (once from =each= of his e-mail accounts!)
> 
> It was announced on July 6th that the Epstein Brother are among 15 master
> artists chosen by the NEA for National Heritage Fellowships. I believe
> that this is the first time that the NEA has honored klezmorim, or, for
> that matter, Jewish artists. Their choice of the Epstein Brothers is
> great, and I am especially excited along with Julie and Willie and Max.
> 
> The bio, as printed on the NEA website reads:
> 
> EPSTEIN (EP-Steen) BROTHERS: MAX, WILLIAM "WILLIE" & JULIUS "JULIE" -- Jewish 
> Klezmer musicians of Tamarac, Florida -- were acclaimed in the 1950 and 60s 
> as 
> "the kings of klezmer," and are now the grandfathers leading a tremendous 
> renaissance of Klezmer, a rollicking yet soulful instrumental music at the 
> heart 
> of many Jewish celebrations.
> 
> You can catch the entire article (including info about the other honorees)
> at:
>    http://arts.endow.gov/Community/News/98Heritage.html
> 
> Mazel Tov, again, to Max, Willie, and Julie,
> 
> ari
> 
> Ari Davidow
> The klezmer shack: http://www.well.com/user/ari/klez/
> owner: jewish-music mailing list
> e-mail: ari (at) ivritype(dot)com
>