Re: klezmer and ska?

[Seth Rogovoy <rogovoy...>]

They contributed a track to "A Tribute to the Skatalites" on Shanachie
Records, 1997.

-----Original Message-----
From: Gerben Zaagsma <gerbn (at) wxs(dot)nl>
To: World music from a Jewish slant. <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Date: Sunday, October 25, 1998 9:36 AM
Subject: klezmer and ska?


>Dear all,
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>with the recent discussion on 'punk' and klezmer I suddenly rembered having
>read something somewhere about (I think it was) the Klezmatics who did
>something with music by the Skatalites. Could anyone tell me if this is
>true? It sounds like the best of two worlds and actually not illogical:
>sometimes when I hear klezmer I can almost hear the backbeat..
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>MOI
>Gerben
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