Re: Contemporary Jewish Musicians: Are they making Jewish music? (e.g., Uri Caine)

[robert wiener <wiener...>]

EK,

Absolutely correct.  Although I have heard Uri Caine both on disc and
in concert (The Knitting Factory) I didn't even know about this latest
project until I read your post.  It sounds intriguing.  I would have
passed it right over from the track listing and there's no review on
Music Boulevard.  How did you find out about it and what got you to
buy it?  Does it work for you, musically or as Jewish music?

Bob

-----Original Message-----
From: Eliezer Kaplan <zelwel (at) earthlink(dot)net>
To: World music from a Jewish slant. <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Date: Sunday, December 27, 1998 7:03 PM
Subject: Re: Contemporary Jewish Musicians: Are they making Jewish
music? (e.g., Uri Caine)


>At 05:32 PM 12/27/98 -0500, Bob Wiener wrote:
>>By the track listing of "Uri Caine's Mahler thing" (see below) any
>>Jewishness of the Uri Caine & Gustav Mahler album, "Urlicht/Primal
>>Light" would probably derive from the Jewishness of Mahler's work.
>>
>
>So I'm guessing you haven't actually heard the album, with its
>not-so-subtle hints at Klezmer and use of Chazzonish motifs (there
actually
>is a Chazzan on it). It's also strange to note that Caine also has a
Wagner
>project going! Don't ask me about it, though, since I have no
interest in
>anything Wagner related.
> EK
>