Re: Even more on Uskudar

[Bill Barabash <billb...>]

Owen Davidson wrote:

> The great clarinetist Naftule Brandwein recorded the tune, with a grafted-on
> fourth section, as "Der Terk in Amerike," and so it came into the Klezmer
> repertoire.  What a great tune!  Years ago it was used as the theme music
> for "The Turkish Voice" radio program in New York.

Uskudar was already in the klezmer repertoire.  Brandwein's 1920s recording
was preceded by Joseph Moskowitz's gorgeous 1917 cymbalom version (the
first half of "Medley of Turkish Melodies", anthologized on the "Art of the
Cymbalom" CD).

My personal favorite klez recording of Uskudar is the Andy Statman version
titled "In America", on his "Klezmer Suite" album.

-- Bill B.

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