Re: Being sensitive to a Yiddishe crowd

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

>What's NOKAS?

The New Orleans Klezmer AllStars, mentioned in the paragraph that
preceded the acronym use.

Sorry.

ari

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ari Davidow <ari (at) ivritype(dot)com>
>To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Date: Thursday, July 22, 1999 10:03 AM
>Subject: Re: Being sensitive to a Yiddishe crowd
>
>
>>>They came. They played. They left.   Not a memorable experience.
>>>Unfortunately, I have felt the same way with Andy Statman's
>performance's.
>>
>>It is worth remembering, too, that not every band, however hard
>>it tries, is able to make every performance a peak experience.
>>Sometimes, it is just an off night. Those of us who saw the
>>New Orleans Klezmer AllStars a few months ago commented how off
>>the band seemed on that particular tour, and how unusual it was.
>>
>>This is particularly unfortunate when you consider that attending
>>a klezmer concert is a rare concert experience for most people, so
>>that one concert may have been the sole opportunity to pull them in.
>>But, still, it's fair to acknowledge that more programming, and more
>>diverse programming are probably the better solution than beating up
>>on one band for one non-peak performance.
>>
>>And it's okay to recognize that some bands are not appropriate to
>>some audiences. The aforementioned NOKAS probably wouldn't be my
>>first choice of a band to play at an event where people were
>>expecting traditional klezmer and yiddish tunes.
>>
>>ari
>>
>>
>>Ari Davidow
>>ari (at) ivritype(dot)com
>>list owner, jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>>the klezmer shack: http://www.klezmershack.com/
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