Yiddishe Cup: Not rotten!

[Bert Stratton <yiddcup...>]

The latest in klezmer manifestos . . .


EZRA POUND SAID
"Music rots when it gets too far from the dance." 
(I.B. Singer wasn't available.)
 
 
YIDDISHE CUP SAID:
"Some groups are turning klezmer into art music, concert music -- a music
which was primarily dance music.  You know, there's a parallel to jazz, in
which jazz was originally party music, dance music, but then became art
music.  Now all the jazz musicians are lamenting that they lost the
party-dance thread.  And I don't want to lose that thread." 
             --Yiddishe Cup director, Kalamazoo Gazette, Aug. 8, 1999

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FRESH KLEZ, FRESH REVIEWS:

"Masterful musicianship . . . aural loop-de-loops.  Humor played a big part
in Yiddishe Cup's performance, much of it classic Borscht Belt material."
                                        -- Mark Wedel, Kalamazoo Gazette

"A world-class act, which happens to be based in Northeast Ohio."
                 -- Larry Bruner,Continuum, monthly newsletter of Folknet

"Combines a robust respect for tradition with a twinkling sense of
adventure. . . Yiddishe Cup is a fun, versatile band."
   - Peggy J. Latkovich, Dirty Linen, the magazine of folk and world music.
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CATCH OUR FIN DE SIECLE ACT:

BEACHWOOD, OH. Fri. Oct. 1, 7:30 p.m. Fairmount Temple,  Simchat Torah.
free. 216-464-1330.

CLEVELAND HTS., OH. Sat. Oct. 2, 8 p.m. Park Synagogue,  Simchat Torah.
free. 216-371-2244. 

TOLEDO, OH. Thurs. Oct. 28, 8 p.m. University of Toledo. University Hall.
Concert. $$$ 419-530-2447.  

BOCA RATON, FL. Thurs. Dec. 16, 8 p.m. Levis Jewish Community Center,
Concert. $$$ 561-852-3254. (Snowbirds' advisory: this one's gonna sell out!) 

AKRON, OH. Fri. Dec. 31. 8 p.m.  First Night.  Concert. $$$ 330-762-8555.


Bert Stratton, director
Yiddishe Cup Klezmer Band
Cleveland
216-932-3586
http://www.yiddishecup.com













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