Re: Yiddishe Cup: Not rotten!

[Eliezer Kaplan <zelwel...>]

> Wasn't Ezra Pound an outspoken antisemite?
> Lori
>

Oy! All I meant was I think Bert is right about Klezmer and dance. The artsy
aspect is good and fine, but don't lose track of the beat. Don't Pound on my
teakettle!
                                    EK



----- Original Message -----
From: Lori Cahan-Simon <lsimon (at) SoftHome(dot)net>
To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 5:13 AM
Subject: Re: Yiddishe Cup: Not rotten!


> Wasn't Ezra Pound an outspoken antisemite?
> Lori
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> At 06:44 PM 09/14/1999 -0500, you wrote:
> >Although an ad, there's food for thought in this concept.
> >                                        EK
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> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Bert Stratton <yiddcup (at) en(dot)com>
> >To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
> >Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 11:01 AM
> >Subject: Yiddishe Cup: Not rotten!
> >
> >
> >> The latest in klezmer manifestos . . .
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> >> 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
> >>
> >> _____________________________________________
> >>
> >> 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.
> >> _________________________________
> >> 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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> Lori Cahan-Simon
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