(adv.) latest Klezmokum album

[a bisl yidishkayt <klezmer...>]

Now available - the third album from the Dutch group Klezmokum, "ReJew-venation"!  Lead by U.S. ex-patriot and seasoned jazz pianist and arranger Burton Greene, Klezmokum has been featured several times at New York's Knitting Factory. They continue to cook up a Jewish/klezmer tsimis based on jazz and spiced with Balkan, Greek, Turkish and other delights.  

"Russian Sher #5 / Sherele", for instance, is jazz in feel, instrumentation (clarinet, soprano sax, piano, drums) and length (almost 6 minutes)...Ydid Nefesh is interpreted as a swinging waltz under the scat singing of the sweet- voiced Patricia Beysens...El Rez Por Munch Madruga (a Ladino form from the 1500s) is another vocal in which Greene alternates the traditional 9/8 rhythm with one in 8/8...Clarinetist Hans Mekel contributes a G major doyne...Alternating moods characterize Shir Hashomer - a mellow trumpet solo, vocals alternating with drums, upbeat interludes...

The complete contents are:
Atesh Tanz 
 Russian Sher #5 / Sherele
Ydid Nefesh
Doina in G Major / Old Klezmer Dance
Shir Hashomer
El Rey Por Muncha Madruga
Hora Mare
Shoror
Adonai Melech / Hodu L'adonai
Los Kaminos de Sirkidiji
 Desert Dance
 Nevala

Cost is $18 (+ .90 tax if you live in Massachusetts) + $2 shipping (in U.S.A. - outside the U.S., please inquire about our reasonable air mail rates).

You can order on-line by Visa or M/C, by calling or faxing our toll-free number in the U.S. and Canada, or by sending a check payable in U.S. funds to the address below. 

Klezmokum's previous albums include:

Klezmokum (self-titled)
CD, $19
Includes Baym Rebin in Palestina, Oy Tate, U Naseho Barty (Trad. Hungarian), Galitzyaner Tanz, originals El Khalil, Ay Nshomah, El Ha'ayin Varians, El Khalil, Nokh a Glezl Vayn, Der Gasn Nigun, and Devotedly Buoyant at Abos.


Jew-azzic Park
CD, $19
A broad range of styles and moods, ranging from traditional deliveries to vocals in a Frank Zappa-esque 3/4 over a 10/8 improvisation. The clarinetist, at times sounds like a soprano sax: he delivers both moody jazz and spiritual sounds a la Andy Statman....Cuts include Galitzaner Sher, Hatitai Hashem, Rumainian Doina/Varshaver Freylekhs, Rifkele di Shabesdike, Moldavian Hora, Laila, Laila, Yama Didi Variations, Chassidic Song, Et Share Ratson, Esta Parea Ke Viene, Dedication, Jew-azzic Park/Sirba.
a bisl yidishkayt
web site:    http://www.yiddishmusic.com
(on-line ordering available)
e-mail: klezmer (at) yiddishmusic(dot)com
M/C, Visa accepted 

phone and fax toll-free: 1-877-YIDDISH
(Boston area: 781-643-1957)

P.O. Box 400331
Cambridge, MA  02140