Re: Israeli Klezmer (was misirlou)

[Matt Jaffey <mjaffey2...>]

At 04:15 PM 1/6/2000 -0500, Ari wrote:

<<And, of course, once you leave top 40, both the recorded diversity and
authenticity are as expected--quite remarkable.

Israeli klezmer, on the other hand....>>

Could you say a word about what Israeli klezmer is like? All that I know
about it is that I bought a cd called something like The Klezmer Violin,
featuring an Israeli violinist, that was a best seller at Tara and I was
disappointed - it had no Yiddish flavor whatsoever.

Matt

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