Re: CD Re-issue of "Yaffa Yarkoni Sings Yiddish" is =Yofi=

[Eliott Kahn <Elkahn...>]

Thanks Wolf for the tip and Simon for venturing into the murky world of record 
production.

Glenn Osser was indeed a wonderful arranger who did a lot of work for Columbia 
in the 1960s. His orchestrations for both Johnny Mathis and Jerry Vale were 
beautifully executed.

Musical tidbit: The Osssers were from my mother-in-law's hometown of Munising, 
Michigan in the Upper Peninsula. Glenn's parents were local merchants. In a 
French-Canadian town, they were one of the few Jewish families. 

I haven't checked this, but maybe Simon, our LA connection,  has more info.

Eliott Kahn


At 08:47 AM 8/29/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Hatikvah Music, -a new record label launched by
>Simon Rutberg (Hatikvah Music International)-
>has re-issued , "Yaffa Yarkoni Sings Yiddish" by
>the legendary Israeli songstress whose career
>spans five decades.
>
>This classic recording, -with arrangements by
>Glenn Osser, who worked with American singer
>Johnny Mathis (to give you an idea as to the  "feel"
>of this record)- is an essential addition to any
>Jewish music library.
>
>Yarkoni's sinuous and sensual delivery of the
>Tauber-Olshanetsky "Ikh Hob Dich Tsufil Lib"
>brings to mind the smoky vocals of her contemporaries,
>American nightclub star Julie London and French
>chanteuse Francoise Hardy.
>
>Her renditions of "Papirossen" and "Avremele" set the
>standardby which all succeeding versions are measured,
>influencing  singers  such as  Chava Alberstein, Lea Szlanger
>and Fraidy Katz.
>
>Yarkoni's elegant style,  delicate phrasing and diction are a
>delight; -(mostly) mellow =mameloshn= by a person whose ability
>to speakthe language she sings in is apparent in every line.
>Yaffa was Yiddish before Yiddish was cool.
>
>Along with ten Yiddish classics (including "Shein Vi Di L'vone",
>"My Yiddish Momme" and "Zug Far Vus") are two Hebrew songs,
>"Haveinu Sholem Olechim" and "David Melech Israel", a concession
>to the marketing department of Columbia Records (one whose label
>this recording was first released) but nevertheless, not entirely
>out of place on this CD either.
>
>A gem.  Thank you, Simon.
>
>Wolf Krakowski
>
>Note: Neither the CD notes nor my LP copy give the date of its
>original release, but I will guess it was 1962.  As it is still very
>early in Los Angeles, perhaps we can expect to hear from Simon
>as the day wears on.
>
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