Fwd: A Bisseleh Mazl on CFRO-FM 102.7

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

>From: "Ethan Minovitz" <eminovitz (at) canoemail(dot)com>
>Subject: A Bisseleh Mazl on CFRO-FM 102.7
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>Vancouver klezmer band makes live radio debut as fundraising drive 
>closes
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>Vancouver klezmer group A Bisseleh Mazl will make its first live 
>appearance on radio during a special segment of "Anthology of Jewish 
>Music" on CFRO-FM 102.7 (Vancouver Cooperative Radio).
>
>The band will play several instrumental tunes between 9 and 10 a.m. 
>Sunday, October 29 -- the final day of CFRO's 17-day Autumn Airlift, 
>a major annual fundraising drive for the non-commercial, listener-
>sponsored station. "Anthology of Jewish Music" has played from a live 
>demo CD of A Bisseleh Mazl in the past, and is so far the only radio 
>program to have broadcast the klezmer ensemble.
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>A Bisseleh Mazl (whose name translates as "a little bit of luck") was 
>founded by Vancouver Community College music students in spring 
>1999.  The group was inspired by new Jewish musicians, such as John 
>Zorn, David Krakauer, Uri Caine, Ben Goldberg and the Klezmatics.
>
>Realizing that before moving ahead, one must look back, A Bisseleh 
>Mazl started out by learning traditional klezmer tunes before working 
>on original compositions and modern pieces.
>
>The band features Howard Goldbach on piano and keyboards, Elaine 
>Griffiths on violin, Shane Krause on clarinet and alto sax, Roey 
>Shemesh on double bass and Michael Simpson on drums.  All the 
>musicians are past or present students at VCC.
>
>During the 1999-2000 school year, the quintet received coaching from 
>clarinetist Francois Houle.
>
>A Bisseleh Mazl has performed in many different venues:  from 
>elementary school fun night and mock weddings at Hebrew summer camps 
>to gigs at Vancouver cafes such as The Sugar Refinery and the Cafe 
>Montmartre, where the band appears every other Tuesday night.
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>Co-hosted by Alan Tapper and Ethan Minovitz, "Anthology of Jewish 
>Music" normally alternates Sunday mornings at 10 a.m. with "HaMakor," 
>another Jewish radio program on CFRO-FM.  However, "Anthology of 
>Jewish Music" was not broadcast Oct. 22 due to the Simchat Torah 
>holiday.  
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>"HaMakor," co-hosted by Jack Nortman and David Litvak, will 
>follow "Anthology of Jewish Music" as usual at 10 a.m. Oct. 29. 
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>For more information, call Minovitz at (604) 731-7079, Goldbach at 
>(604) 215-0420, or CFRO-FM at (604) 684-8494.
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