Re: romancing (romanticizing) the shtetl

[yakov (koby) <kchodosh...>]

On Mon, 08 Jan 2001 17:48:31 -0500, you wrote:
>If it's good enough for Ellington, it's certainly OK by me.

Hell YEAH! :)

>In my opinion, the fusions that tend to work the best are those in
>which the players are the most grounded in the tradition.

Oh, definitely.

>Thanks for your comments, keep me posted to[o] when you put up your MP3s, I
>look forward to hearing what you're up to musically.

Well, we Kadets plan on making a demo tape within the next few months. I'll 
certainly try to get something online to share with people.

>Brass is great,
>especially the way you can smear a note, I'm always trying to steal trombone
>licks and play 'em on guitar...

Haha, isn't everyone? ;) LOL

Yakov.
Trombonist, "Kap'n Klezmer and the Klez Kadets"
http://www.kobyland.com
KLEZMER -- new section! 

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