Fw: other cool world music?

[Eliezer Kaplan <zelwel...>]

I tried to post this on Sunday, but since it didn't bounce back at me, I'm
not sure it ever made it. To justify this (& after reading Lucy's post) I'd
also add the 'big 3' of British progressive jazz to my recommendations- Hugh
Hopper (might he be Jewish?), Elton Dean, and Keith Tippett.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Eliezer Kaplan" <zelwel (at) earthlink(dot)net>
To: <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 9:37 AM
Subject: Re: other cool world music?


> Get Sulukule by Kamani Cemal Cinarli, on the Traditional Crossroads label-
> insane Turkish gypsy music. Also, on the same label, Kef Time- a wild
> Armenian-American dance band from the 60's (featuring Richard Hagopian,
> father of the label's founder Harold Hagopian). A bit harder to find but
> worth it (and also more closely related to Jewish music) would be anything
> by Salim Halali- Simon may have something.
>                                 EK
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Yakov (Koby)" <kchodosh (at) suffolk(dot)lib(dot)ny(dot)us>
> To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
> Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 6:26 AM
> Subject: OT: other cool world music?
>
>
> >
> > Friends, neighbors and cousins:
> > I've kind of come up against a wall with my music. I have a bunch of
jazz
> (mostly swing or ska -- i'm not really into anything after the 70's unless
> it's in an older style), klezmer, rock, and a category that can be called
> "weird-a**" (David Byrne, Beck, Oingo Boingo [Danny Elfman]). And I could
go
> on buying stuff from those genres, except I feel like I need something
new.
> >
> > So, I know most people here are world music mavens -- what would you
> suggest? Something cool from someplace I wouldn't think to ask about?
Let's
> not even stick to Europe -- who's playing traditional African music? What
> kind of stuff were the Australian natives into? Anything!
> >
> > Any kind of suggestions would be highly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Yakov
> > http://www.kobyland.com
> > KOBYLAND -- We care.
> >
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