Re: Cimbalom recordings, history

[Sandra Layman <sandralayman...>]

Dear Ari,

Thanks for your comments.

I just wanted to mention that Alex Eppler is still playing the cimbalom!

In fact, he and I are starting to play together again, after a hiatus of 16
(!) years. We'll probably perform some stuff together at a CD release party
which is in the works for Jan. 20 in Seattle (details to follow).

Alex gets hired from time to time to play down in Los Angeles and elsewhere,
with various people. I don't know about the Fuge Imaginea recording, but
maybe it's been issued on CD (?).

Sandra


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ari Davidow" <ari (at) ivritype(dot)com>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 10:45 PM
Subject: RE: Cimbalom recordings, history


> At 10:43 AM 3/30/1998 -0500, Noel Kropf wrote:
> >The tape "Fuge Imaginea" has incredibly beautiful and powerful cimbalom
> >playing by Alex Eppler. Miamon Miller and Michael Alpert are two of the
> >other performers on this fantastic tape that contains Jewish, Romanian,
> >and Transylvanian material.  Unfortunately I think it is
> >out of print.  Does anyone know if Alex is performing on cimbalom lately?
>
> I just came across this old message in my "tickler" file and was stuck by
the
> fact that Alex Eppler accompanies Sandra Layman on the CD she announced
last
> week. The recordings were done in the early 1980s, but the playing is
quite
> excellent. I have more information at
> http://www.klezmershack.com/index.html#layman , or consult the list
archives for
> her announcement. The CD can be purchased at
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/layman.
>
>
> ari
>
>
> Ari Davidow
> ari (at) ivritype(dot)com
> list owner, jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
> the klezmer shack: http://www.klezmershack.com/


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