Re: Chassidic dance sets?

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In a message dated 1/9/02 8:19:29 PM Eastern Standard Time, ari (at) 
ivritype(dot)com 
writes:


> > Dear fellow klezmer jobbers,
> >
> > Here comes another chassidic gig, and a list of requests that I have never
> > heard of: Ani Ma'amin, Samachnu Mi Elokeynu, Nigun Va'itin, L'Binyamin,
> > Hazak,,,,The client is dumbfounded that we don't know these smash hits. 
> > Where does a poor motley klezmer band with an aging book of "best 
> Chassidic
> > hits" and a fake chart of Modim and Moshiach go to find these musical
> > wonders?  Any clues?
> 
> 
> If there are good books for a general audience, I'd look and see what Tara
> Music carries. Velvel has done lots of hasidic music arranging, so I would 
> be
> most surprised if he doesn't have the songs in question in a fake book
> somewhere. If they're recent, however, you may have to consult a hasidic
> neighborhood music shop (sadly, I have no recommendations).
> 
> 

Lori, 
The titles you listed don't sound right. Except for L'Binyamin and Chazak,  I 
am not sure which songs you are talking about. Sounds like your client's 
pronunciation of the titles is not too good. But the other two songs are 
Avraham Fried tunes, in fact, I think they are both on his CD titled Chazak. 
If you want, try and see if you can get the client to give you more precise 
names for the other tunes, as I can get you in touch with a music copyist in 
NYC who has all the tunes needed for this kind of gig. In fact, through Tara, 
you might want to track down the following albums to help with this 
repertoire: Neshoma (at) Your Simcha
Shloimie Dachs and Yisrael Williger, The Wedding Album
Any number of the Project X Wedding albums. 
The production values on these CD's are not uniformly good, and frankly, a 
lot of the music is not that good, but they are useful as references. Velvel 
should be able to point you in the direction of any of the other Wedding 
Albms from Neginah Orchestra that might be useful. By the way, another CD 
worth checking out for a window into the traditional Chasidic sound, more or 
less, is Neshoma Orchestra, A Heimishe Simcha. More along the lines of a 
Satmar, Belzer type of repertoire, but kinda fun. 
And the trumpet player is super.

Jordan Hirsch