Re: OT gypsy music

[Brian Dichter <dbrian...>]

on 3/18/02 7:11 AM, Gifford, Paul at pgifford (at) umflint(dot)edu wrote:

> Brian Dichter [mailto:dbrian (at) enteract(dot)com] wrote:
> 
>> Not really Jewish music, but I found a dusty lp the other day by
> David
>> Romaine "It's Just the Gypsy in My Soul" on Mercury Records (Mercury
> SR
>> 60032). I searced for awhile online but couldn't find any more
> information.
>> Can anyone suggest where I might find more information about David
> Romaine?
> 
> I don't think this is off-topic. There are three David Romaines in the
> Social Security Death Benefits Index, so he may be alive, or may have
> died prior to 1962. He's not in my Local 802 (New York) 1937
> directory.
> 
> "Gypsy music" was advertised at Moskowitz & Lupowitz's restaurant;
> there
> were a lot of Jewish musicians who played Hungarian Gypsy music,
> usually
> which had Russian Gypsy tunes as part of the repertoire. American Jews
> also patronized Gypsy musicians.  This is all a thing of the recent
> past, though, so it may soon be forgotten.
> 
> Paul Gifford
> 
Yeah...when I listened to the record there were a couple of songs that were
a little klezmer-esque and that made me wonder about the klezmer-gypsy music
connection. I'd like to explore more gypsy music. Are there any hungarian,
russian or "other" gypsy records you recommend?

brian

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