Re: Shimon and Nehama

[Richard Green <rmarkgreen...>]

C Lanzbom's "Meditations" recording also contains harp on the arrangements.  
It's a pretty exquisite recording from where I sit.


>From: Judy Pinnolis <pinnolis (at) brandeis(dot)edu>
>Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Subject: Shimon and Nehama
>Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 16:19:28 -0400
>
>
>I received two new CDs by French musicians Nehama Reuben and Shimon Reuben.
>Nehama is a harpist and her new album, "La Harpe des Hebreux" is delightful
>and more importantly today, relaxing. She has wonderful arrangements of
>traditional Jewish standards including some Shlomo Carlbach and Israeli
>melodies. It's completely instrumental and can be highly recommended to
>women of every persuasion from Orthodox to new age. In the last few tracks,
>she is accompanied by Shimon in jazzier versions of "Mit Yitneni" and
>"Ashira". Shimon's music comes directly from standard American jazz,
>although it's billed as "Israelian Jazz", the title of his album. The songs
>are new and refreshing, but there is only a few sentences about them. The
>booklet is in French with some English. There are a few arrangements of 
>some
>standards such as "Cuando El Rey Nimrod".
>
>If you're looking for something soothing to listen to in these stressful
>days, you may want to consider listening to these. He gives his 
>distribution
>as trhough FNAC www.fnac.com under musiques du monde
>
>Judy
>
>




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