Re: Time is Running Out: Yiddish Music Reissue Series on Sony Legacy

[SamWeiss <SamWeiss...>]

I've been privileged to hear pre-release copies of these albums, and I must 
say that they are gems.  To hear these old tracks clearly and without the 
usual vinyl noises is a consummate pleasure.
The 50-song vaudeville collection "From Avenue A To The Great White Way" 
has fleshed out my understanding of "our" place in American popular music 
in a deliciously forceful way. (That understanding included a bit of 
sociological cringe factor, but the pleasures are significant 
nevertheless.)  Those who understand Yiddish will derive additional joys 
from some wonderful rarely-heard lyrics.
The 25 pieces of "The Klezmer King" also include a number of Yiddish 
vocals, as well as two liturgically-flavored klezmer arrangements which I 
particularly liked.
The incomparable Dave Tarras & Sam Musiker "Tanz" recording has a somewhat 
misleading title, in that it is a klezmer "concept" album definitely 
exciting to listen to even for the sofa-bound.  It rides the melodic edge 
of the traditional dance forms in a real adventuresome way.  I think it is 
a "missing link" recording that today's exploring klezmer musicians will 
really appreciate.  It is also forms a musical link to the early Chassidic 
dance bands.  Besides, Taras's gorgeous clarinet tone is worth the price of 
admission.


At 02:16 AM 4/26/02, Klezcorner (at) aol(dot)com wrote:
>**4 CDs**Preorder Sale $37.98-Incl./shipping in the US ** 3 Classic
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>Reissues**
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>                Sale priced through APRIL 30 for Visa & Mastercard orders 
> only!
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>1)  "TANZ! "featuring Dave Tarras & Sam and Ray Musiker - Long out of print
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>classic 1956 Epic recording  (1 CD)
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>2)  "THE KLEZMER KING", - Abe Schwartz . Celebrating his career as Columbia
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>Records A&R talent scout & orchestra leader from 1917 to 1935. (1 CD)
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>3)  "FROM AVENUE A TO THE GREAT WHITE WAY: YIDDISH & AMERICAN POPULAR SONGS
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>1914-1950, 2-CD SET. - 50 Vintage tracks  9 previously unreleased
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>performances  includes Molly Picon, Al Jolson, ,Sophie Tucker, Gene Krupa,
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>George and Ira Gershwin and Irving Berlin?s "What Am I Gonna Do" and more!
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>(2 CD Set)
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>***Though not available until April 30, we are taking orders at the Sale
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>Price of $37.98, SHIPPING INCLUDED in the US for these 3 Releases (item #3 is
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>a 2 CD Set).
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>This special offer runs through April 30 and orders MUST be prepaid by Visa
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>or Mastercard.
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>See below for complete description of these recordings.
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>Thank You
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>Simon
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>Hatikvah Music
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>323) 655-7083
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>      This series was produced for reissue by Henry Sapoznik and Michael
>Brooks.
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>1)  "TANZ!" featuring Dave Tarras and Sam & Ray Musiker-
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>The most sought-after LP in all of klezmer lore, in which legendary
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>clarinetist Dave Tarras and his son-in-law Sam Musiker (veteran of Gene
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>Krupa?s big-band) collaborated in 1955 on the groundbreaking fusion of
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>traditional klezmer with a jazz head, digitally remastered from the original
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>studio tapes including two previously unreleased alternate takes.
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>2)   ABE SCHWARTZ: THE KLEZMER KING
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>A celebration of Columbia Records? pioneering talent scout circa 1917 to 1935
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>­ A&R man, bandleader, arranger, and composer ­ on 25 tracks digitally
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>remasteredfrom new 78 rpm pressings by various artists and orchestras
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>including  klezmer forefathers Dave Tarras, Naftule Brandwein, and Shloimke
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>("Sam")  Beckerman
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>3)   FROM AVENUE A TO THE GREAT WHITE WAY - 2 CD set
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>Yiddish & American Popular Songs 1914-1950, an essential 50-track double-CD
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>digitally remastered collection that explores the roots of Yiddish recordings
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>(by everyone from Nellie Casman and Peisachke Burstein to Cantor Yosele
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>Rosenblatt) and the music?s entry into American pop culture (via Fannie
>Brice, Eddie Cantor, Benny Goodman with Peggy Lee, Cab Calloway, many more),
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>with nine previously unreleased tracks by (among others) Molly Picon, Al
>Jolson, Sophie Tucker, Gene Krupa ­ and Irving Berlin!
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>The series was produced for reissue by Henry Sapoznik and Michael Brooks.
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>For more information go to: www.legacyrecordings.com/klezmermusic
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