Jewish tales near Geneva

[Michel Borzykowski <borzykowski...>]

NATHALIE ATHLAN & 'HOTEGEKLEZT'
present:

'Diaspora blues, tales of the Jewish worlds'

Sunday May 26, 6:00 pm, Saint-Pierre Church, 
Gaillard (France, near Geneva, Switzerland). 

My father was from here but born there. My mother was from elsewhere but she 
used to stay here. My father's father was rather from this place and my 
mother's mother from the other side. As for my mother's father, he left and 
crossed the ocean.

Up to that point, everything is all right. or almost. But you'll ask: 'What 
about my father's mother?' She rests in her last home, far from here, and God 
bless her soul!

But how shall I start to tell you where I come from? Starting softly, you know, 
is not in our tradition and as for arriving, nothing is played beforehand. 

We are a bit the better off for it!

In the meantime (waiting for the answer, for the Messiah, for my (not already 
born) daughter's husband or for a new sewing machine), here are some tales. 
Some good Jewish tales. Tales from every wind that blows. Eventually family 
tales.

Like those people from whom I got them, these tales went on big journeys. They 
crossed many borders, many centuries, many traditions and. survived to 
oblivion. They crossed me and I offered no resistance. And that's how they 
framed me.

They are my ground. They are the flame that enlighten my night (and what a 
night, nowadays!). They are the breath that carries me to you. Here are my 
Jewish tales. Tales in music. I tell you! Because when words are missing, there 
is always a nigun, a little Jewish melody, to say "yom, tari tari, tam tari 
tari!"... and life goes on! Let's follow its marks!

Nathalie Athlan: tales
Itsik Lechtman: accordion
Michel Borzykowski: saxophones
Alain Ruaux: double bass

Info: +4122 7554123     borzykowski (at) infomaniak(dot)ch