Re: Shmuel Brazil

[Bob Wiener <wiener...>]

Re: Shmuel BrazilThanks everyone for their comments on Shmuel Brazil.  

Do list members have favorite versions of his "Shalom Aleichem"?  I really like 
the a cappella version on "Shabbat for Starters" (the only recorded version 
that I've heard) and fear that I won't like any other as much.  Perhaps I don't 
appreciate the "production values" of many of the recordings in this genre.  I 
now believe that there are recordings by Regesh/Shmuel Brazil, Avraham Fried, 
and on "Nefesh".

BTW, none of Brazil's recordings came up on a search of the Eichler's website 
either.  It may just be that the website listings are incomplete.

Bob
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jordan Hirsch 
  To: World music from a Jewish slant 
  Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 11:10 AM
  Subject: Re: Shmuel Brazil


  Rabbi Brazil is indeed a Rebbe at Yeshivas Shaar Yoshuv. He is still 
composing actively. His earliest compositions can be found on the old "Or 
Chodosh" records, which I am sure have not been re-released on CD. He wrote 
Shmelkie's Nigun, which many dance class aficionados learn as a line dance. The 
Regesh series feature his compositions. I am surprised nothing turned up at 
Tara. Probably an Email to Velvel will help, as Velvel knows him for sure. In 
fact, I will probably see Rabbi Brazil tomorrow night, as I am performing at a 
wedding of a Shor Yoshuv student. His compositions are very popular at Orthodox 
weddings, just after Shlomo Carlebach and on a par with people like Yossi Green 
or Baruch Chait, although Green has a lot of pop oriented dreck as well as his 
more classic nigun style compositions. Avraham Fried also recorded Brazil's 
Sholom Aleichem. 

  Jordan Hirsch