RE: what is a Shlomo song?

[Mel Korn <mkorn...>]

I guess I will weigh in on this one....  We recently decided to finally look
at all the many hours of videotape we have amassed, from the time our
children were born. A delightful exercise to be sure. Among the video, is a
tape of a birthday party for a family member (Srul Glick's z"l eldest
brother's 65th). At the party Srul's ex wife accompanied (on piano) their
other brother on clarinet in a duet performance of Suite Hebraique. Shlomo,
who had been married to their sister, was at the party, and after their
performance he got up, and began to sing a niggun from his heart and his
soul, with his hand hitting the piano as accompaniment. Those stirring few
minutes of tape provide a glimpse of what was the core and essence of a
Shlomo song,..... the spiritual depths from which he summoned forth the
exquisite music within him.

Mel Korn

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
[mailto:owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org]On Behalf Of Robert Cohen
Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 3:51 PM
To: World music from a Jewish slant
Subject: Re: what is a Shlomo song?

Shlomo himself as a wonderful version of L'Ma'an Achai (in Hebrew + English)
on an LP called "Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach"--a striking picture of Reb Shlomo,
with a white beard, against a black background--which was also at one point
available on cassette; maybe still.  I've never seen a CD of it.  Perhaps
the best LP Shlomo ever made, in terms of mellow voice, solid repertory, and
reasonably OK (at least by Shlomo LP standards) recording.

L'Ma'an Achai is also on a new CD put out by a group called LEVITE; I think
they call the CD Tefilah [Prayer].  Quite pleasing versions of Shlomo
niggunim, plus a couple of Craig Taubman and a few other composers not known
to me.

--Robert Cohen








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