Re: Joy of Klez--unsolicited praise

[Lori Cahan-Simon <l_cahan...>]

I will second David's praise.  The Cleveland Workmen's Circle Klezmer 
Orchestra (aka The Biggest Klez in the World!) has been using some of 
Maxwell Street's arrangements for a few years, and they are among our 
best and most popular tunes -- Thank you Lori and the guys! -- and I 
recommend them for anyone who has either no time or no aptitude for 
writing their own arrangements.

If you like those, you should listen to their new CD, Old Roots, New 
Music.  What a terrific ensemble!

Lorele

dchevan wrote:

> I've been meaning to share this with the list.  For the past five 
> years I've been giving a Family Concert at my synagogue, Mishkan 
> Israel in Hamden, CT.  Unlike my other performances this rarely 
> involives more than one or two other professional musicians.  The 
> group consists pretty much of amateur musicians--computer programmers, 
> dentists, etc. who come together for three or four rehearsals and then 
> we give the concert.  While we always have a good time it is 
> challenging to obtain the  quality performance I seek.  So I am happy 
> to report the wonderful results that I obtained using the Maxwell St. 
> Band's Joy of Klez book.  It is really a terrific introduction to 
> Klezmer for musicians who are not familiar with the idiom.  The charts 
> are not overly challenging for these part-time musicians and I was 
> surprised how quickly everyone was able to feel the music.  It was so 
> much easier to get my trombonist and clarinetist to get the right 
> sound and figures than ever before.  I highly recommend this set of 
> charts to anyone--especially the type of ensemble I worked with. 
>  
> My only complaint is that there are only ten charts in the collection. 
> I hope there will be a volume two as I will probably be giving these 
> concerts for years to come!!
>  
> David


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