Fw: Klezmer article in this week's Forward

[david lowther <dlowther...>]

Yes, aren't the reeds dreadful?  Not the quality they were 30 years ago,
which dates me.  If you haven't read it already, Dave Pino has written a
great book with an excellent chapter on reeds and how to make your own,
titled:  "The Clarinet and Clarinet Playing".  You can age the cane when you
make your own and they aren't as warped at ready-made.
Mary
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From: "khupe" <khupe (at) khupe(dot)de>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 10:58 AM
Subject: Re: Klezmer article in this week's Forward


> > In fact, I thought at the time I first heard Alicia Svigals' 'Fiddlin''
CD
> > that she was aiming for something like HIP klezmer, likewise Budowitz
and
> > other "traditionalist" bands.
>
> 'Something like' is pretty good. Speaking for Budowitz, our performance is
> historically informed in the sense that we love old stuff and studied some
> of it. Getting your ears into an older performance style can truly open
> doors, and by doing so we added many elements to our playing that I simply
> regard Jewish, or klezmer, not HIP. (Hip, though). Going 'back' feels as
> exploring and expanding the music -- it's not self-purpose, but exciting,
> modern work.
> So we're not exactly 'traditionalist', we don't have any magical knowledge
> of the pre-record period, we don't do the gut string thing, and my
> mouthpieces are modern and play well. (It's the reeds).
>
> Christian Dawid
>
>
>

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