Re: Dave Tarras-Murry Lehrer records

[Cor van Sliedregt <sliedreg...>]

op 20-05-2003 05:47 schreef Mattflight (at) aol(dot)com op Mattflight (at) 
aol(dot)com:

Dave Tarras made a bunch of recordings with Murray Lehrer starting I believe
in the late 1950's and going towards the end of the 1960's. First came the
mono Freilach in Hi-Fi on the Period Label, three volumes, and I believe
three though I can only find my copies of one and two volumes in Stereo for
Request Records, Freilach For Weddings, Bar Mitzvah and Other Celebrations.
I was wondering if anyone happens to know anymore information about
recordings, I am mostly interested in who the musicians are, and the dates?

    The instrumentation on most of them seems to be p,acc,b,dm,tp, and cl
(Dave Tarras). The drums sound similar to Julie Epstein's playing, use of
the ride cymbal and tight closed hi-hat with foot. Yet, the bass drum
doesn't sound like his patterns so I am not sure that it is him.

    What also be of note is that Freilach For Weddings, Bar Mitzvah and
Other Celebrations - Vol. 1 (Request SRLP 10102) was also released under the
Joseph Korda Players; Jewish Wedding Dances; Horas- Shers - Waltzes (Music
Minus One MMO 121). My copy came as one in a set of world music recordings
packaged with cookbooks.

Matt Temkin 

Dear Matt,
In the Freedman catalog  you can find Vol 3 under T-007 (k)
Lou Levin is on trumpet on track 2 Der Shnayder ...
and track 10 Keshinever Shtikele
I don't remember from which source I got that information.
Volume 2  (Request Record SRLP 10103, c. 1959) was also released
by Period Recordings RL 1916 "Freylekh In Hi-Fi"
see also Freedman catalog T-007c and T-007e, and T-013a.
The last seems to me to be a compilation.
Most information I could find is in  Mazltov! by Joel Rubin, the clarinet
sheetmusic of his CD
"Zeydes un Eyniklekh" Wergo Sm 1610-2, book: Schott ED 8695

I wonder what the (sub)titles are of the medleys.
For instance:
track 2: Medley of Yiddish Theatre Songs
a. ?
b. ? 
c.  ?
d. Belz
e. ?
f.  ?
Due to my limited knowledge of yiddish theatre songs I only recognized Belz.

Cor van Sliedregt