Irish klezmer music Kevin Burke tune

[Ernie Gruner <erniegru...>]

Much as I love the Kevin Burke solo album I wonder if that "one klezmer
melody" is actually klezmer. Apart from Irish ornamentation and phrasing,
the tune itself sounds to me almost but not actually klezmer in terms of
melody and structure.

Has anyone heard this tune recorded elsewhere ? (titled Itzikel, labelled a
frailach (but not))
I first heard it while playing in a celtic/world music session at the Maldon
Folk Festival in Australia. My guess is it might have been a klezmer tune
once but was changed by the "folk process".

Last night I was asked to assist a group of 9 musicians who want to form a
klezmer band. Most are irish band or session players, some have been to my
klez workshops at folk festivals.

cheers Ernie Gruner
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
[mailto:owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org]On Behalf Of Seth Austen
Sent: Sunday, 15 June 2003 11:11 PM
To: World music from a Jewish slant
Cc: rodmediator (at) aol(dot)com
Subject: Re: Irish klezmer music


on 6/13/03 8:53 PM, Rodmediator (at) aol(dot)com at Rodmediator (at) 
aol(dot)com wrote:

> Does anyone know where I could find some Irish or Scottish klezmer music?
> PLease respond at rodmediator (at) aol(dot)com Thank you very much.

If you're looking for Irish bands playing klezmer tunes, there's just a few
examples that I know of. There's one cut on Lunasa's first album that was
released on Compass in 2001, Kevin Burke plays one klezmer melody on his
Solo Concert album, and DeDanaan played two tunes w/ special guest Andy
Statman on one of their recordings.

My partner Beverly Woods and I play klezmer and have played Celtic and
Appalachian music for many years. If you visit our website, you can hear a
few sample recordings.

I don't know of any Scottish or Irish klezmer bands...

Seth

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