Re: On and off topic: The next computer virus and Old/New World klezmer

[HNetsky <HNetsky...>]

Old world klezmer has always been one of the three (or however many) major 
threads.  It would certainly characterize Andy Statman and Zev Feldman's late 
1970s recording and performances.  The first Klezmorim album (1977) had a 
European theme (they became jazzier only on the second) and even the first KCB 
album 
included a Solinski Romanian Fantasie. 


In a message dated 9/11/03 1:53:01 AM, grcomm (at) concentric(dot)net writes:

<< Point well taken, Sandra. And I gave the CD a very good review, too, if 
memory serves.

The question I'm curious about is what has made for the turn to pre-New 
World klezmer, and you certainly seem to have gotten there before anyone 
else I was thinking of.

So, sports fans, anyone else want to weigh in on this question?
Or am I going to have to invent stuff if I write this piece?

g

Sandra Layman wrote:

>Would it be dreadfully out of place for me to slip in a mention of my CD,
>"Little Blackbird," which consists of mostly live recordings from way,
>waaaay back in 1982-85, of klezmer and related violin music played in
>traditional styles?
>
>I learned those klezmer tunes starting in 1978, from 78 r.p.m. recordings.
>In fact, some say that all that's missing on my CD is the scratches. Others
>say that scratching is my specialty. ;-)
>
>Still others are mad at me 'cuz ma feet's too big -- and maybe because I was
>mostly doing all this fiddlistic cavorting way out in a damp corner in
>Seattle. Of all places!
>
>Sandra ("Dinosaur Stirs in the West") Layman
>www.sandralayman.com
>
>
>Now, back to our regularly-scheduled brooding about shul dues and komputer
>krenks... >>

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