EMIL NEMES :Slovak Tsimbele and fidl?

[elliott_simon <elliott_simon...>]

Hi...hope all are well...I just came back from Pittsburgh, PA and 
spent several days cleaning out my in-law's condo. They are Slovak and 
have a huge record/tape collection of Slovak music. Most of it is 
Polka but one record that I found delightful and very different is 
Emil Nemes, Slovak Gypsy Melodies (APON  S-2434), the record is 
intriguing as it features Emil Nemes and his gypsy orchestra...the 
tunes are lovely folk melodies with some hot gypsy violin...to my ears 
some start out with a doina and move to a czardas...the 
instrumentation as far as I can tell consists of violin, tsimble and 
bass (bass balalaika?)....the liner notes are not all that informative 
but say that Emil resides at 1571 Second Avenue, NYC and plays at his 
own night club the famous "Gypsy Caravan" ...Any of the tsimbele 
aficionados on the list know who the player is?....or anything else 
about the LP?...a brief web search found a few hits but at  hungarian 
sites ..thnks and best to all...Elliott

Elliott Simon
AAJ-NY Staff Writer


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