Re: Veretski Pass CD and book available

[margotlev <margotlev...>]

Mazl Tov Cookie!  I for one am going to buy this CD immediately.  These are 
among the very best klezmer musicians playing today as you all know - but if 
you haven't heard Cookie's rich, deep, soulful violin playing yet, you just 
must go for it now. My guess is that this cd will be one of the hottest this 
year.

Margot Leverett
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From: Marlene Segelstein <cookfidl (at) att(dot)net>
Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
Date:  Wed, 7 Apr 2004 00:41:38 -0400

>Hi all,
>
>The CD, Veretski Pass, by the group of the same name with Cookie 
>Segelstein (violin, scordatura violin and viola), Joshua Horowitz 
>(chromatic accordion, tsimble) and Stuart Brotman (bass, basy, baraban) 
>is NOW AVAILABLE at Golden Horn Records, www.goldenhorn.com.
>
>This link takes you right to the page about the CD:
>http://www.goldenhorn.com/display.php4?content=records&page=ghp020.html
>
>The official release date is April 21st, but it is available as you 
>read this.
>
>Much of the music on this recording comes from and near the region of 
>the Veretski Pass (after which the group is named)in the Zakarpatska 
>Oblast (Transcarpathian region) of what is now Ukraine, the main 
>crossroads through which the Jews traversed the Carpathian Bow. There 
>is a stunning suite of Crimean Tatar music and  also a rare Karaite 
>song, followed by improvisations and a pyrotechnic fiddle song 
>performed on a scordatura violin. There are also original compositions, 
>a suite with a bass and viola duet, traditional Jewish and Ukrainian 
>dance tunes all accompanied by rich photographs and finely wrought 
>essays (and even some family recipes) by each member of the trio.
>
>The book, The Music of Veretski Pass, is the music of the record 
>transcribed by Cookie with a forward by Josh. It is available for $20 
>plus $2.50 (in the US) shipping  You can contact us through our website 
>(www.veretskipass.com), click on BOOK,  to find out how to purchase ( 
>where to send the check or money order).
>
>
>

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Margot Leverett
Margotlev (at) opexonline(dot)com
(718) 545-9404
www.KlezmerMountainBoys.com

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