Re: Veretski Pass CD and book available

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

This is such an awesome CD. It rocks. It swings. It is just awesome. It's 
this amazing music somewhere between chamber music and wild swinging 
pre-American-jazz European Jewish dance music, with an emphasis on the wild 
swinging European Jewish dance music. (Disclaimer: I typeset the liner 
notes, so I have some interest in this. But I would do so as a matter of 
course for anything these folks play on. The fact that the music is this 
good is them. Damn it's good.)

ari

At 12:41 AM 4/7/2004, you wrote:
>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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