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The Klezmorim. The Klezmorim, founded in Berkeley, California, in 1975, was the world's first klezmer revival band, widely credited with spearheading the global renaissance of klezmer (Eastern European Yiddish instrumental music) in the 1970s and 1980s. [1] [2] [3] Initially featuring flute and strings—notably the exotic fiddling of co ...
- 1975–1993, 2004
The Klezmorim. Klezmorim was one of the first of the revivalist bands to play klezmer, the traditional dance music of the Eastern European Jews. During the twelve years that the group was together, Klezmorim brought…. Read Full Biography.
On the origins of the band's name. In response to my hope of going to work in Sarajevo next year, something that is now pretty much on hold: "Here's a bit a Klez revival trivia: The original name of the group which became the Klezmorim (L. Liberman, D. Skuse, D. Gray, L. Chastain, & G. Carageorge) was "the Sarejevo Folk Ensemble" -- this aggregation changed its name to "The Klezmorim" in late ...
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In the mid-to-late 1970s there was a klezmer revival in the United States and Europe, led by Giora Feidman, The Klezmorim, Zev Feldman, Andy Statman, and the Klezmer Conservatory Band. They drew their repertoire from recordings and surviving musicians of U.S. klezmer. [99]
- קלעזמער
- Ashkenazic Jewish ceremonies, especially weddings, in Eastern Europe
- Jewish instrumental folk music, Freylekh music
Aug 28, 2013 · The Klezmorim was a klezmer band formed in 1975. They were widely credited with spearheading the worldwide revival of klezmer music in the 1970s and 1980s. Founded in Berkeley, California in 1975, they first featured strings, particularly the virtuoso violin of David Skuse.
Pete Sokolow used the arrangements he wrote for that show to form his Original Klezmer Jazz Band, which issued its first recording in 1984, the same year in which a group calling itself The Klezmorim played Carnegie Hall and the Klezmer Conservatory Band scored a huge success appearing on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion, broadcast ...
The Klezmorim was founded in Berkeley, California, in 1975 by saxophonist Lev Liberman and violinist David Skuse; clarinetist David Julian Gray was also one of the original members of the band. It took on its more or less definitive shape of five horns and a percussionist a few years later.
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