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Author: Lauren
Date: 1999-06-20 04:01
I've recently realized how great klezmer music is. I was wondering if there are other people who realize this, and if so if they have any suggestions for someone who wants to learn how to play. I can play jazz and classical, but I want to expand my horizons into klezmer. It seems wonderful how players can make the sounds on their horns, NOKAS and The Klezmer Conservatory. Any suggestions would be helpful.
Lauren
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Author: Debbie
Date: 1999-06-20 23:27
Hi, Lauren: Yes, Klezmer is a wonderful and intriguing facet of clarinet playing....it further illustrates the versatility of our chosen instrument, as it does so many things so very well!!! Two of the finest klezmer clarinet performers I've ever heard are Giora Fiedman and Michele Gingras. You can learn more about Giora Fiedman on any of the Jewish Music web pages; and Michele Gingras (who works with the Cincinnati Klezmer Project) has her own web site as well: http://miavx1.muohio.edu~gingram and her e-mail address is: gingram@muohio.edu She has an excellent CD out called "Klezmer's Greatest Hits"; and every time I listen to it I am so awestruck and amazed at the versatlity and impeccable muscianship of this young lady (whom I had the honor to meet at last year's ClarinetFest in Columbus, Ohio) I'm sure she could help you out with any and all questions you might have. Best of luck to you!!!
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Author: Ginny
Date: 1999-06-21 03:21
A Klezmer is a musician, in Yiddish. The style sounds to me like a mixture of Romanian, Gyspy jazz and early jazz. 'Fiddler on the Roof' attempts to capture the feel of Klezmer music, but Klezmer is much more real. I think of it as being New York based in the Jewish immigrant community of the 20's and 30's. This may not be accurate. Some of the clarinet solos are absolutely stunning and soulful. The notes just rip on some of the fast stuff and cry on some of the slow stuff. It was on an Eb clarinet. There are quite a few current Klezmer bands around the USA.
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Author: steve
Date: 1999-06-23 15:01
klezmer music goes back to eastern europe to time immemorial. there are different flavors of jewish diaspora music....ladino, a spanish-morocan tradition...greek and turkish and central euro-asian flavors...others...but the essence is a synthesis of half-remembered middle eastern music and jewish liturgical music with the existing musical/dance cultures of the time and place the jews found themselves in..the NYC flavor is mostly a synthesis of eastern european klezmer music with american turn of the century jazz...another identifying mark is that it's played on any instrument that the klezmorim could get his hands on....russian based klezmer music has band instruments in it...trombones, trumpets, drums....I've heard contemporary French Klezmorim playing accordian, fiddle and guitar...the clarinet pops up alot, but is not universal...the oud is used in ladino music...
the music comes primarily from an aural tradition....recordings of turn of the century american klezmorim exist, and Dave Tarras directly taught clarinet to Andy Statman....it's a close cousin to afro-american mississppi delta blues and shout, pipe/drum music...to learn it takes less concentration on equipment and charts, etc, but immersion in the culture....
s.
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Author: STuart
Date: 1999-06-23 23:42
YEAH!!! It's simcha time!
I was just listening to Giora Feidman's Yiddish Soul record wondering how he does and what he's smoking.
Has anyone heard The NEw Klezmer Trio? They play contemporary music informed by Klezmer that blows up the spot. It features Ben Goldberg, Americas most underated clarinetist. He plays beyond stylistic trappings into to uncharted territory, while still maintaining the Klezmer references.
I've just begun to explore Klezmer as well as Macedonian music, which also lights my fire! And most recently I heard some of the badness gypsey sounds ever!
Has anyone heard Ivo Papasov? How about Pachora? How about Matt Darriou's Paradox Trio (He's the clarinetist from the Klezmatics, now)? Or how the record "The Lost Jewish Music Of Transylvania"? That record is perfect. No one should live with out it. I had it but, ironicaly, I lost it.
Alright! How about Statmen's song of the Fathers record? I lost that too. You got to keep an your friends when it comes to that european soul!
PS- Let's talk more about this stuff!!!!!
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Author: Steve Epstein
Date: 1999-06-24 02:16
If you think Giora Feidman is a great klezmer clarinetist, you should hear him play tangos! I wish his "Clarinetango" were available on CD, not just cassette; I wore out the tape in my car's player.
I have a few tapes of Ivo Papasov and also have heard Yuri Yunakov (alto sax) live, touring with his band, which includes several extremely talented Americans, including Catherine Foster, an extremely talented clarinet player who also plays brass instruments, and performs with Zlatne Uste, an NYC-based American Balkan brass band. The technical prowess of Papasov, Yunakov and their sideplayers speak for themselves, but this music is a bit disappointing when you're trying to do the traditional folk dances to it. Of course, the Rom (gypsies) have always imitated, copied, fused, modified, blended, etc. I just don't paricularly care for Yunakov's and Papasov's sound, even if I'm not dancing to it, but that's my taste.
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Author: Eddie
Date: 1999-06-24 07:06
Last summer, I took a couple of "Klezmer" lessons with Joszef Balogh of the Budapest Symphony while he was on residence at my school. I have been able to imitate his sound (to an extent), but there is just so much more to Klezmer!!! Mr. Balogh explained that klezmer is just like jazz...."you have to feel the music and trust yourself." I have listened to a lot of klezmer, so I feel that I understand the feeling he was talking about. Now, I just fool around with traditional klezmer melodies and improvise on them. It takes a long time to be able to get the "klezmer sound". I am still working on it. I must CAUTION you....don't over-practice your "klezmer sound" before an important performance. After my lessons with Mr. Balogh, I was so excited and wanted to practice klezmer all the time and completely forgot about the audition I had coming up. I had to work really hard to get my classical sound back and get rid of the pseudo-klezmer sound that I had worked on so hard. So anyway, I am in search of a fingering chart for the tarogato! If any of you know of one online, please post something. Thanks.
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Author: STuart
Date: 1999-06-24 16:29
I hear you on the dance thing.
What I like about Ivo's sound is the dramatic changes he puts it through during a solo. On top of that I think he's as funky as Maceo Parker, the funkiest horn player ever! (I just contradicted myself, didn't I?)
Does anybody have any records or CDs with a harder clarinetist more like Musikas and the string stuff I've heard? I mean something pretty raw and full of mad soul.
Let me know. And DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OHAD TALIBOR RECORDS???? I've been on a long search.
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