KLEZMER, AMERICAN RECORDINGS 1909-1952

Jewish exiles left Central Europe before and after World War I. They took their elaborate musical traditions to the United States and recorded dazzling evidence of their very expressive, Gypsy-tinged party dance music, which thrived on rhythm and where improvisation preceded that of jazz. Bruno Blum comments on these genuine rare, precious, influential and founding recordings of modern Klezmer, a genre overlooked since the 1940s and revived in the Twenty-First Century as it merges with current jazz. Often instrumental, Klezmer music featured virtuosos such as clarinetists Naftule Brandwein and Dave Tarras. Essential, compelling, one-of-a-kind documents — all remarkably well-recorded for the time.
Patrick FRÉMEAUX

DISC 1 - ACOUSTIC RECORDINGS 1909-1926 : HANEROS HALULI - H. STEINER • BUHUSHER KHUSID - JOSEPH MOSKOWITZ • DANCE ON DANCE ON - JEWISH RUSSIAN ORCH. • KOILEN - MISHKA ZIGANOFF • SHER PART 2 - ABE SCHWARTZ’S ORCH. • GALITSYANER H.SYD - MISHKA ZIGANOFF • HEYSER BULGAR - NAFTULE BRANDWEIN • NAFTULE SHPIELT FAR DEM REBIN - NAFTULE BRANDWEIN • DER ZISER BULGAR - NAFTULE BRANDWEIN • DOINA AND HORA - KANDEL’S ORCHESTRA W/JACOB HOFFMAN • BESSARABIER CHOISID’L - J. HOCHMAN’S JEWISH ORCH. • FREID SICH, YIDDALECH-TANZ - NAFTULE BRANDWEIN • A EUROPAISCHE KOLOMYKA - RADERMAN’S & BECKERMAN’S ORCH. W/ ALEX FIEDEL • DER TERK IN AMERICA - NAFTULE BRANDWEIN • DAS TEUERSTE IN BUKOWINA - NAFTULE BRANDWEIN • NAFTULE, SHPIL ES NOKH AMOL - NAFTULE BRANDWEIN • A LAIBEDIGA HONGA - KANDEL’S ORCH. • YIDDISHER MARCH - JOSEPH CHERNIAVSKY’S YIDDISH AMERICAN JAZZ BAND • KINOS, TKIOS UN ASHREI - BOIBRIKER KAPELLE • JEWISH DANCE - STATE ENSEMBLE OF JEWISH FOLK MUSICIANS.

DISC 2 - ACOUSTIC RECORDINGS 1927-1928 : A RUMENISHER NIGUN - DAVE TARRAS • CH’SIDISHE NIGUNIM - ABE SCHWARTZ ORCH. W/DAVE TARRAS, BERESH KATZ • UNZER TOIRELE - ABE SCHWARTZ’S ORCH. • HOPKELE - SEYMOUR RECHTZEIT • PAS D’ESPAGNE - RUSSKYJ ORCHESTRA MOSKVA. 1938-1952 ELECTRIC RECORDINGS : TANTS ISTAMBUL - DAVE TARRAS • BUKOVINER FREYLECH - DAVE TARRAS • DOINA - AL GLASER’S BUCOVINAER KAPELLE W/DAVE TARRAS • BESSARABIAN HORA - AL GLASER’S BUCOVINAER KAPELLE W/DAVE TARRAS • SHIFRA TANTZT - DAVE TARRAS • SIRBA - DAVE TARRAS • FREILICHER YONTOV - NAFTULE BRANDWEIN • KLEINE PRINCESSIN - NAFTULE BRANDWEIN • A VAIBELE A TSNIEH - BAGELMAN SISTERS/ABE ELLSTEIN ORCH. • FREILACHS - LOU LOCKETT’S ORCH. • BRANAS CHASENE - DAVE TARRAS • HORA/HASHIVEINU - DAVE TARRAS PALESTINIAN DANCE ORCH. • NIGUN BIALIK/ONU BONU ARTSO - DAVE TARRAS PALESTINIAN DANCE ORCH. • SECOND AVENUE SQUARE DANCE - ABE ELLSTEIN ORCH. • DER FETTER MAX’S BULGAR - SAM MUSIKER ORCH.

DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE : BRUNO BLUM