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.

Tracklist:

Haneros haluli
Buhusher khusid
Dance on, Dance on
Koilen
Sher [Part 2]
Galitsyaner hsyd
Heyser bulgar
Naftule shpielt far dem rebin
Der ziser bulgar
Doina and hora
Bessarabier choisid'l
Freid sich, yiddalech-tanz
A europaische kolomyka
Der terk in america
Das teuerste in bukowina
Naftule, shpil es nokh amol
A laibediga honga
Yiddisher march
Kinos, tkios un ashrei
Jewish dance
A rumenisher nigun
Ch'sidishe nigunim
Unzer toirele
Hopkele
Pas d'espagne
Tants istambul
Bukoviner freylech
Doina
Bessarabian hora
Shifra tantzt
Sirba
Freilicher yontov
Kleine princessin
A vaibele a tsnieh
Freilachs
Branas chasene
Hora hashiveinu
Nigun bialik onu bonu artso
Second avenue square
Der fetter max's bulgar

UPC: 3561302578224
Label: Fremeaux & Assoc. Fr
Release Date: 6.4.21
Format: CD

Klezmer American Recordings / Various (2pk) - Klezmer American Recordings / Various (2pk) (CD)