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Yiddish-American Klezmer Music - 1925-1956
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Yiddish-American Klezmer Music - 1925-1956
Current price: $19.99
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Yiddish-American Klezmer Music - 1925-1956
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This much-welcome CD provides a capsule history of one of the most important American klezmer artists via a 36-page biography keyed to 78-rpm sides, radio transcriptions, and theatrical performances that zoom from cartoon soundtrack joy to delicate waltzes. Klezmer clarinetist
Dave Tarras
may not have taught
Benny Goodman
to swing, but his breakthrough style had a profound effect on American pop. Bandmate
Ziggy Elman
brought the Yiddish influence on jazz out into the open via
Goodman
's
"And the Angels Sing,"
and where would
the Andrew Sisters
be without "Bay mir bistu sheyn?" Highly recommended. ~ Bob Tarte
Dave Tarras
may not have taught
Benny Goodman
to swing, but his breakthrough style had a profound effect on American pop. Bandmate
Ziggy Elman
brought the Yiddish influence on jazz out into the open via
Goodman
's
"And the Angels Sing,"
and where would
the Andrew Sisters
be without "Bay mir bistu sheyn?" Highly recommended. ~ Bob Tarte