The Klezmorim
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Biography
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. Initially featuring flute and stringsânotably the exotic fiddling of co-founder David Skuseâthe ensemble reorganized into a "loose, roaring, funky" brass/reed/percussion band fronted by co-founder Lev Liberman's saxophones and founding member David Julian Gray's clarinets. As a professional performing and recording ensemble focused on recreating the lost sounds of early 20th century klezmer bands, The Klezmorim achieved crossover success, garnering a Grammy nomination in 1982 for their album Metropolis and selling out major concert venues across North America and Europe, including Carnegie Hall (twice in 1983) and L'Olympia in Paris. The band performed steadily until 1993, regrouping in 2004 for a European tour.
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- The Supreme Jazz-Baby Speaks / Band Intro (Live At The Odeon Theatre, Amsterdam, Netherlands / August 13-16, 1986)
- Kishinever (Live At The Odeon Theatre, Amsterdam, Netherlands / August 13-16, 1986)
- Train Theme 2 / Orient Express To Harlem (Live At The Odeon Theatre, Amsterdam, Netherlands / August 13-16, 1986)
- Chase 2 / Train Theme / King Boris (Medley / Live At The Odeon Theatre, Amsterdam, Netherlands / August 13-16, 1986)
- Kramtweiss Two (Live At The Odeon Theatre, Amsterdam, Netherlands / August 13-16, 1986)
- Disfigured (Live At The Odeon Theatre, Amsterdam, Netherlands / August 13-16, 1986)
- Segment X Intro (Live At The Odeon Theatre, Amsterdam, Netherlands / August 13-16, 1986)
- Dueling Shers (Live At The Odeon Theatre, Amsterdam, Netherlands / August 13-16, 1986)
- Digga Digga Doo (Live At The Odeon Theatre, Amsterdam, Netherlands / August 13-16, 1986)
- Circus Sirba (Live At The Odeon Theatre, Amsterdam, Netherlands / August 13-16, 1986)
- Firen (Live At The Odeon Theatre, Amsterdam, Netherlands / August 13-16, 1986)
- The Opera Bit (Live At The Odeon Theatre, Amsterdam, Netherlands / August 13-16, 1986) by Placebo Flamingo
- Trello Hasaposerviko/ Sonya/ Anushke
- The Tuba Doina
- Hot Dishes
- Constantinople
- Bucharest
- The Good Soldier
- Bulgarian Boogie (Live At The Odeon Theatre, Amsterdam, Netherlands / August 13-16, 1986)
- The People's Dance
- Moldovanke
- Minnie The Moocher (Live At The Odeon Theatre, Amsterdam, Netherlands / August 13-16, 1986)
- Chase / Minsk Metropolitan Opera (Live At The Odeon Theatre, Amsterdam, Netherlands / August 13-16, 1986)
- Kramtweiss Steps Out
