Yiddish-American Klezmer Music 1925-1956

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Known bizarrely for a time as the Jewish Benny Goodman, Ukrainian-born klezmer clarinetist Dave Tarras was the relatively reliable and refined answer to the wickeder Naftule Brandwein. Born in 1897, Tarras emigrated to the United States in 1921. He quickly rose through the ranks of Jewish musicians, first as a dependable sideman and later as a composer and band leader himself. Consisting mainly of skillfully remastered 78s, this diverse anthology collects two-dozen Tarras performances in a wide variety of settings (including samples of Jewish radio circa 1940). Tarras was a nimble wonder, with a singing tone and a seemingly endless stream of musical ideas. This album both captures Tarras's brilliance and preserves a form of music poised between the live-wire "crudeness" of European klezmer and the cool pop swing of the '50s. --Richard Gehr

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Yiddish-American Klezmer Music 1925-1956
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Dave Tarras -- One of the Klezmer greats
  • An emeser oytser
  • Wisdom and humor
  • When swing and klezmer meet
  • Fascinating and precious
 Yiddish-American Klezmer Music 1925-1956
Dave Tarras
Manufacturer: Yazoo
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000000G9A
Release Date: 1992-02-19

Tracks:

  1. Unzer Toirele - Dave Tarras/Abe Schwartz Orchestra
  2. Yiddisher March - Dave Tarras/Joseph Cherniavsky's Yiddish-American Jazz Band
  3. Good Luck - Dave Tarras/Lou Lockett's Orchestra
  4. Polka 'Strelotchek' - Dave Tarras/Russkyj Orkestr 'Moskva'
  5. Chasidic In America - Dave Tarras/Moishe Oysher/Florence Weiss
  6. A Yid Bin Ich Geboiren - Dave Tarras/Michl Michalesco
  7. Dem Monastrichter Rebin's Chosid'l - Dave Tarras/Abe Schwartz Orchestra
  8. Hopkele - Dave Tarras/Seymour Rechtzeit
  9. Bridegroom Special - Dave Tarras/Yiddish Swing Orchestra
  10. Die Goldene Chasene - Dave Tarras/Abe Ellstein Orchestra
  11. Pas D'Espan - Dave Tarras/Russkyj Orkestr 'Moskva'
  12. Mazel In Liebe - Dave Tarras/Alexander Olshanetsky Orchestra
  13. A Vaibele A Tsnien - Dave Tarras/The Bagelman Sisters
  14. Zum Gali Gali - Dave Tarras/Yiddish Swingtette
  15. Die Reize Nuch Amerika - Dave Tarras/Abe Schwartz Orchestra
  16. Branas Hassene - Dave Tarras Trio
  17. Kinos, Tkios Un Ashrei - Dave Tarras/Boibriker Kapelle
  18. What Can You Mach? S'is America - Dave Tarras/Aaron Lebedeff
  19. Oriental Hora - Dave Tarras/Yiddish Swingtette
  20. Second Avenue Square Dance - Dave Tarras/Abe Ellstein Orchestra
  21. Freilachs - Dave Tarras/Lou Lockett's Orchestra
  22. Dayeynu - Dave Tarras/Yiddish Swingtette
  23. Rumanian Fantasy - Dave Tarras/Tantz Orchestra

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Known bizarrely for a time as the Jewish Benny Goodman, Ukrainian-born klezmer clarinetist Dave Tarras was the relatively reliable and refined answer to the wickeder Naftule Brandwein. Born in 1897, Tarras emigrated to the United States in 1921. He quickly rose through the ranks of Jewish musicians, first as a dependable sideman and later as a composer and band leader himself. Consisting mainly of skillfully remastered 78s, this diverse anthology collects two-dozen Tarras performances in a wide variety of settings (including samples of Jewish radio circa 1940). Tarras was a nimble wonder, with a singing tone and a seemingly endless stream of musical ideas. This album both captures Tarras's brilliance and preserves a form of music poised between the live-wire "crudeness" of European klezmer and the cool pop swing of the '50s. --Richard Gehr

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Dave Tarras -- One of the Klezmer greats.......2007-02-22

Dave Tarras was one of the pioneers of American klezmer music and an inspirer of the contemporary klezmer revival bands. Listen and enjoy these original recordings of this clarinet genius.

5 out of 5 stars An emeser oytser.......2005-08-17

Henry Sapoznik's notes alone are worth the price of this collection, so the extraordinary sound quality (for recordings from this era) makes it nothing less than a metsie fun a ganef! Just a few of the highlights: Moyshe Oysher's Yiddish scat in "Chassidic in America," the Barry Sisters (performing as the Bagleman Sisters and, I think, the Yiddish Swingtette), and the inimitable Seymour Rechtzeit's "Hopkele," not to mention the nostalgic WBBC Brooklyn patter. Mostly, though, with this CD I've finally understood why Dave Tarras was such a powerful inspiration for the klezmer revivalists of the last few decades. That man shvingt!

5 out of 5 stars Wisdom and humor.......2002-08-10

This selection of 23 virtuoso cuts includes five repeats from the enchanting Music from the Yiddish Radio Project, on which Dave Tarras figures a large role.

The repeats include Moishe Oysher's classic nigun, Chasidic in America (1958), Dayenu (1950), Bridegroom Special (1940), Die Golden Chasene (1945), and my favorite, Abe Ellstein's rendition of Second Avenue Square Dance (1950).

The music is just as wonderful a second time, even if you already own the Radio Project. Aside from the repeats, this collection offers some extremely worthy numbers of its own--which unlike the former includes a few advertisements within the cuts, not as separate ones. There's no arguing with these gorgeous renditions, complete with the tinny sound of ancient 78s. Some of the best music is in the opening number, Abe Schwartz Orchestra's 1928 version of Unzer Toirele, and the last, Rumanian Fantasy (1956).

In between you'll get Alexander Olshanetsky's violin-laden Mazel in Leibe (1929) and Seymour Rechtzeit's magnificent Hopkele (1941), the Bagelman Sisters in A Vaibele A Tsenien (1942) and the Yiddish Swingette's version of Zum Gali Gali. In 1950, as it is repeated here, the number was announced on air as a "Palestinian work song," meaning of course the work of Israel's Jewish inhabitants.

Tarras' doleful Branas Hassene (1941) includes the Rosh Hashonah Shofar as well as some rich brassy tones.

You know Chochme (Wisdom/Humor)? That's what this recording is--both kinds.

5 out of 5 stars When swing and klezmer meet.......2000-03-08

In these recordings Dave Tarras plays with several orchestras in the span of about 30 years. If you are looking for a collection of clarinet solos, for which Tarras became a legend, then this is not the right cd, but rather you should get the two cd's titled "Dave Tarras - Master of Klezmer Music" (Global Village). On the other hand, here you can find a colorful and heterogeneous collection of tunes, some of which traditional (doynas, freilekhs, horas...), others more strongly influenced by the musical trends of the thirties. In several cases Jewish traditional tunes blend gracefully with swing and jazz. Some tracks are introduced by the original radio broadcastings, which make this album even more precious. There is also an unusually long and informative booklet on Tarras. Considering that most of the original recordings date back to more than 70 years ago, the technical quality is remarkably fine.

5 out of 5 stars Fascinating and precious.......2000-02-29

In these recordings Dave Tarras plays with several orchestras in the span of about 30 years. If you are looking for a collection of clarinet solos, for which Tarras became a legend, then this is not the right cd, but rather you should better get the cd titled "Dave Tarras - Master of Klezmer Music vol.2" (Global Village). On the other hand, here you can find a colorful and heterogeneous collection of tunes, some of which traditional (doynas, freilekhs, horas...), others more strongly influenced by the musical trends of the thirties. In several cases Jewish traditional tunes blend gracefully with swing and jazz. Some tracks are introduced by the original radio broadcastings, which make this album even more precious. There is also a long and very informative booklet on Tarras. Considering that most of the original recordings date back to more than 70 years ago, the technical quality is remarkably fine.

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