Composed by Abe Schwartz
Performed by Abe Schwartz
2. Ch'sidishe nigunim (Hasidic Melodies)
Composed by Hirsch Gross, Beresh Katz
with Abe Schwartz
3. Die Reize nuch Amerika (The Trip To America)
Composed by Perlmutter, Wohl, Thomashefsky
Performed by Abe Schwartz
4. Di grine Kusine (The Greenhorn Girl Cousin)
Composed by Abe Schwartz
with Abe Schwartz
5. Russian Scissors
Composed by Yiddish Anonymous
6. Dovid'l bazetzt die kalleh (Little David Seats The Bride)
Composed by Yiddish Anonymous
7. Gelebt und gelacht (Live And Laugh)
Composed by Abe Schwartz
Performed by Abe Schwartz
8. T'kias "Shofer blosen" (Blowing The Ram's Horn)
Composed by Yiddish Anonymous
Performed by Abe Schwartz
9. Hurra! For unzer Held Levine (Hurray! For Our Hero Levine)
Composed by Abe Schwartz
Performed by Abe Schwartz
10. Der shtiller Bulgar (The Quiet Bulgar)
Composed by Yiddish Anonymous
Performed by Abe Schwartz
11. Roumanian doina
Composed by Yiddish Anonymous
with Abe Schwartz
12. Zorg nit Mama (Don't Worry, Mama)
Composed by Sandler
Performed by Abe Schwartz
13. Hora Romanesca
Composed by Anonymous
14. Nit die Hagode, nor die Kneidlech (Not The Haggadah, But The Matzo Balls)
Composed by Abe Schwartz
with Abe Schwartz
15. Frauen liebe (Lady Love)
Composed by Yiddish Anonymous
Performed by Abe Schwartz
16. Akdomes un af B'ri (At The Beginning And Daybreak)
Composed by Hirsch Gross, Beresh Katz , Abe Schwartz
with Abe Schwartz
17. Roumanian doina
Composed by Yiddish Anonymous
with Abe Schwartz
18. Der Automobile
Composed by Abe Schwartz
Performed by Abe Schwartz
19. Yosel
Composed by Nellie Casman
Performed by Abe Schwartz
20. A Galitzianer Tenzil (Galician Dance)
Composed by Yiddish Anonymous
Performed by Abe Schwartz
21. Die boibriker Chasseneh - Pt. 1 (The Boibrik Wedding)
Composed by Yiddish Anonymous
with Abe Schwartz
22. Russian sher
Composed by Yiddish Anonymous
Performed by Abe Schwartz
23. Mameniu, liubeniu (Mama, My Beloved)
Composed by Abe Schwartz
Performed by Abe Schwartz
24. Fihren di Mechutonim aheim-tanz (Escorting The Parents Of The Bride And Groom Home)
Composed by Abe Schwartz
Performed by Abe Schwartz
25. Lebedig un Frehlach (Lively And Happy)
Composed by Perlmutter, Wohl, Thomashefsky
Performed by Abe Schwartz
Editorial Reviews
It would be impossible to overstate Abe Schwartz's influence on the development of klezmer music in America. He was a fine violinist and pianist, an excellent composer, an arranger who added modern instruments like saxophones and banjos to the Old World sound, and a bandleader with a nose for talent who helped launch the careers of Dave Tarras and Naftule Branwein, among others. The Klezmer King collects 25 tracks from the 75 or so sides that Schwartz recorded for Columbia between 1917 and 1935. Schwartz was remarkably versatile, and the selections include traditional dance tunes like "Roumanian Doina," Yiddish pop tunes such as "Die Greene Cousine," which was later a hit for Benny Goodman as "My Little Cousin," and sly social commentary like "Der Automobile." Also here are three versions of the old melody "Russian Sher," which were recorded in 1917, 1927, and 1935. Listening to them, you can trace Schwartz's style as it evolves from its European roots to a more American version of klezmer. The sound quality of these rare recordings is outstanding; there are almost no clicks, pops, or hiss to mar the music. The Klezmer King is an essential recording from one of the pioneers of New World klezmer. --Michael Simmons
The Klezmer King,Anonymous,Yiddish Anonymous,Nellie Casman,Hirsch / Katz , Beresh / Schwartz, Abe Gross,Hirsch / Katz, Beresh Gross,Perlmutter / Wohl / Thomashefsky,Sandler,Abe Schwartz,Abe Schwartz,Sony,Int'l & World Music,Jewish,Jewish: Trad. & Klezmer,Klezmer,Miscellaneous,Miscellaneous Music,Pop,Vocal,Vocal Music,World Music
Average customer rating:
|
The King of the Klezmer Clarinet
Naftule Brandwein Manufacturer: Rounder Select ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000002U0 Release Date: 1997-01-14 |
Tracks:
- Heiser Bulgar
- Be Happy, Jews
- Der Terkisher-Bulgar Tanz
- Kolomeika (Ukrainian Dance)
- Naftule Plays For The Rabbi
- Nifty's Freilach
- Oh Daddy, That's Good!
- Der Terk In America
- Where Were You Before Prohibition?
- The Dearest One In Bukovina
- Der Heisser (Tartar Dance)
- Hora With Onions
- Returning From The River
- Long Live Palestine
- The Rabbi's Disciple
- Der Yid In Jerusaleim
- Bulgar Ala Naftule
- Little Princess
- Turkishe Yalle Vey Uve
- Naftule, Play It Again
- Araber Tanz
- Nifty's Own
- Fifteen Years Away From Home (Russian Dance)
- Where There Are Two, Naftule Is The Third
- Happy Holiday
Amazon.com
These days the New York City jazz scene is filled with klezmer-influenced musicians: guys like John Zorn and David Krakauer, who learn the minor-keyed melodies of their Jewish grandparents and subsequently tear it to pieces, driving forward while also looking back. There's just something magical about klezmer: it's all about energy and swing, but it's also (almost always) tinged with sadness. Which brings us to Naftule Brandwein. Brandwein was unique back in the '20s and '30s (he'd be unique now, too), a legendary self-promoter, drinker, gambler, but--most of all--player. Unlike that of Dave Tarras, the delicate and couth klezmer artist we all remember, Brandwein's music is loud and sweeping; he's a powerhouse on the clarinet. Rumor has it he played with his back to the crowd (à la Miles Davis) because he didn't want the competition stealing his moves. Decades later the jazz underground has. This is an essential album in the Yiddish-American musical canon and a gorgeous reissue of a musical genius. --Jason VerlindeCustomer Reviews:
Naftule Brandwein -- Troubled genius.......2007-02-22
Mazl Tov!.......2007-01-13
AVERAGE.......2006-06-29
Nothing like this in the world.......2003-10-05
Unfortunately, like most mainstream music lovers, I had not even heard of Brandwein until recently, and the liner notes explain that his unpleasant temperament, combined with his inability to read music, had a lot to do with the frustrations of his career. That makes this CD especially valuable: it's not easy to find this music anywhere else. (Two recordings on this CD can also be found in the collection called Music from the Yiddish Radio Project, ASIN: B000060P7J.)
This is THE collection if you're seriously studying Klezmer.......2003-10-04
If you want to learn from a master (kind of like all jazz players should be listening to Charlie Parker, Miles and Coltrane), then you must have this collection. It has the greatest hits (or maybe every recording) of Brandwein, who was absolutely far and away the most inspired klezmer clarinet player who recorded. Some love Tarras, some love others, but if you don't know "Nifty," then you don't know jack!
If you simply enjoy klezmer music, this is still a great album, as Brandwein is such a hot player the mono-78 sound quality is worth listening through. Actually, compared to the 78's from which we used to have to transcribe in the 80's and 90's, this is a really super clean sound. But there is still some static, so don't be surprised.
Oh, it's also nice to have some recordings at the end from the end of his life (when he wasn't afraid to use the lower register that Dave Tarras used to dominate in the old days). Those are at the end of the CD.
Average customer rating:
|
Klezmer King
Abe Schwartz Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000066401 Release Date: 2002-04-30 |
Tracks:
- Russishe Shehr - Abe Schwart'z Orchestra
- Ch'Sidishe Nigunim (Hasidic Melodies) - Boibriker Kapelle
- Die Reize Nuch Amerika (The Trip To America) - Abe Schwartz's Orchestra
- Die Greene Cousine (The Greenhorn Girl Cousin) - Abraham Moskowitz
- Russian Scissors - Oriental Orchestra
- Dovid'l Bazetzt Die Kalleh (Little David Seats The Bride) - Dave Tarras
- Gelebt Und Gelacht (Live And Laugh) - Phillip Greenberg
- T'Kias 'Shofer Blosen' (Blowing The Ram's Horn) - Sam Beckerman
- Hurra! Far Unzer Held Levine (Hurray! For Our Hero Levine) - Irving Grossman
- Der Shtiller Bulgar (The Quiet Bulgar) - Jewish Orchestra
- Roumanian Doina - Abe Schwartz & His Daughter, Miss Schwartz
- Zorg Nit Mama (Don't Worry, Mama) - Abe Schwart'z Orchestra
- Hora Midor De Romania (Roumanina Hora) - Unknown Orchestra
- Nit Die Hagode, Nor Die Kneidlech (Not The Haggadah, But The Matzo Balls) - Abraham Moskowitz
- Frauen Liebe (Lady Love) - Abe Schwartz Orchestra
- Akdomes Un Af B'ri (At The Beginning And Daybreak) - Boibriker Kapelle
- Roumeinishe Doina - Naftule Brandwein
- Der Automobile - Morris Goldstein
- Yosel - Abe Schewartz's Orchestra
- A Galitzianer Tenzil (Galician Dance) - Sam Beckerman
- Die Boibriker Chasseneh - Pt. 1 (The Boibrik Wedding) - Boibriker Kapelle
- Russian Sher - National Dance - Russkij Orkestr 'Novinka'
- Mameniu, Liubeniu (Mama, My Beloved) - Abraham Brandwein
- Fihren Di Mechutonim Aheim-Tanz (Escorting The Parents Of The Bride And Groom Home) - Naftule Brandwein
- Lebedig Un Frehlach (Lively And Happy) - Abe Schwartz's Orchestra
Amazon.com
It would be impossible to overstate Abe Schwartz's influence on the development of klezmer music in America. He was a fine violinist and pianist, an excellent composer, an arranger who added modern instruments like saxophones and banjos to the Old World sound, and a bandleader with a nose for talent who helped launch the careers of Dave Tarras and Naftule Branwein, among others. The Klezmer King collects 25 tracks from the 75 or so sides that Schwartz recorded for Columbia between 1917 and 1935. Schwartz was remarkably versatile, and the selections include traditional dance tunes like "Roumanian Doina," Yiddish pop tunes such as "Die Greene Cousine," which was later a hit for Benny Goodman as "My Little Cousin," and sly social commentary like "Der Automobile." Also here are three versions of the old melody "Russian Sher," which were recorded in 1917, 1927, and 1935. Listening to them, you can trace Schwartz's style as it evolves from its European roots to a more American version of klezmer. The sound quality of these rare recordings is outstanding; there are almost no clicks, pops, or hiss to mar the music. The Klezmer King is an essential recording from one of the pioneers of New World klezmer. --Michael SimmonsCustomer Reviews:
Abe Schwartz -- King of Yiddish Music.......2007-02-22
Old-Time American Roots Klezmer Music.......2004-04-15
Joy, Joy, Happy, Happy.......2004-02-05
BK
Close your eyes and you're at a Jewish wedding.......2003-03-31
The Klezmer King album is old, both in sound and style. But keep in mind that clarinet klezmer is more of an American thing. This music is a generation or two removed from the original originals. Songs called Russian Sher and Roumanian Doina indicate that, just like today, wedding musicians from the old country were jamming the hits of the day as well as the "Jewish" stuff.
But it was guys like Schwartz, Dave Tarras and the Musiker Brothers, whom the new wave learned from. But unlike the younger versions, these melodies don't seem to have jazz-like improvisation. They are straight ahead rollickers, heavy on catchy rhythm and melody. There are a total of twenty-five tracks on the album and most are short and fast.
The instruments employed are the violin, played by Schwartz, the clarinet and horns. The beat is so danceable that you forget there's no percussion. That's traditional, because back in the old country, if the klezmorim had any percussion at all it was just a bass drum.
For you Yiddish speakers, The Klezmer King is not all instrumental. There are tracks that start with lively shouts as well as straight singing pieces like Mameniu Liubeniu or the satirical Hurra Far Unzerheld Levine.
Then there's Die Bolbriker Chasseneh, which has Schwartz introducing a bride and groom in between slow music. He raises his voice, half speaking and half singing in rapid-fire Yiddish. Then he gasps out that the couple is now officially married and the band breaks into fast, bouncy jamming. Close your eyes and you can imagine you're one of the guests. That goes for most of the tunes here.
If you didn't know the difference between a bulgar and freilach and nigun before, you better start learning. Abe Schwartz taught long of young folks about what it takes to be a king of klezmer. Companion CDs of Dave Tarras and the Musiker Brothers are available from Legacy Recordings.
Time warp.......2002-08-11
The music is all decidedly Eastern European. The Roumanian Doina, for example, played by Abe Schwartz (violin) and his daughter, strongly resembles the brilliant Rom music generated by the same region.
No wonder. Born in Bucharest, Romania, Abe Schwartz (1881-1963) emigrated to the U.S. with his parents in 1899 and became the most influential composer, fiddler and bandleader to shape and define modern U.S. klezmer groups. He arrived in the musical establishment via an acquaintance from small jobs with David Nodiff, a part-time composer and so-called A&R (for artist and repertoire) man for Columbia Records, who helped bring klezmer and other ethnic musicians to record companies. Nodiff hired Schwartz in 1917 to find new Jewish talent and head up instrumental recording sessions.
This recording provides some of the time and style progression of Yiddish American music from 1917, when Schwartz recorded Russian Scissors for Columbia with the Oriental Orchestra. In 1927, he recorded the same tune again as Russishe Shehr, in a brassier rendition played by his own orchestra. Still a later 1935 version can be heard in Russian Sher National Dance, the 22nd cut, recorded with the Orkestr Novinka. (And that is the most recent recording here.) The musical and stylistic progressions from 1917 and 1918 through 1935 are admirably explained in an accompanying 8-page pamphlet.
This is not the jazzy stuff many will remember from the 1940s and 1950s. It came before the Barry Sisters, before Naftule Brandwein and Dave Tarras. Abe Schwartz was their mentor.
What you get here is a time warp, filled with early 20th century Jewish musical genius. Alyssa A. Lappen
Average customer rating:
|
Prime Meridian
Manufacturer: Channel Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000000T17 Release Date: 1995-08-07 |
Tracks:
- Fanfare For A New Theatre
- Peaches En Regalia
- Let's Make The Water Turn Black
- Oh No - Benjamin Herrington
- Igor's Boogie
- Eat That Question
- Echidna's Arf
- Song For Someone
- Ice Rose
- A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond
- When I See Mommy, I Feel Like A Mummy
- Apes-Ma - Daniel Grabois
- Dropout Boogie - Daniel Grabois
- Suction Prints
- Fanfare For All
- Songs For A Dead King
- Pandora's Magic Castle
- Jessica
- Bucket Cue
- Freaky Guitar Freylekhs
- V'erastikh Li (Divine Betrothal)
- Full Moon, Ancient Waters
- Psycho-Klezmer
- Paterson
Customer Reviews:
Uplifting.......2002-01-28
I love the stylishness of the tracks on this CD. For me, the music has a calming effect. When I know that I am going to have a bad day at the office, I’ll listen to this CD while driving to work. When I arrive, I don’t feel so bad.
Listen to the samples that Amazon.com offers. If you find the music uplifting, buy it. You won’t regret it.
Average customer rating:
|
In Jerusalem
Manufacturer: Plane ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00000AV4A |
Tracks:
- Schindler's List
- Deux melodies Hebraiques: Kaddisch
- Deux melodies Hebraiques: LEnigme Eternelle
- Truat melech: Kol nidre
- Truat melech: Ani maamin
- Truat melech: Nigun shofar
- Truat melech: Night Parade
- Truat melech: Dance
- Truat melech: A Prayer
- Ani, yerushalaim
- A Nigun: Moditz: Mimkomcha, Adam Rogers
- 'Bekinor, benevel ... Zamru lo': Dance
- Alokim eli ata
Customer Reviews:
Giora Feidman is incomparable!.......2004-10-25
Average customer rating: |
Di Eybike Mame: The Eternal Mother
Manufacturer: Wergo Germany ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0000ADYCZ Release Date: 2003-10-14 |
Tracks:
- Lekht Bentshn (Blessing the Candles)
- Gevald, Gevald Police (Help, Help, Police)
- Oylom Habu (The World to Come) [Di Yidishe Neshome (The Jewish Soul)]
- Aria [A Mentsh Zol Men Zayn (Be a DeCent Person)]
- Brivele Der Mamen (A Letter to Mother)
- Gebet Far Der Khupe (Prayer Before the Wedding Ceremony) [Di ...]
- Bas Yerusholayim (The Daughter of Jerusalem)
- Rozhinkes Mit Mandlen [Shulamith]
- Kind un a Heym (A Homeless Child) - Annabelle Hoffman
- Dos Fartribene Taybele (The Exiled Dove) [Ben Ami]
- Ale Vayber Megn Shtimen (All Women Can Vote) - Hochman Orchestra
- Bisl Yoysher (A Bit of Justice) - I.J. Hochman,
- Vu Iz Mayn Yukel? (Where Is My Yukel?) [Di Amerikaner Rebetsin ...]
- Brivel Tsu Mayn Man (A Letter to My Husband) - Nellie Casman
- Tsipke - Molly Picon
- Yankele Karmantshik (Yankele "Little Pickpocket")
- Kiddush (Adeser Khaznte) [Odessa]
- Shabes, Yontef un Roshkhoydesh (Sabbath, Holiday and the New Moon) ... - Nathaniel Shilkret
- Vu Iz Mayn Kind? (Where Is My Child?) [Ir Groyser Sod (Her Great ...)
- Dem Rebns Moyfsim (The Rebbe's Miracles)
- Annie, Ikh Shtarb Avek Nukh Dir (Annie, I'm Dying for You)
- Di Primadonna [The Radio Girl] - Lucy Levin, Alexander Olshanetsky
- Di Eybike Mame
Rock Music:
- The Rough Guide to the Music of Italy
- Valsa Brasileira [Import]
- Vietnamese Traditional Dan Bau Music
- Vogilo Andare a Vivere in Camp [Import]
- Welo
- 18 Karat Reggae Gold 2005
- 2 [Import]
- 20 Secretos de Amor [Import]
- 36 Grands Succes [Import]
- 40 Obras Fundamentales [Import]
Recommended Music:
Christus Natus Est: Early English Christmas
Dillinja & Lemon D Present Spectrum [Import]
Got to Have Your Love [CD-single] [Import]
Craziest [CD-single] [Explicit Lyrics]