Meshugeneh Mambo

1. Meshugeneh Mambo

2. My Yiddishe Mama

3. Tsuris

4. Trombonik Tanz

5. Cheder Days

6. Gentile on My Mind

7. K'nock Around the Clock

8. Play Klezmer Play

9. Second Avenue Square Dance

10. Nudnik the Flying Shisl

11. I Am a Man of Constant Blessings

12. Li'l Gypsy

13. Essen

14. Ose Shalom

15. Knish Doctor

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist
The Chatauquan (NY) Daily called Yiddishe Cup "one of the most popular Chautauqua events." The Charleston Gazette said the group is "one of the top 10 klezmer bands in America." Hava Nagila to the 10th power!

Product Description
There hasn’t been anything quite like Meshugeneh Mambo in more than 40 years!

Yiddishe Cup is onto something different here: neo-Borscht Belt klezmer comedy.

That whole era of ’50s Jewish humor is dying, and some of it should be saved.

Just as klezmer music has been revitalized, Meshugeneh Mambo reclaims Jewish ethnic humor. Move over white-bread, Seinfeld-style comedians. (Paging Ethnomusicology.)

Yiddishe Cup time-travels back to the days when tough Jews, wearing shiny shoes, sold shoes. Mickey Katz -- the dead rebbe of klezmer comedy -- walks the streets of Cleveland again, along with the Barton Brothers, Billy Hodes and Slim Gaillard.

George Robinson, of the New York Jewish Week, named Yiddishe Cup’s previous album, YiddFellas, one of the 13 best Jewish recordings of 1999. Yiddishe Cup has appeared throughout the United States.

Tracks:

Meshugeneh Mambo
My Yiddishe Mama
Tsuris
Trombonik Tanz
Cheder Days
Gentile on My Mind
K'nock Around the Clock
Play Klezmer Play
Second Avenue Square Dance
Nudnik the Flying Shisl
I Am a Man of Constant Blessings
Li'l Gypsy
Essen
Ose Shalom
Knish Doctor

Album Description

There hasn't been anything quite like Meshugeneh Mambo in more than 40 years!

Yiddishe Cup is onto something different here: neo-Borscht Belt klezmer comedy.

That whole era of '50s Jewish humor is dying, and some of it should be saved.

Just as klezmer music has been revitalized, Meshugeneh Mambo reclaims Jewish ethnic humor. Move over white-bread, Seinfeld-style comedians. (Paging Ethnomusicology.)

George Robinson, of the New York Jewish Week, named Yiddishe Cup's previous album, YiddFellas, one of the 13 best Jewish recordings of 1999. Yiddishe Cup has appeared throughout the United States.

Meshugeneh Mambo
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Meshugeneh Mambo

Manufacturer: Yiddishe Cup
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | International | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CAH3B2
Release Date: 2004-05-25