Track Listing

1. Sher - Boiled in Lead
2. Nokh a Glezl Vayn (Another Glass of Wine) - Ahava Raba
3. Khsidim Tants [Ben Mandelson's Honga Onga Mix] - The Klezmatics
4. Voliner - Don Byron
5. In Shtetl Nikolaev - Aufwind
6. Alts Far Gelt - Paradox
7. Sadegurer Khosid'l
8. V'erastikh Kli - Frank London
9. Two Cents Plain - Kapelye
10. Mazel Tov Cocktail - New Orleans Klezmer All Stars
11. Washing Machine Song - New Klezmer Trio
12. Crown Heights Affair - Mose Allison
13. Turn Balalaika - Twistin' the Freylakhs

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #298570 in Music
• Released on: 1997-03-18
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

A Mixed Bag
Three or four of the songs are good. A few of them are more improvisational jazz, which to me sounds like people noodling around with instruments between actual songs. There's some sort of African-American harmony thing, and the last song sounds like the Ventures trying to play Wipe Out in klezmer style. Not worth buying if you're looking for actual klezmer music, and the title and description are misleading at best.

EXCELLENT
This cd is a fine collection of jewish/avant garde/world and fun klezmer music. Really intelligent mix.
album credits:
Ben Mandelson Arranger
Pete Sokolow Arranger
Alicia Svigals Arranger
Robert Vosgien Mastering
Henry Sapoznik Producer, Liner Notes
Joan Pelosi Design
New Orleans Klezmer All Stars Performer
Lorien Harmon Project Coordinator
David Krackauer Arranger
Charlie Dahan Executive Producer
Ahava Raba Performer
Aufwind Arranger, Performer
Twistin' the Freylakhs Performer
New Klezmer Trio Arranger, Performer
Paradox Performer
Kapelye Performer
The Klezmatics Performer
Frank London Arranger, Performer
Boiled in Lead Arranger, Performer
Mose Allison Performer
Don Byron Arranger, Performer

Wow...
is this a bad cd! In all fairness, fans of experimental jazz would probably like this. I'm not one, and I didn't. If you are looking for regular klezmer, or even coherent tunes, this isn't the cd for you.