EAST VILLAGE KLEZMER SERIES
Klezmer and Yiddish Music returns to the East Village, where it once was king, at a new series curated by Aaron Alexander at the Sixth Street Community Synagogue. The lineup for the fall series includes a fantastic lineup including wonderful klezmorim from New York and faraway places such as Montreal, Berlin, Boston, and the UK. We are lucky to have such a great group of musicians contributing to this endeavor. Please come out and support the series!
The series are co-sponsored by Workmen’s Circle/Arbeiter Ring of NY, Living Traditions/Klez Kamp, and Center for Traditional Music and Dance.
New Expanded Format!
6 – 7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
6 – 7:30PM Yiddish Class, led by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
8 – 9:15PM Concert (see schedule below) $15 (includes a drink)
9:30 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Margot Leverett, Pete Rushevsky, Aaron Alexander and guests, with Yiddish dance instruction by Lisa Mayer and guests. $5
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink)
Generous discounts available for students, seniors and members of 6th St. Community Shul, Workmen’s Circle, CTMD, Klez Kamp and Klez Kanada attendees, and volunteers!
Volunteers Needed! please email Aaron Alexander at a@aaronalexander.com.
Upcoming East Village Klezmer Concerts:
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4:30-6:00PM Yiddish Class taught by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
6 - 7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
8 – 9:15PM Dmitri Slepovitch's Hasidic Nigunim Project $15 (includes a drink)
9:30 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)
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4:30-6:00PM Yiddish Class taught by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
6 - 7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
8 – 9:15PM Tarras Band
9:30 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests
Featuring:
Pete Sokolow - piano
Michael Winograd - clarinet
Ben Holmes - trumpet
Jim Guttman - bass
David Licht - drums
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)
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4:30-6:00PM Yiddish Class taught by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
6 - 7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
8 – 10:00PM Zingeray! Traditional Yiddish singers of NY led by Itzik Gottesman $15 (includes a drink)
10:00 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)
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4:30-6:00PM Yiddish Class taught by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
6 - 7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
8 – 9:15PM Strauss/Warschauer Duo with Special Guest Eleanor Reissa
9:30 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)
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4:30-6:00PM Yiddish Class taught by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
6 - 7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
8 – 9:15PM Lisa Gutkin with Pete Rushefsky
9:30 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)
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4:30-6:00PM Yiddish Class taught by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
6 - 7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
8 – 9:15PM From Hungary: Nigun Feat
9:30 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests
Featuring: Andras Parniczky, Matt Darriau
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)
Past East Village Klezmer Concerts:
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Zevy Zions opens for Michael Winograd!
Accordionist Zevy Zions is one of the most in demand musicians in the Jewish wedding circuit in the NY tri-state area. His klezmer experience is extensive. He has worked with Andy Statman, Paul Pincus, Joel Chernet, Howie Leess, and Klezmerfest, among others. Zions studied with the great performer and teacher,Charles Nunzio who, in turn, was a student of the legendary Pietro Frosini. Zev began music lessons at the age of four, having started with the piano. His mother loved the accordion, so she bought him a used, smaller sized instrument. Zevy sutdied with Charles Nunzio for eight years. Emphasis on technique, expression and overall musicianship was covered over that period of time. Zevy considers himself lucky to have studied with Mr. Nunzio
Zevy has released several solo albums: "Olive Blossoms", "Dizzy Accordion", "William Tell" and his new CD, "Bolero Fantasia".
Clarinetist Michael Winograd has recorded and performed with SoCalled, Budowitz, Frank London, and the Klezmer Conservatory Band. He has led workshops and performed near and far, with highlighted performances in Reunion Island, the Dawson City Music Festival (Yukon), the Winnepeg , Calgary and Richmond Folk Festivals, Klezmore Festival (Vienna), the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. and Carnegie Hall in New York City. He has taught Klezmer music at the Paris Klezmer week, Yiddish Summer Weimar, KlezKanada, and Living Traditions KlezKamp. In his spare time he produces records, composes music, and plays synthesizer in the Brooklyn based metal band Yiddish Princess.
Michael Winograd - clarinet, band coordinator
Patrick Farrell - accordion
Pete Rushefsky - tsimbl
Deborah Strauss, Keryn Kleinman, Adam Moss - fiddles
4:30-6:00PM Yiddish Class taught by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
6 - 7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Michael Winograd $25
8 – 8:30 Zev Zions CD Release Party: Bolero Fantasia
8:40-10:00PM Michael Winograd
10:00 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)
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Arkady Goldenshtein & Benjy Fox-Rosen in concert!
Arkady Goldenshtein was born in Mogilev-Podolsk on the border of Ukraine and Moldova in 1963 and grew up in Moldova. He has lived in Israel since 1990. Goldenshtein has played klezmer on the clarinet since childhood, and performed regularly in affairs of the Jewish community during the Communist era, which was in those days a somewhat risky venture. He has participated in many festivals in Israel and abroad, most recently the KlezKanada Festival and has toured in England and Germany. His ensembles have been awarded prizes at the Safed and Raanana Klezmer Festivals in Israel. He currently conducts the Haifa Klezmer Orchestra, and teaches clarinet in conservatories and in the public school system.
Benjy Fox-Rosen's Quintet presents an arresting synthesis of Yiddis folk songs, art songs, Klezmer music, and original compositions. Band leader Fox-Rosen – singer, composer, and bassist – is joined by some of the most compelling klezmer musicians in New York City. Together, they focus on the poetry of beloved Krakow songwriter Mordechai Gebirtig, presenting his poems as alluring and engaging art songs.
This evening will be the US premiere of an as yet unnamed suite of compositions from the poetry of Gebirtig!
Featuring: Benjy Fox-Rosen: voice, bass, Michael Winograd: clarinet, Patrick Farrell: accordion, Avi Fox-Rosen: guitar, and Tyshawn Sorey: drums
4:30-6:00PM Yiddish Class taught by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
6 - 7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
8 – 9:15PM Benjy Fox-Rosen and Arkady Goldenshteyn $15 (includes a drink)
9:30 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)
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4:30-6:00PM Yiddish Class taught by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
6 - 7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
8 – 10:00PM Tantshoyz Yiddish Dance Party, featuring Michael Alpert $15 (includes a drink)
10:00 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)
The Center for Traditional Music and Dance's An-sky Institute for Jewish Culture is pleased to present our popular Tantshoyz Yiddish Dance Party series, as part of the Sixth Street Community Synagogue's klezmer series. Featuring dance leading by Michael Alpert, and a live ensemble led by Michael Winograd.
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4:30-6:00PM Yiddish Class taught by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
6 - 7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
8 – 9:15PM The Sy Kushner Jewish Music Ensemble $15 (includes a drink)
9:30 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)
The Sy Kushner Jewish Music Ensemble
featuring Sy Kushner (accordion), Aaron Kushner (alto sax), Jeremy Brown (violin,) and Marty Confurius (bass) and special guest Ken Maltz on clarinet
On a mild July evening, seven years ago [1960], on a semi-lit stage in Camp Hi-Li, three musicians (who were to become known as The Mark 3) met and played their first note together. To all present, it was obvious that they were witnessing the birth of a sound-a sound that was to bring to Israeli and Chassidic music a depth which it had never before known. - Excerpt from the liner notes of the original 1966 Mark 3 recording which was re-released in 2009.
That album was to become the seminal opus: an album that was to influence the course of Jewish music for years to come. And Sy Kushner was one of its founders and musical director. It was the beginning of a long and varied career for Sy, taking him through Chassidic, Israeli folk, klezmer, and most recently newly composed Jewish music. His CDs of original works have received rave reviews.
This disc[Arise!] embodies the idea that klezmer is a living and viable genre…. Kushner’s klezmer music integrates non-klezmer sounds, but so smoothly that the result is more like stirred paint, in which each new added element changes the color of the whole. – Paul Wieder, Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation.
Sy Kushner is a klezmer lifer, a leading figure on accordion as well as a composer since his Mark 3 days in the ’60s…… highly refined musical gold. - George Robinson…..Jewish Week 2009
What a wonderful day you gave us. Your music brings me warm memories of a time long ago. Thanks. - Joan Levine and Jonah Berman commenting on a 2009 City Winery performance.
Kushner’s authority, clarity, and grace on the accordion makes this album very special.….The way Kushner plays, you feel as though you can tell what is really happening. - Ari Davidow’s review of KlezSqueeze(CD)
The CD (KlezSqueeze) impresses with its simplicity and virtuosity. In many respects, I wondered, how is it possible to play like that? ….For myself, it is one of the best records ever. - Andreas, from Virtual Klezmer(Germany)
The Kushners are the great biblical begots of klezmer music. - Jonathan Mark, Associate Editor, Jewish Week
Accordionist Kushner has been making excellent klezmer since his hits with the Mark 3 Orchestra back in the 1960s. He has only gotten better and deeper. - Ari Davidow-Klezmer Shack
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Student Klezmer Concert!
The East Village Klezmorim are a group of students who have been
attending the Klezmer Workshop at the East Village Klezmer Series
since September 2011. The have learned new repertoire every week from
their instructor, Aaron Alexander, as well as guest teachers including
Margot Leverett, Pete Sokolow, Deborah Strauss, Matt Darriau, and
others. They have participated in the jam sessions following the
concerts, and developed into an outstanding klezmer group.
The City College Klezmer Konsortium (CCKK), led by Grammy Award-winner
and leader of the Klezmatics, Frank London, is at the forefront of the
up-and-coming Klezmer bands. In line with the mission of the City
College of New York, to provide education to the working man, the
CCKK's aim is to bring traditional Klezmer music back to the common
folk, from whence it came. Through a strong, yet developing
understanding of Klezmer music, as well as a deep love of Pop, Jazz,
Funk, Impressionism...etc., the CCKK dishes out a blend of traditional
yet contemporary, and cerebral yet danceable repertoire that is sure
to start your shtetl shaking!
The CCKB is supported by the Jewish Studies Department of CCNY, led by Roy Mittelman.
4:30-6:00PM Yiddish Class taught by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
6 - 7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
8 – 9:15PM East Village Klezmorim & The City College Klezmer Band in Concert $15 (includes a drink)
9:30 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)
Student Concert featuring the East Village Klezmorim, The City College Klezmer Band and more!
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4:30-6:00PM Yiddish Class taught by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
6 - 7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
8 – 9:15PM Brian Glassman's Klezmer-Jazz Alliance $15 (includes a drink)
9:30 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)
As the name of the band suggests this is a combo made up of master musicians uniquely at home in both musical genres.
This group seeks to explore the area of American music where Klezmer / Yiddish, Jazz & Swing styles all intersect. The Jazzy side of Dave Tarras, the Yiddish tinged Swing stylings of Cab Calloway, the Ashkinaz influenced sound of the 2nd Ave. Yiddish Theater and early Broadway composers that made it's way into so much music from The American Songbook to Be-bop; all this and more are interpreted by this exciting all-star group of NYC pros.
Brian Glassman - Double bass
Rabbi Greg Wall - Clarinet, Tenor & Soprano Saxophones
Dan Rosengard - Piano
Aaron Alexander - Drums
and featuring special guest Vocalist - Daniella Rabbani
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The Center for Traditional Music and Dance's An-sky Institute for Jewish Culture is pleased to present our popular Tantshoyz Yiddish Dance Party series, as part of the Sixth Street Community Synagogue's klezmer series. Featuring dance led by Avia Moore, and a live ensemble led by renowned fiddler Deborah Strauss.
TIME CHANGE: YIDDISH CLASS IS BACK, NOW STARTING AT 4:30 PM
/tu4:30-6:00PM Yiddish Class taught by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
6 - 7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
8 – 10:00PM Tantshoyz Yiddish Dance Party, featuring Avia Moore $15 (includes a drink)
10:00 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)
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6 - 7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
6 - 7:30PM Yiddish Class taught by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
8 – 9:15PM Margot Leverett Band $15 (includes a drink)
9:30 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)
Margot Leverett band featuring music by Sid Beckerman with Margot Leverett on clarinet, Aaron Alexander on drums and Christina Cowder on accordion.
Margot Leverett is one of the foremost clarinetists of the klezmer revival. Classically trained at Indiana University School of Music, she was involved in avant-garde music when she first heard klezmer, the dynamic East European music traditionally played at Jewish weddings. Leverett was a founding member of the Klezmatics in 1985 before moving on to establish a solo career. Her first CD, "The Art of Klezmer Clarinet," a tribute to classic klezmer of the 20's and 30's, was released in 2001 on Traditional Crossroads (CD4296) to glowing reviews. Her “Klezmer Mountain Boys” band has delighted audiences around the world.
For more info: visit http://www.klezmermountainboys.com/content/margot-leverett"
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6 - 7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
8 – 9:15PM The Levitt Legacy, ft. Dave Levitt and guest vocalist Joanne Borts, $15 (includes a drink)
9:30 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)
Featuring Dave Levitt & guest vocalist Joanne Borts.
Dave Levitt learned the music business from his parents. They got him started at age eight in Hollywood, Florida. He went on to appear with his folks at every one of their performances. First it was drums and clarinet. Later it became alto sax before Dave finally settled with the trombone at age fourteen. As a teenager Dave attended the famous Laguardia H.S. of Music and Art in New York. While a student there, he was a cast member in the Elizabeth Swados production "Swing" which had a run at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. After completing High School, Dave attended Manhattan School Of Music on a scholarship. As student at MSM, Levitt had the good fortune of appearing with many notable jazz musicians. They included Red Rodney, Al Grey, Clark Terry as well as many others. It was about this time that Dave started to arrange and record Klezmer music with his father. These recordings also included their distant cousin Howie Leess on alto saxophone. After finishing his education, Dave took his artistry on the road which included the U.S. as well as Europe. Two of his European tours were with the Epstein Brothers Klezmer Band. Dave was the youngest member of the group as the brothers were well into their 70's. The eldest brother Max Epstein was in his early 80's. It was about this time that Dave started his own company called Progressive Music. The business operated as a rehearsal/recording studio for thirteen years. The business has since shifted gears and Dave is now involved in publishing as well as operating as a record label. The initial release of the label is called "Marty Levitt's Greatest Hits". It's a series of recordings with two generations in the ensemble. (Marty and Dave Levitt).
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6 - 7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
8 – 9:15PM Kol Dodi Concert $15 (includes a drink)
9:30 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)
Kol Dodi is the brainchild of renowned cantor Yaron Hanoka and bassist Efraim Schwab. Concert will feature Avram Pengas and Steven Schwab.
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6 - 7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
6 - 7:30PM Yiddish Class taught by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
8 – 10:00PM Tantshoyz Yiddish Tance Party, $15 (includes a drink)
10:00 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)
The Center for Traditional Music and Dance's An-sky Institute for Jewish Culture is pleased to present the year's first installment of our popular Tantshoyz Yiddish Dance Party series, as part of the Sixth Street Community Synagogue's klezmer series. Featuring dance leading by popular klezmer pioneer Michael Alpert, and a live ensemble led by renowned fiddler Deborah Strauss with CTMD's Pete Rushefsky on tsimbl (hammered dulcimer).
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6 – 7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
6 - 7:30PM Yiddish Class taught by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
8 – 9:15PM Khanike Party with YAle Strom's Hot Pstromi and Aaron Alexander's Midrash Mish Mosh, $15 (includes a drink)
9:30 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)
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Yale Strom is a violinist, composer, filmmaker, writer, photographer and playwright. New York’s Jewish Week writes: “He’s a gifted photographer and author, a talented documentary filmmaker and has his own klezmer band . . .” Strom’s music combines klezmer with Hasidic nigunim, Rom, Jazz, classical, Balkan and Sephardic motifs. He has performed with many world-renowned musicians including Andy Statman, Mark Dresser, Marty Ehrlich, Mark O’Connor, Alicia Svigals, Joel Rubin, Hankus Netsky, Samir Chatterjee and Salman Ahmad.
Midrash Mish Mosh is a modern klezmer band featuring all original music by Alexander, an all-star band of downtown jazz/jewish music stalwarts, and an exciting mix of klezmer with thrash punk, jazz, balkan & african influences. The band has performed in the NY metro area, as well as in Canada, and Europe. It is led by Aaron Alexander, one of the prominent drummers in the worldwide klezmer revival since the late 1980s, who performs with such groups as Frank London's Klezmer Brass All-Stars, Hasidic New Wave, Klezmerfest, Babkas, Alicia Svigals Party Band, The Klezmatics, Greg Wall's Later Prophets and many more. He is also curator of the East Village Klezmer & Yiddish Culture Series.
The CD has received critical acclaim:
“A project with newly composed music of expansive scope, Alexander has produced a screaming celebration of the multicultural American Jewish identity.”
Elliot Simon, All About Jazz, NY
" The songs are so melodic, and the all-star band so exceptional, that it takes repeated listenings to begin to peel the onion….When we talk about Radical Jewish Music, meaning music that pushes the edges of what ‘Jewish Music’ is, and that gets you excited about the idea, this is the music we're talking about.
Ari Davidov, Klezmershack
“What’s that about the drummer setting the tone? Alexander’s animated percussion style brings a sense of creative frenetics to his little big band.…the drumme ‡r's krazed klez swoops you off your feet.”
Jim Macnie, Village Voice
“A delirious mix of modern jazz and pre-modern klezmer music, delivered by musicians who are as comfortable with the old world as they are with the new.”
Alexander Gelfand, Jazziz
Featuring Alex Kontorovich - clarinet, Greg Wall- saxophone/clarinet, Arnold Hammerschlag - trumpet,
Zach Mayer - baritone sax, Avi Fox-Rosen - guitar, Fima Ephron - bass, Aaron Alexander - drums
and David Licht - drums
.6 – 7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
6 - 7:30PM Yiddish Class taught by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
8 – 9:15PM Khanike Party with YAle Strom's Hot Pstromi and Aaron Alexander's Midrash Mish Mosh, $15 (includes a drink)
9:30 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)
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Yale Strom is a violinist, composer, filmmaker, writer, photographer and playwright. New York’s Jewish Week writes: “He’s a gifted photographer and author, a talented documentary filmmaker and has his own klezmer band . . .” Strom’s music combines klezmer with Hasidic nigunim, Rom, Jazz, classical, Balkan and Sephardic motifs. He has performed with many world-renowned musicians including Andy Statman, Mark Dresser, Marty Ehrlich, Mark O’Connor, Alicia Svigals, Joel Rubin, Hankus Netsky, Samir Chatterjee and Salman Ahmad.
Midrash Mish Mosh is a modern klezmer band featuring all original music by Alexander, an all-star band of downtown jazz/jewish music stalwarts, and an exciting mix of klezmer with thrash punk, jazz, balkan & african influences. The band has performed in the NY metro area, as well as in Canada, and Europe. It is led by Aaron Alexander, one of the prominent drummers in the worldwide klezmer revival since the late 1980s, who performs with such groups as Frank London's Klezmer Brass All-Stars, Hasidic New Wave, Klezmerfest, Babkas, Alicia Svigals Party Band, The Klezmatics, Greg Wall's Later Prophets and many more. He is also curator of the East Village Klezmer & Yiddish Culture Series.
The CD has received critical acclaim:
“A project with newly composed music of expansive scope, Alexander has produced a screaming celebration of the multicultural American Jewish identity.”
Elliot Simon, All About Jazz, NY
" The songs are so melodic, and the all-star band so exceptional, that it takes repeated listenings to begin to peel the onion….When we talk about Radical Jewish Music, meaning music that pushes the edges of what ‘Jewish Music’ is, and that gets you excited about the idea, this is the music we're talking about.
Ari Davidov, Klezmershack
“What’s that about the drummer setting the tone? Alexander’s animated percussion style brings a sense of creative frenetics to his little big band.…the drumme ‡r's krazed klez swoops you off your feet.”
Jim Macnie, Village Voice
“A delirious mix of modern jazz and pre-modern klezmer music, delivered by musicians who are as comfortable with the old world as they are with the new.”
Alexander Gelfand, Jazziz
Featuring Alex Kontorovich - clarinet, Greg Wall- saxophone/clarinet, Arnold Hammerschlag - trumpet,
Zach Mayer - baritone sax, Avi Fox-Rosen - guitar, Fima Ephron - bass, Aaron Alexander - drums
and David Licht - drums
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6 – 7:30PM:
Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
6 - 7:30PM:
Yiddish Class taught by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
8 – 9:15PM:
Keryn Kleiman in Concert $15 (includes a drink)
9:30 – 11PM:
Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)
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Keryn Kleiman, 21 year-old student at Columbia University-Barnard College and student-leader of the Columbia Klezmer Band (New York), has been playing violin for 13 years. She spent five years studying with Vladimir Zyskind at Manhattan School of Music, where she was the Preparatory Division Concerto Competition Winner at 17 years old. She has performed internationally at various venues and music festivals. After being awarded a grant, Keryn conducted ethnomusicological research this past summer in Moldova which she is now incorporating into a thesis on the Klezmer-Moldovan musical connection.
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6 – 7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
6 - 7:30PM Yiddish Class taught by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
8 – 9:15PM Michael Winograd Trio, featuring Patrick Farrell - accordion, and Benjy Fox-Rosen - bass, vocals, $15 (includes a drink)
9:30 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)
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Clarinetist/Composer Michael Winograd lives in Brooklyn, NY. He performs, or has performed with SoCalled, Budowitz, Frank London, Daniel Kahn and the Painted Bird, the Klezmer Conservatory Band, Kenny Wollesen, Michael Alpert, Alicia Svigals, the Xylopholks, and a bunch of others.... He currently leads Michael Winograd's Infection, Michael Winograd Klezmer Ensemble, and Pop Phenom Yiddish Princess. Often him and Avi Fox-Rosen do stupid collaborations to relieve themselves musically... these have included Re:United and the Burning Sensations. Michael has taught and performed all over the world. International Festivals Include, KlezKamp, KlezKanada, the Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow Poland, the Klezmer Workshop in Paris, Winnipeg and Calgary Folk Festivals, and the Dawson City Music Festival. Furthest Point south so far: Reunion Island, Furthers Point North: Dawson City, Yukon. for more information on Michael visit www.michaelwinograd.com
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6 – 7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
6 - 7:30PM Yiddish Class taught by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
8 – 9:15PM Matt Darriau's Shabbes Elevator, $15 (includes a drink)
9:30 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)
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Multi-instrumentalist/composer Matt Darriau plays reeds, flutes and ethnic woodwinds. His long-standing commitment to jazz, klezmer, Balkan and Celtic music informs all his work. In addition to his Grammy Award winning work with the Klezmatics, he leads his own Balkan rhythm quartet, Paradox Trio, and the septet Ballin’ the Jack, which plays early swing repertoire fused with contemporary improvisation. Darriau is also a memberof Les Miserables Brass Band and the Celtic band Whirligig. JAZZIZ magazine named Matt Darriau one of the 150 most influential jazz musicians of the last fifteen years, citing the impact he has had in bringing Balkan and world rhythms to jazz.
For more information: http://www.myspace.com/mattdarriau
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6 – 7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Pete Sokolow and various esteemed guests $25
6 - 7:30PM Yiddish Class taught by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
8 – 9:15PM Pete Sokolow, $15 (includes a drink)
9:30 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Pete Sokolow
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)
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Pete Sokolow is the Godfather of all klezmer musicians active today, and sets the standard for musicanship and dedication to the art of klezmer and yiddish music. Pete is a pianist and reed player whose klezmer roots in the Catskills were planted by the masters of the past generations, and fertilized by healthy doses of Fats Waller. Pete has played with many major figures in klezmer history, including Dave Tarras, the Epstein Brothers, and Ray Musiker, and been an important figure in the revival of klezmer music, and has orchestrated numerous albums, musicals and films. His albums include “Klezmer Plus,” and 'A Living Tradition”, and he wrote the transcriptions and technical introductions to Henry Sapoznik’s book, The Compleat Klezmer.
The evening will also feature Ken Maltz on clarinet, Marty Confurius on bass, and Aaron Alexander on drums.
For more information: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAIx4Md3umQ
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6 – 7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
6 - 7:30PM Yiddish Class taught by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
8 – 9:15PM Pete Sokolow, $15 (includes a drink)
9:30 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Margot Leverett
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)
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one of the foremost clarinetists of the klezmer revival. Classically trained at Indiana University School of Music, she was involved in avant-garde music when she first heard klezmer, the dynamic East European music traditionally played at Jewish weddings. Leverett was a founding member of the Klezmatics in 1985 before moving on to establish a solo career. Her first CD, "The Art of Klezmer Clarinet," a tribute to classic klezmer of the 20's and 30's, was released in 2001 on Traditional Crossroads (CD4296) to glowing reviews. Her “Klezmer Mountain Boys” band has delighted audiences around the world. Margot will play in a classic klezmer trio format with Patrick Farrell on accordion and Aaron Alexander on drums.
For more information: http://www.klezmermountainboys.com/content/margot-leverett
6 – 7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
6 - 7:30PM Yiddish Class taught by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
8 – 9:15PM Sruli and Lisa's Family Band, featuring Zach Mayer $15 (includes a drink)
9:30 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)
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Sruli and Lisa are legends of klez, and are raising a whole family of klezmorim! They perform at many prestigious festivals such as the Jewish Festival in Cracow, Poland, the Ashkenaz Festival in Toronto, The Lower East Side Festival, the Tidewater Jewish Festival in Virginia, and on world renowned stages like the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center, The Museum of Jewish Heritage, and the Jewish Museum. Rising star and #1 son Zach Mayer (Ayn Sof Arkestra,Zach Mayer band) provides teen appeal.
For more information: sruliandlisa.com
