Klezmer Music
by Brave Old World
- Type: Album
- Released: 1 January 1990
- Label: Flying Fish Records
- Country: United States
- Length: 54:45
- Community rating: 3.85/5 from 1 rating
Artists on this release: Joel Rubin, Alan Bern, Michael Alpert, Stuart Brotman, Ben Bazyler, Sayumi Yoshida
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The band formed in 1989 and was called the klezmer revival's first supergroup by The Washington Post, and this debut fields Michael Alpert on violin and vocals, Alan Bern on piano as musical director, Stuart Brotman on bass, clarinetist Joel Rubin and Ben Bazyler on snare drum. Two years later the group won first prize at the International Klezmer Festival in Safed, Israel.
Genres
Descriptors: traditional, virtuosic, ensemble, instrumental, rhythmic
Tracklist
- Brave Old Sirbas (2:49)
- Chernobyl (5:08)
- Moskowitz Meets Beckerman (5:58)
- Tayere Odessa (5:09)
- Zaro Khayo (6:46)
- Boris Muzikant (8:35)
- The Ballad Of The Steamship Titanic (6:06)
- Kolomeykes (3:11)
- Keshenev (5:50)
- Klaybt Zikh Tsunoyf (5:09)
Credits
- Stuart Brotman - arco bass, cimbalom, tuba, balalaika, contrabass balalaika, bass drum
- Alan Bern - piano, accordion
- Ben Bazyler - vocals, snare, bass drum, tambourine
- Michael Alpert - voice, violin
- Sayumi Yoshida - design
- Tom Orsi - engineer