The Klezmer King

by Abe Schwartz

The Klezmer King cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 30 April 2002
  • Label: Unknown
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:17:51
  • Community rating: 3.7/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'The Klezmer King' is a compilation by Abe Schwartz, drawing together klezmer material in a single archival collection. Its writing and arrangement foreground traditional, rhythmic performance, keeping the focus on the sound and construction of the material itself.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, melodic, instrumental, traditional, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. Russishe Shehr (Album Version) (2:50)
  2. Ch'sidishe Nigunim (Hasidic Melodies) (Album Version) (2:30)
  3. Die Reize Nuch Amerika (The Trip To America) (Album Version) (2:57)
  4. Die Greene Cousine (The Greenhorn Girl Cousin) (Album Version) (3:06)
  5. Russian Scissors (Album Version) (3:15)
  6. Dovid'l Bazetzt Die Kalleh (Little David Seats The Bride) (Album Version) (3:25)
  7. Gelebt Und Gelacht (Live And Laugh) (Album Version) (3:26)
  8. T'kias "Shofer Blosen" (Blowing The Ram's Horn) (Album Version) (3:08)
  9. Hurra! Far Unzer Held Levine (Hurray! For Our Hero Levine) (Album Version) (3:09)
  10. Der Shtiller Bulgar (The Quiet Bulgar) (Album Version) (3:04)
  11. Roumanian Doina (Album Version) (3:22)
  12. Zorg Nit Mama (Don't Worry, Mama) (Album Version) (2:52)
  13. Hora Midor De Romania (Roumanian Hora) (Album Version) (3:21)
  14. Nit Die Hagode, Nor Die Kneidlech (Not The Haggadah, But The Matzo Balls) (Album Version) (2:45)
  15. Frauen Liebe (Lady Love) (Album Version) (3:16)
  16. Akdomes Un Af B'ri (At The Beginning And Daybreak) (Album Version) (3:11)
  17. Roumeinishe Doina (Album Version) (3:03)
  18. Der Automobile (Album Version) (2:58)
  19. Yosel (Album Version) (3:09)
  20. A Galitzianer Tenzil (Galician Dance) (Album Version) (2:53)
  21. Die Boibriker Chasseneh - Pt. 1 (The Boibrik Wedding) (Album Version) (3:13)
  22. Russian Sher - National Dance (Album Version) (2:54)
  23. Mameniu, Liubeniu (Mama, My Beloved) (3:18)
  24. Fihren Di Mechutonim Aheim-Tanz (Escorting The Parents Of The Bride And Groom Home) (Album Version) (3:30)
  25. Lebedig Un Frehlach (Lively And Happy) (Album Version) (3:16)

Credits

More from Abe Schwartz: full discography