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klezmer
[ klez-mer ]
noun
- a Jewish folk musician traditionally performing in a small band.
- Also klezmer music. the type of music performed by such musicians.
klezmer
/ 藞办濒蓻锄尘蓹 /
noun
- a Jewish folk musician, usually a member of a small band
- Also calledklezmer music the music performed by such a band
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of klezmer1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of klezmer1
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Musical groups touch on jazz, klezmer, reggae, polka, gospel and more, as the festivities strive to reflect Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and other cultural traditions, this year delves deeper into Southern California鈥檚 Filipino and Aztec communities.
In addition to wrapping up his two new albums, 鈥淏rass Conspiracy鈥 by Conspiracy Brass and 鈥淪pirit Stronger Than Blood鈥 by the Elders, he delivered a Klezmer Brass Allstars album, 鈥淐hronika,鈥 last December.
At 66, the trumpeter, composer, arranger and bandleader has collaborated with everyone from Mel Torm茅 to LL Cool J. A founding member of the Klezmatics, a band that helped to revitalize the klezmer style during the late 鈥80s, London has worked for decades at a fertile crossroads where Jewish music meets downtown jazz.
The celebration, happening on Monday at the Brooklyn venue Roulette, features the Klezmatics alongside three of London鈥檚 bands: Conspiracy Brass, a buoyant, funky horns-and-percussion aggregation; the Elders, a soulful, hard-swinging quintet of seasoned jazzers; and Klezmer Brass Allstars, who meld traditional Yiddish and Hasidic music with electronic beats.
He isn鈥檛 as well-known as some of the people he鈥檚 worked with, like Anderson, the novelist Kathy Acker, the choreographer Bill T. Jones, the singular cellist Arthur Russell, or David Byrne; or the people he鈥檚 studied with, including the founding Minimalists Terry Riley and Pauline Oliveros, with whom he played in a klezmer band.
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