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The Klezmorim, founded in Berkeley, California, in 1975, was the world's first klezmer revival band, widely credited with spearheading the global renaissance of klezmer (Eastern European Yiddish instrumental music) in the 1970s and 1980s.
Klezmer music, genre of music derived from and built upon eastern European music in the Jewish tradition. The common usage of the term developed about 1980; historically, a klezmer (plural: klezmorim or klezmers) was a male professional instrumental musician, usually Jewish, who played in a band.
In 1975 a ragtag army of street musicians from Berkeley, California jump-started the worldwide klezmer revival. Co-founder/saxman Lev Liberman tells the inside story of The Klezmorim from then 'til now — Grammy nominees, Carnegie Hall headliners, European popstars — and their brass-kicking, steam-powered, vodka-soaked Old World jazz...
Klezmer ( Yiddish: קלעזמער or כּלי־זמר) is an instrumental musical tradition of the Ashkenazi Jews of Central and Eastern Europe. [1] . The essential elements of the tradition include dance tunes, ritual melodies, and virtuosic improvisations played for listening; these would have been played at weddings and other social functions.
The children of the aging klezmorim [klezmer musicians] turned to American dance bands, classical music or, ironically, the folk repertory of America’s other ethnic communities. Young Jews flocked to Irish music, jazz and American folk song.
Klezmorim, formed by saxophonist Lev Liberman and violinist David Skuse in Berkeley, California, in 1974, sought to bring klezmer music back to life. The 1976–78 recordings presented here chronicle the start of the klezmer revival.
Klezmorim, formed by saxophonist Lev Liberman and violinist David Skuse in Berkeley, California, in 1974, sought to bring klezmer music back to life. The 1976–78 recordings presented here chronicle the start of the klezmer revival.
