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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.
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 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.
I have no idea how posterity views The Klezmorim, but I'd like to think that the current klezmer revival had its origins in our early experiments with tight ensemble playing, improvisation, klezmer/jazz fusions, neo-klezmer composition, street music, world beat, and New Vaudeville.
Nov 17, 2016 · Klezmer: Music, History and Memory is the first comprehensive study of the music created by the Jewish musicians’ guild of Eastern Europe—the klezmorim. Klezmer music was the unique example of an instrumental repertoire and performance style created by Jews.
- Walter Zev Feldman
The Klezmorim I've spent a third of my life riding a rollercoaster called The Klezmorim. We started as a ragtag party band in the streets of Berkeley. ow, a dozen years later, the artistic revolution which we spawned has afforded us the privilege of performing for audiences all over the globe. My search for klezmer music began
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.
