Some Klezmorim on this side and the other side of the ocean engage in a challenge with time and space on the words of a fascinating and meshuge tale. The meandering, urgent, yet majestic gait of the Klezmer moves, by play of the imagination, from present-day Verona to New York in 1929. The result is a seductive, sepia-toned about-turn from whose mesh emerges the voice of the poet-singer Samuel Malavsky, the trumpet of Frank London (Klezmatics, Hasidic New Wave), David Harris's trombone and the guitar of Pete Fitzpatrick (Naftule's Dream, Shirim).

Treyf 1929 is the third work of the only non-American band to be included by David Krakauer in his Tzadik compilation "Music from the Winery".

Giorgio Signoretti

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Tracks:



1. DER HEYSER BULGAR (Naftule Brandwein) --> Listen Mp3!
2. THE BOSTONIAN NIGUN (Traditional)
3. EINLADUNG TSUM TANZ (Traditional)
4. OY TATE S'IZ GUT (Naftule Brandwein) --> Listen Mp3!
5. GRANDMA'S DRAIDEL (Mickey Katz / Nat Farber)
6. WEDDING DANCE (Traditional)


Personnel:


YOSSEL 'JOE' GARFUNKEL, FABIO BASILE electric guitar
FERGUS O'SULLIVAN, PETE FITZPATRICK electric guitar
MENDEL 'MANNIE' NUSSBAUM, STEFANO CORSI double bass
ZEVULUN 'ZEV' BERCOVICZ, ZENO DE ROSSI drums,percussion
AHARON 'RONNIE' SHAPIRO, ROBERTO LANCIAI alto sax
ABRAHAM 'ABE' YABLONER, ANDREA RANZATO accordion
RIVKA WIESENTHAL, MARIA VICENTINI violin
ASHER KALISHER, DAVID HARRIS trombone
EFRAIM ENGLANDER, FRANK LONDON trumpet and treyf shofar
SAMUEL MALAVSKY cantor
ENRICO TERRAGNOLI treyf sounds


Artwork by MASSIMILIANO SORRENTINI