Klezmer (Yiddish: כלזמיר, from Hebrew: k'li zemer כלי זמר, lit. "vessels of song", meaning "musical instruments" in Hebrew; in Yiddish, "klezmer" refers to a professional Jewish instrumentalist) is a genre and type of music originating in Eastern Europe.[1] It was originally played by Jews, but now, since a revival starting in the 1970s, it has become popular in the United States, among bands who have brought it back to Europe.
Modern Klezmer bands
edit- Austin Klezmorim
- Bester Quartet
- Beyond the Pale[2]
- Amsterdam Klezmer Band
- Brave Old World
- Budowitz
- The Cracow Klezmer Band
- Daniel Kahn & the Painted Bird
- Di Naye Kapelye
- Dobranotch
- Ensemble DRAj
- Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band
- Giora Feidman
- Golem
- The Kabalas
- Kharkov Klezmer Band
- The Klezmatics
- Klezmer Conservatory Band
- Klezmofobia
- The Klezmorim
- Kleztory
- Kolsimcha - The World Quintet
- Kroke
- Kruzenshtern & Parohod
- Mames Babegenush
- Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
- Metropolitan Klezmer
- Moishe's Bagel
- New Klezmer Quintet
- Veretski Pass
- Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi
- Frank London's Klezmer Brass Allstars
Older Klezmer bands
editReferences
edit- ^ Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought, Issue issue, no. 185. Vol. 47, no. 1 (Winter 1998), special issues on klezmer music, pp. 49-788.
- ^ Alex Henderson. "Postcards". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 October 2015.