The Klezmorim

{ 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. Initially featuring flute and strings—notably the exotic fiddling of co-founder David Skuse—the ensemble reorganized into a "loose, roaring, funky" brass/reed/percussion band fronted by co-founder Lev Liberman's saxophones and founding member David Julian Gray's clarinets. As a professional performing and recording ensemble focused on recreating the lost sounds of early 20th century klezmer bands, The Klezmorim achieved crossover success, garnering a Grammy nomination in 1982 for their album Metropolis and selling out major concert venues across North America and Europe, including Carnegie Hall (twice in 1983) and L'Olympia in Paris. The band performed steadily until 1993, regrouping in 2004 for a European tour. {

Variety Stomp - 1999-02-22 00:00:00

15 World Music Classics - 1997-01-01 00:00:00

First Recordings 1976-78 - 1989-01-01 00:00:00

Jazz-Babies Of The Ukraine (Live At The Odeon Theatre, Amsterdam, Netherlands / August 13-16, 1986) - 1987-01-01 00:00:00

Metropolis - 1981-01-01 00:00:00

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