Teahouse Sher
The gonifs CD is out!
the gonifs
Harbst
“The gypsy & the nightengale don’t know where to go…” Composed by Daniel Hoffman for the SF Klezmer Experience’s newest CD. From the Yiddish poet Itzik Manger.
http://www.klezx.com
Simkhe party
The gonifs play live! “Di Zilberne Khasene” (The Silver Anniversary).
Hulye Kabtsn
This song invites all the beggars to dance. Arranged by Jeanette for the SF Klezmer Experience.
http://www.klezx.com
Youkali-Tango
A Kurt Weill tune, about an island of peace & love that doesn’t exist. From Max & Minka’s hand-crafted limited-edition CD. http://www.maxminka.com
Accordion Forshpil
Daniel Hoffman invited me to compose this introduction to “Harbst.”
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Patchwork Suite
March of the Street Kids from “Carmen,” arranged by Jeanette for three accordions & voices (with C. Ryder Cooley). From Max & Minka’s original score for a silent Oz movie.http://www.maxminka.com
Ele-Bele!
Arkady Gendler is a 76-year-old Yiddish singer from the Ukraine. I learned his songs to accompany him in Berkeley’s Jewish Music Festival, & we recorded at Fantasy Records two hours before Arkady flew back to Kiev.
The Yiddishe Polka
Created by Judith Freeman with residents of the Jewish Home for the Aged. They wrote the words, she wrote the music & we all played together.
A Troyerike Lid
A Yiddish song workshop at the Kultur Kongres in Brooklyn. I learned this lullaby from Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman & her son, Itzik Gottesman. “I’ll buy you a silver paper moon…”