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Matt Temkin's Yiddishe Jam Band
1+ albums
klezmer jazzjazzklezmerjewishjewish jazz
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Matt Temkin's Yiddishe Jam Band is an all-star band featuring some of the best musicians playing Klezmer music today. Matt Temkin (drums), Mike Cohen (reeds), Binyumen Ginzberg (piano), Brian Glassman (bass), Jordan Hirsch (trumpet), Rachel Lemisch (trombone), Allen Watsky (guitar), as well as special guest Frank London (trumpet). On their debut CD, 'Poykler's Shloft Lied' they investigate the intersection of large combo Jazz and Yiddish dance music. This 7-piece band is influenced not only by Dave Tarras, and Sammy Musiker, but also Count Basie and James Brown. The tunes on the disc were chosen to pay tribute to the older generation of musicians that many of the musicians here have studied and played with including: Elaine Hoffman-Watts, German Goldenshteyn, The Epstein Brothers, Paul Pincus, Howie Leess, Ray Musiker, and Peter Sokolow. 1. Count Rumshinsky’s Bulgar - This is what happens when Rumshinsky’s Theatre Bulgar is fed through Quincy Jones talking about Count Basie. 2. Philly Bulgar - This lesser-known Bulgar, dating back to Europe, is one of the tunes that was commonly heard in the repertoire throughout a wide area. 3. Borsht, arr. Frank London - Take one part love song, and one part blizzard, mix in six musicians, and let them lay back and swing for four-and-a-half minutes. End result, ikh hob nokh aza tam nisht gefilt. 4. Chicago Medley - Digging around on Thanksgiving a number of years ago I came across this medley in my Grandfather’s music library. W
