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April 1, 2007

Sway Machinery, Brooklyn, NYC, Apr 1

Late night hang--bon voyage to TOMER TZUR - 12 midnight
Sunday, April 1st, 2007
Zebulon - zebuloncafeconcert.com
258 Wythe Ave. bet N 3rd and Metropolitan
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11221
718 218 6934
Price: Free

As we prepare to enter the Springtime, the season of pilgrimage and slaughtered lambs, the season of feasting and rejoicing, the season of energies unbridled and blood flowing loose in the veins, we of The Sway Machinery prepare to say a fond farewell to TOMER TZUR, who will be moving back to his native land of Israel at the end of the month. For me personally, NYC without Tomer is almost as hard to imagine as New York without graffiti on the subway cars and the 2nd Avenue Deli standing proudly on the corner of E 11th Street. These things, too, we have seen pass. But before I start pulling out my third hanky, I'll have you all know, there's a party starting and it won't stop 'till we all drop. This Sunday night at Zebulon, starting at an unwholesome hour and going until it's time to go, we will regal our friends and fans with our music and enjoy the company of my man Tomer Tzur in good old-fashioned style.

Perlman and Rushefsky, NYC, Apr 1

April 1
Jeff Perlman (clarinet from Romashka) and Pete Rushefsky will be playing some klezmer duets at Mo' Pitkins for their new Borscht Belt Brunch. Music from 12:30 'til 2:30.

Mo Pitkins House of Satisfaction, 34 Avenue A, East Village, NYC
mopitkins.com

"Di Yam Gazlonim", NYC, Apr 1, 2007

Folksbiene publicity photoThe Yiddish "Pirates of Penzance" Returns!

Di Yam Gazlonim is back at the JCC for a return engagement
The National Yiddish Theatre—Folksbiene is thrilled to bring Di Yam Gazlonim ("The Pirates of Penzance" in Yiddish) back to the JCC in Manhattan for a celebrated return engagement beginning Sunday, March 18th.

Performed in Yiddish with English and Russian supertitles

Apr 1, 2pm & 6pm

Call 212-279-4200 or visit www.ticketcentral.com to order tickets. All tickets $40.

Folksbiene logoJCC in Manhattan - 334 Amsterdam Avenue @ 76th Street

Folksbiene website: www.folksbiene.org


Don't miss this chance to see the show that The New York Times called "brisk, bright and funny" and "a joyful treat."

Book and Lyrics by Al Grand
Directed by Allen Lewis Rickman
Musical Direction by Zalmen Mlotek

This limited engagement begins Sunday, March 18 for two weeks only.

Brave Old World, Beachwood, OH, Apr 1, 2007

BOW, seatedBrave Old World
Song of the Lodz Ghetto

Sunday, April 1, 2007, 2pm
The Temple-Tifereth Israel
26000 Shaker Boulevard, Beachwood, Ohio

Tickets: $26 general public, $23 JCC members, $24 seniors, $13 full-time students 22 & under (www.tickets.com, 800-766-6048, and Mandel JCC in Beachwood). Groups of 10 or more $18 (call 216-593-6258).
Jewish Community Center of Cleveland
tel: 216-831-0700
www.clevejcc.org

A unique musical-theatrical work created by the renowned Klezmer ensemble Brave Old World. Built around the arrangements of rare songs performed in the Nazi ghetto of Lodz, Poland, the program is a musical and spiritual testament to resistance, love and reconciliation in the face of intolerance.

Klezmer Jam, London, UK, Apr 1

The London Klezmer Session

London’s next Klezmer jam session will be on Sunday 1 April from 3.30-5.30pm at The Stag, 67 Fleet Road, London NW3 2QU. Bring an instrument and a tune, or just come along to enjoy the music and shmooze! Out-of-towners especially welcome. No previous knowledge of klezmer required. Directions to the venue: fancyapint.com/pubs/pub2170.html. Nearest tube: Belsize Park (Northern line), or Silverlink overground: Hampstead Heath.

Bring an instrument and a klezmer tune! Or just come and listen/schmooze.

For more information: www.ilanacravitz.com/jams.html

Carmen Staaf Quintet, Ben Goldberg, NYC, Apr 1

John Zorn's 'The Stone', NYC April 2007 at the Stone
curated by Alicia Svigals
@ the corner of Avenue C and 2nd street

4/1 Sunday
8 pm
The Carmen Staaf Quintet
Carmen Staaf (piano) Dana Sandler (voice) Dan Blake (tenor sax, soprano sax)
Kendall Eddy (bass) Austin McMahon (drums)
The NYC debut of the Carmen Staaf Quintet will feature Latin-jazz-influenced originals, new takes on swing and bebop tunes, free conversations and other explorations.

10 pm
Ben Goldberg: New Music for Quintet
Carla Kihlstedt (violin) Rob Sudduth (tenor saxophone) Devin Hoff (bass) Kenny Wollesen (drums) Ben Goldberg (clarinet, composition)
angle and particle.

For more info: thestonenyc.com

The fifty acts Svigals booked revolve around three themes: Jewish music, virtuoso female instrumentalist/improvisers/composers, and all kinds of string music, traditional and contemporary. From an electronic violist turning Bartok on his head to the lightning speed of traditional Bulgarian fiddling; from a master of the traditional klezmer clarinet to spontaneous 21st century keyboard explorations of those ancient melodies, the month is a feast of the most interesting music coming out of New York and beyond.

April 3, 2007

Olivier Manchon's Orchestre de Chambre Miniature+Teletextile, NYC, Apr 3

John Zorn's 'The Stone', NYC April 2007 at the Stone
curated by Alicia Svigals
@ the corner of Avenue C and 2nd street

4/3 Tuesday 8 pm
Olivier Manchon's Orchestre de Chambre Miniature
Olivier Manchon (violin) John Ellis (clarinet, sax) Alan Hampton (bass) Beth Meyers (viola) Christopher Hoffman (cello)

10 pm
Teletextile
Pamela Martinez (violin, vocals, piano) Brian Hamilton (piano, keyboards) John Somers (guitar, electronics)
Textural Instrumentals and Visceral songs, www.teletextile.com

For more info: thestonenyc.com

The fifty acts Svigals booked revolve around three themes: Jewish music, virtuoso female instrumentalist/improvisers/composers, and all kinds of string music, traditional and contemporary. From an electronic violist turning Bartok on his head to the lightning speed of traditional Bulgarian fiddling; from a master of the traditional klezmer clarinet to spontaneous 21st century keyboard explorations of those ancient melodies, the month is a feast of the most interesting music coming out of New York and beyond.

April 4, 2007

Millie and the Mentshn, Bellingham, WA, Apr 4, 2007

photo: Millie and the MentshnMillie and the Mentshn

"Chamber Klezmer Music from Shtetl to Swing"
Wednesday, April 4, 2007, 10:30-11:30am
Faith Lutheran Church
2780 McLeod Road (McLeod & Northwest)
Bellingham, WA

Driving Directions

Free concert, donations to Bellingham Music Club accepted.

Sponsored by Bellingham Music Club.

Metropolitan Klezmer, CD release party, NYC, Apr 4

band photoLaMama Presents
Metropolitan Klezmer
Metropolitan Klezmer's new all-live CD will be released in time for Passover!
Please email for details, we'll be posting the info soon.

Traveling ShowOur official CD release party will be Wednesday, April 4th at Mo Pitkin's House of Satisfaction, 34 Avenue A, NYC
7pm show, $7 … and that's the third night of Pesakh, but we expect the discs to be ready a week before.

Violin-Clarinet Multi-Night+Mawwal, NYC, Apr 4

John Zorn's 'The Stone', NYC April 2007 at the Stone
curated by Alicia Svigals
@ the corner of Avenue C and 2nd street

4/4 Wednesday
8 pm
Mawwal
Jim Matus (vocals, laouto, saz) Jill O達rien (vocals) Joe O達rien (bass, vocals) Mike Keys (drums) Bill Buchen (tabla, percussion)
Record release party for MAWWAL担 new CD 釘lack Flies� on Ancient Record. MAWWAL (formerly PARANOISE) performs original World Fusion and arrangements of traditional Middle Eastern music in what has been called 殿 new genre� by Progression Magazine.

10 pm
Violin-Clarinet Multi-Night
Mari Kimura (violin) Kinan Azmeh (clarinet)
multi-cultural, multi-media duos and solos

For more info: thestonenyc.com

The fifty acts Svigals booked revolve around three themes: Jewish music, virtuoso female instrumentalist/improvisers/composers, and all kinds of string music, traditional and contemporary. From an electronic violist turning Bartok on his head to the lightning speed of traditional Bulgarian fiddling; from a master of the traditional klezmer clarinet to spontaneous 21st century keyboard explorations of those ancient melodies, the month is a feast of the most interesting music coming out of New York and beyond.

Klezzics concert/jam session, Paris, France, Apr 4

Klezzics
Mercredi 4 Avril 2007, 21:00

LES TROIS ARTS
Café culturel
21, rue des Rigoles 75020 Paris
Tél. : 01.43.49.36.27
les3arts.free.fr

Métro :Jourdain, Gambetta ou Pyrénées
Bus :ligne 26 ou 96
Ouvert du mardi au dimanche

With :
- Workshop klezmer/balkans of Marianne Entat
- Blanche Neige
- Jam session

-Jam sessions will follow.


-Marianne Entat is a violinist and composer playing with Tsuica. She leads a East European and Balkan music workshop for the association "les amis de Tsuica". For more : perso.orange.fr/tsuica.

-Blanche Neige is more of a jazz/rock band influenced by klezmer, indian music, and many other sounds … to listen : www.myspace.com/bneige

Nicolas Portnoi (Sax Soprano, sax tenor, sitar and farfsa),
Jean Thevenin (various drums),
Berni Benony (sax alto, flute and tablas),
Petere Cassat (electric bass and double bass),
O'fire Levy (guitar and oud),
Karismse Humbert (Derbuka and Middle Eastern drums).

Klezzics is a klezmer monthly event created in 2004 by Eleonore Biezunski (fiddler and student in geography and Jewish studies) and Gabriel Siancas (clarinettist, tuba player and student in social sciences) in Paris, allowing performers to present klezmer-related and experimental musical works to a wider audience. Since its creation, Klezzics has invited more than twenty different bands, in a very welcoming venue, "Les Trois Arts" located in the 20th Arrondissement of Paris. Marthe Desrosieres (flutist, picolo player, clarinettist and leader of the klezmer programs at the Maison de la Culture Yiddish) joined us up in 2005, bringing her experience and knowledge to our project.

Klezzics also publishes a newsletter announcing the gigs of the bands that played on this scene to our list. Each concert is also aimed to provoke encounters between musicians and followed by a jam session.

The entrance is free (suggested donation : 5 Euros)
Traditional homemade (by Marthe) Ashkenaz Pastries are sometimes available !

April 5, 2007

Yiddish Princess, NYC, Apr 5, 2007

On April 5th your thirst for traditional Yiddish song and 80s power ballads will be quenched with a rare Passover treat as Yiddish Princess storms the Kultur Kongres Kavehoyz.

Yiddish Princess is rising yiddish star, Sarah Mina Gordon and the scarily talented Michael Winograd.

Don't miss the debut of this time-sensitive material. All your favorite Yiddish Passover songs, this time with power chords! Khad Gadyo never sounded like this.

It's a short-ish show, so come on-time! There may be kosher for passover cookies too! Hurray!

THURSDAY, APRIL 5th
7 PM
CONTRIBUTION: $8

at the Congress for Jewish Culture
25 East 21st Street, Ground Floor
(Between Park and Broadway)
212-505-8040

Valley Klezmer Band open rehearsal, Northampton, MA, Apr 5

The Valley Klezmer Band has ongoing rehearsal on Thursday nights from 7:30–9pm at the Lander-Grinspoon Academy in Northampton, MA, and occasionally in Amherst!!! Bring your instrument and play!!! Join the VKB and play klezmer and Israeli party music! Learn klezmer dance-forms such as khosidls, freylekhs and horas. You'll also learn the basics of making band arrangements.

The VKB is a performing ensemble open to the community. You should have at least intermediate competency on your instrument, and be able to read music or learn quickly by ear. Sheet music and CDs will be provided. The fee is $50 - $100, sliding scale, for around 10 sessions.

Scholarships are available.

Please email Amy Rose (preferred) or call 413-253-3831.

The VKO is directed by Amy Rose, flutist, pianist and accordionist. In 1987, Amy founded Klezamir, one of New England's premier klezmer bands. Klezamir recorded four CDs and has performed at hundreds of concerts and parties around New England. Amy also teaches piano and flute. Please email Amy Rose (preferred) or call 413-253-3831. The VKO is supported by a grant from the Harold Grinspoon Foundation

Ballin' the Jack, NYC, Apr 5

BALLIN' THE JACK

BARBES ~ Thursday April 5th. 8pm (1 set)
#376 9th st at 6th ave Park Slope, Brooklyn
7th ave stop on F,
718-965-9177
barbesbrooklyn.com

Dan Block - alto, clt.
Andy Laster - bari, clt.
Frank London - trumpet
Curtis Hasslebring - tbone
Rob Garcia - traps
Anthony Coleman - piano
Joe Fitzgerald - bass

Steve Sandberg and friends+KJ Denhert-Lucky7 CD Release, NYC, Apr 5

John Zorn's 'The Stone', NYC April 2007 at the Stone
curated by Alicia Svigals
@ the corner of Avenue C and 2nd street

4/5 Thursday
8 pm
KJ Denhert有ucky 7, The New CD Concert
KJ Denhert (guitar, vocals, songwriter) Mamdou Ba (bass) Ray Levier (drums) ATN (keys) plus special guests from the CD!
Urban folk and jazz artist KJ Denhert makes her first NY appearance in 2007 with a brand new CD called Lucky 7. All CDs one night only to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of KJ痴 label and her seventh release

10 pm
Steve Sandberg and friends
Steve Sandberg (voice)
Spoken word, raga-influenced vocals, breath-controlled keyboard, loops plus friends tba - "music from a country I've never been to but always wanted to visit."
www.myspace.com/stevesandberg

For more info: thestonenyc.com

The fifty acts Svigals booked revolve around three themes: Jewish music, virtuoso female instrumentalist/improvisers/composers, and all kinds of string music, traditional and contemporary. From an electronic violist turning Bartok on his head to the lightning speed of traditional Bulgarian fiddling; from a master of the traditional klezmer clarinet to spontaneous 21st century keyboard explorations of those ancient melodies, the month is a feast of the most interesting music coming out of New York and beyond.

Cocktail Mazel Tov Quartet, Paris, France, Apr 5

Cocktail Mazel Tov Quartet will play on Thursday April 5th
at 9 pm
@ Port d'Amsterdam, 20 rue du Croissant, metro Bourse,

Come discover a new venue for Eastern European music.

Marthe Desrosieres (flute, piccolo, clarinette),
Travis DiRuzza (contrebasse),
Gabriel Ellenberg (accordeon),
Gabriel Siancas (clarinette).

April 6, 2007

Ivan Milev Band+Noriko Ueda Jazz Orchestra, NYC, Apr 6

John Zorn's 'The Stone', NYC April 2007 at the Stone
curated by Alicia Svigals
@ the corner of Avenue C and 2nd street

4/6 Friday
8 pm
Noriko Ueda Jazz Orchestra
Noriko Ueda (composition, bass) 16 piece band

10 pm
Ivan Milev Band
Ivan Milev (accordion) Entcho Todorov (violin) Maria Koleva (vocals) Panagiotis Andreou (bass) Vasko Angelov (guitar) Seido Salifovski (drums)
Monster accordionist Ivan Milev and his band perform Bulgarian-Balkan folk music. Check out: myspace.com/ivanmilev

For more info: thestonenyc.com

The fifty acts Svigals booked revolve around three themes: Jewish music, virtuoso female instrumentalist/improvisers/composers, and all kinds of string music, traditional and contemporary. From an electronic violist turning Bartok on his head to the lightning speed of traditional Bulgarian fiddling; from a master of the traditional klezmer clarinet to spontaneous 21st century keyboard explorations of those ancient melodies, the month is a feast of the most interesting music coming out of New York and beyond.

April 7, 2007

Good for the Jews, Washington, DC, Apr 7

GOOD FOR THE JEWS return to D.C.
Saturday, April 7, 2007
@ Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
600 I Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
Metro: Gallery Pl-Chinatown
Doors at 8:00 p.m., show at 8:30 p.m.
Tickets: $10 in advance, $15 at the door.
To buy tickets, e-mail tickets@sixthandi.org, call (202) 408-3100, or call TicketMaster
Seated show!

Following two sold-out shows at Jammin' Java in December, the New York duo Good For The Jews bring their irreverent music and comedy back to D.C. for a Passover-week concert at the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue on Saturday, April 7, 2007.

Good For the Jews is the new band from What I Like About Jew creator Rob Tannenbaum. Tannenbaum was featured in Time Out New York's cover story on “The New Super Jews,” along with Jon Stewart and Sarah Silverman, and in a New York Times feature on “the Jewish hipster moment.”

The concert is part of the synagogue's illustrious “6th In The City” series. Past “6th In The City” stars include Hasidic singer Matisyahu, comedian Rob Corddry from “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” klezmer-punk stars Golem and Sen. John Kerry.

To celebrate Passover, the show will include “They Tried To Kill Us (We Survived, Let's Eat),” an occasionally accurate retelling of the holiday. The song was featured on the NPR program “Fresh Air” with Terry Gross.


RAVES FOR GOOD FOR THE JEWS
“Rob Tannenbaum, the snarky mastermind of What I Like About Jew, has a cutting new band that makes Adam Sandler sound like an altar boy.” New York Magazine

“This is not your father's Judaism: Funny, loud, over-the-top. Jews with an edge, and proud of it.” Baltimore Jewish Times

“A night of blissful irreverence. It's music meets standup comedy at its finest, and despite the band's name, it's good for everyone. Good For The Jews' musical interpretations of Jewish life have been called 'hilarious' from coast to coast.” Philadelphia Weekly

“Witty.” The New York Times

“Appeals to the same type of young-adult audience that eats up performers like Jon Stewart and Sarah Silverman” Chicago Jewish News

“Irresistibly tasteless. Rob Tannenbaum and David Fagin keep the snark level high and try to out-Borat Borat.” Boston Phoenix

“Somewhere, Debbie Friedman is blushing.” Washington Post

“Clever and funny. They take Jewish pride to satiric heights and giddy, self-deprecating lows, to great success.” Chicago Tribune

“A pair of razor-sharp Hebraic wiseacres.” Village Voice

“For a little comedy with your music, you should check out Good For The Jews. They celebrate Jewish traditions and history with unorthodox, irreverent and hilarious songs about bar mitzvahs, Hanukkah and Mel Gibson's stupidity.” Blueprint

“Instead of kvetching, we laugh--that's why God gave our collective people such a good sense of humor. And laugh you shall at Good For The Jews.” New York Press

“Worth the price of admission just to hear the new song about Mel Gibson.” Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

“A funny mixture of Jewish pride and cultural self-mockery.” Washington Post

DAVID FAGIN, mouthpiece for indie pop icons The Rosenbergs, is currently on tour with Tannenbaum “because Staples isn't hiring right now.” David has been a guest on the Dennis Miller and Howard Stern shows, and finally made his parents proud when he lectured on the business of music at Harvard Law School. His songs have been heard on Dawson's Creek, Party Of Five, One Tree Hill and Queer Eye, among other TV shows. AllMusic.com hailed the Rosenbergs for “a clever, incessantly buoyant pop sound that could compare to the brightest days of Cheap Trick.” David hopes to one day open a hair salon in Boca called “Bagels and Locks.”

ROB TANNENBAUM was described as “snarky” by the Village Voice and “diminutive” by the Boston Globe. His song “It's Good To Be A Jew At Christmas” appeared on the 2005 Shout Factory CD “Now That Sounds Kosher,” alongside songs by Mel Brooks, Tom Lehrer, and Kinky Friedman. He earned his first theatrical credit for helping John Leguizamo write "Sexaholix," a Tony-nominated Broadway comedy, has appeared at the Just For Laughs comedy festival in Montreal, and was named one of “New York's Best Emerging Jewish Artists” at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in 2006. The music editor of Blender magazine and a member of the Jewish-owned media elite, he appears frequently on VH1, and created and starred in the VH1 special “So Jewtastic.” Like a pork chop, he's bad to the bone.

Afro-Semitic Experience, W. Long Branch, NJ, Apr 7

band photoThe Afro-Semitic Experience

Saturday, April 7, 8:00 p.m., Pollak Theater, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, New Jersey, for more info please call 732-263-6889. This is the closest we have EVER performed to the Philadelphia area and we currently having nothing on the books that will get us into the city. If you are curious to see and hear us, this is the show to attend!!

John Zorn, Apr 7

John Zorn's 'The Stone', NYC April 2007 at the Stone
curated by Alicia Svigals
@ the corner of Avenue C and 2nd street

4/7 Saturday
8 pm
John Zorn Improv Night / Stone Benefit
John Zorn (sax) Ikue Mori (electronics) Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) Mark Feldman (violin) Erik Friedlander (cello) Okkyung Lee (cello) Shanir Blumenkranz (bass) Cyro Baptista (percussion) and many surprise guests
Come out and support The Stone! TWENTY DOLLARS

For more info: thestonenyc.com

The fifty acts Svigals booked revolve around three themes: Jewish music, virtuoso female instrumentalist/improvisers/composers, and all kinds of string music, traditional and contemporary. From an electronic violist turning Bartok on his head to the lightning speed of traditional Bulgarian fiddling; from a master of the traditional klezmer clarinet to spontaneous 21st century keyboard explorations of those ancient melodies, the month is a feast of the most interesting music coming out of New York and beyond.

Yankele, Fontenay sous Bois, France, Apr 7

Yankele
Le samedi 7 avril à 20h45 En compagnie du groupe Bratsch et de Denis
Cuniot, à La Halle Roublot :95, rue Roublot 94120 Fontenay sous Bois.
Réservations : 06 71 26 00 95 et 01 48 75 76 52 COMPLET

April 8, 2007

Fine Foreign Film, Cambridge, MA, Apr 8

"Fine Foreign Film," Michael McLaughlin's (Naftule's Dream, Shirim) latest music project, will be performing its second show this Sunday evening at the Lilypad. Sharing the slot will be the Andy Voelker Quartet. It will be an evening of burning jazz and scrumptious lounge music. Hope to see you folks there.

The Lillypad is in Inman Square Cambridge.
1353 Cambridge St.
Show starts at 7-10

"Fine Foreign Film" plays music from the more obscure Italian film composers, (at least obscure in America), including Benedetto Ghiglia and Pierro Piccioni. Most of the music comes from films of the 50s and 60s, a sound that would later be categorized as lounge music, and be associated with those slick, debonair, Maserati driving, martini drinkers of the time. So if you want to hear some slick, debonair, Maserati, martini music played by some gruffy, awkward, GM driving, PBR drinkers...COME ON DOWN!!!!
No better way to celebrate Easter evening.

Fine Foreign Film is:
Rick Stone Reeds
Andrew Stern Guitar
Michael McLaughlin piano/accordion
Andrew Blickenderfer bass/mandolin/banjo and cello
Eric Rosenthal drums

Andy Voelker Plays Mingus: Saxophonist Andy Voelker brings his quartet to the Lilypad to share in an evening of music by the great jazz composer/bassist Charles Mingus. Joing Andy will be
Kendall Eddy on Bass
Andrew Stern on Guitar

Pablo Aslan+Matt Glaser Quintet, Apr 8

John Zorn's 'The Stone', NYC April 2007 at the Stone
curated by Alicia Svigals
@ the corner of Avenue C and 2nd street

4/8 Sunday
8 pm
Songs Your Grandmother Might Know, If Your Grandmother is Hip: The Matt Glaser Quintet.
Matt Glaser (violin) Matt Munisteri (guitar) Sonny Barbato (accordion) Heather Masse (vocal) Jim Whitney (bass)

10 pm
Pablo Aslan's "Anda Cantale"
Pablo Aslan (bass)and his ensemble
The Argentine bassist explores the repertoire of the great tango singer Carlos Gardel.

For more info: thestonenyc.com

The fifty acts Svigals booked revolve around three themes: Jewish music, virtuoso female instrumentalist/improvisers/composers, and all kinds of string music, traditional and contemporary. From an electronic violist turning Bartok on his head to the lightning speed of traditional Bulgarian fiddling; from a master of the traditional klezmer clarinet to spontaneous 21st century keyboard explorations of those ancient melodies, the month is a feast of the most interesting music coming out of New York and beyond.

April 9, 2007

Zemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Apr 9

Zemer, from Brazil will release his first Cd at Modern Sound Mega Store, at Barata Ribeiro Street 502, in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro.
The performance will begin at 8 pm.

Abril 9
19:00
Modern Sound - Mega Music Store
Rua Barata Ribeiro, 502
Tel: (21) 2548-5005

Entrada franca - Recomendamos reservar

April 10, 2007

Joel Bresler on Sephardic recordings, Waltham, MA, Apr 10

Joel Bresler
Entrepreneur and expert on Sephardic Music
The first 100 years of Sephardic recordings: A lecture /demonstration featuring recordings of songs from the 78 rpm era to the iPod era.

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute @ Brandeis University (BOLLI).
Lunch: 11:30-12:00, Gathering Place
Lecture: 12:00-1:00, Napoli Room

Michael Winograd's Infection + Alex Kontorovich's Deep Minor, Apr 10

John Zorn's 'The Stone', NYC April 2007 at the Stone
curated by Alicia Svigals
@ the corner of Avenue C and 2nd street

4/10 Tuesday
8 pm
Alex Kontorovich's Deep Minor
Aaron Alexander (drums) Brandon Seabrook (guitar/banjo) Reuben Radding (bass) Alex Kontorovich (clarinet, sax, compositions)
All original music from Kontorovich (sideman to Frank London's Klezmer Brass All-Stars and Aaron Alexander's Midrash Mish Mosh) mixes downtown klezmer, jazz, and other influences.

10 pm
Michael Winograd's Infection
Michael Winograd, Jessica Lurie, Petr Cancura, Jeremy Udden (reeds) Daniel Blacksberg (trombone) Jon Singer (xylophone) Brandon Seabrook (guitar) Jorge Roeder (bass) Jason Nazary (drums) Patrick Farrell (accordion) Frank London (trumpet)

For more info: thestonenyc.com

The fifty acts Svigals booked revolve around three themes: Jewish music, virtuoso female instrumentalist/improvisers/composers, and all kinds of string music, traditional and contemporary. From an electronic violist turning Bartok on his head to the lightning speed of traditional Bulgarian fiddling; from a master of the traditional klezmer clarinet to spontaneous 21st century keyboard explorations of those ancient melodies, the month is a feast of the most interesting music coming out of New York and beyond.

April 11, 2007

Alicia Svigals + Michael Winograd's Klezmer Ensemble, Apr 11

John Zorn's 'The Stone', NYC April 2007 at the Stone
curated by Alicia Svigals
@ the corner of Avenue C and 2nd street

4/11 Wednesday
8 pm
Michael Winograd's Klezmer Ensemble
Michael Winograd (clarinet, alto clarinet) Daniel Blacksberg (trombone) Carmen Staaf (piano, accordion) Joey Weisenberg (mandolin) Nick Cudahy (bass) Richie Barshay (percussion)

10 pm
Alicia Svigals and Uli Geissendorfer, with special guest Iliya Magalnyk / Stone Benefit
Alicia Svigals (violin) Uli Geissendorfer (piano) Iliya Magalnyk (accordion)
Musicians from three points on the globe take a sidelong look at klezmer.

For more info: thestonenyc.com

The fifty acts Svigals booked revolve around three themes: Jewish music, virtuoso female instrumentalist/improvisers/composers, and all kinds of string music, traditional and contemporary. From an electronic violist turning Bartok on his head to the lightning speed of traditional Bulgarian fiddling; from a master of the traditional klezmer clarinet to spontaneous 21st century keyboard explorations of those ancient melodies, the month is a feast of the most interesting music coming out of New York and beyond.

April 12, 2007

Kleynkunst!, NYC, Apr 12

Rebecca Joy Fletcher's Kleynkunst
Rebecca Joy Fletcher and Stephen Mo Hanan in
KLEYNKUNST! Warsaw's Brave and Brilliant Yiddish Cabaret

Tuesday, April 12, 7:00pm
Helen's
169 Eighth Avenue (at 18th Street)
(212) 206-0609
www.helensnyc.com

Tickets: $22
(plus $15 food/drink min.)
Tickets: $15
(plus food and drink menu: no min.)

In the 1920s and 1930s Warsaw's Yiddish cabarets drew from hugely varied influences: Weimar kabarett, Hassidic chant, vaudeville, Russian folk songs, jazz, tango and traditional cantorial music. The atmosphere was charged with contradiction: anti-religious sentiment and devotion; sexual bawdiness and naivete; political infighting and camaraderie.

KLEYNKUNST! reflects the spirit, bravado, and optimism of Jewish Warsaw between the Wars. This show brings to life the kleynkunst teater's songs, sketches, and spirit, in Yiddish and English translations. We pay homage to a world of brilliance and bite which no longer exists.

Researched and written by Rebecca Joy Fletcher
Musical Director, pianist and arrangements: Bob Goldstone
Director: Michael Montel
English lyrics: Jeremy Lawrence

Rebecca Joy Fletcher is an ordained cantor and performer of Yiddish, German, French, and Israeli cabaret. Degenerate!, her original show exploring German cabaret, from Weimar through the Holocaust, which was developed under the auspices of the Makor/Steinhardst Center of the 92nd St Y Artists-in-Residence program, premiered at Makor (NYC) in 2005. The international cabaret show, The New Jew Cabaret, was first performed at Hebrew Tabernacle Congregation (NYC), in 2005. In 2004 and 2005, she was headlined as The Cabaret Artist in the Washington Heights Arts Stroll, a festival for the arts in upper Manhattan, performing the first year, together with the Sephardic music ensemble, Alhambra, in Pearls and Rubies, and the second year, in Grit and Glamour Cabaret. Rebecca's newest work includes the one woman show, HOME, first performed in workshop production at Hebrew Union College and Ripley Greere Studios (2003), and slated for a limited run at the Connelley Theater (NYC) in September, 2007. Ms. Fletcher also serves as the cantor of Temple Israel, in Staten Island.

Stephen Mo Hanan recently played Der Groyse General in Folksbiene's Yiddish adaptation of The Pirates of Penzance. Years before, he got a Tony Nomination for his role in Cats, a show whose creation he documented in his book A Cat's Diary. He was Captain Hook in Cathy Rigby's Peter Pan, and Al Jolson in Jolson & Company, which he co-authored. Also Pseudolus, Thenardier, Peer Gynt and Voltaire.

Bob Goldstone On Broadway, Bob was orchestral pianist for Evita and assistant conductor for Charlie and Algernon. Off Broadway, he was musical director and arranger for Asylum: The Strange Case of Mary Lincoln, Tallulah Hallelujah (with Tovah Feldshuh), Bubbe Meises, Das Lusitania Songspiel (with Sigourney Weaver and Christopher Durang), Guilt Without Sex (with Marilyn Sokol), and The Coolest Cat in Town. Among the top cabaret and concert artists Bob has worked with are: Eileen Fulton, Tovah Feldshuh, Karen Akers, Bruce Adler, Marni Nixon, Marilyn Sokol, Liliane Montevecchi, Eddie Fisher, and Dick Shawn. Bob did the musical arrangements for the feature film High Stakes and composed the score for the indie film, The Skip. Bob's many show orchestrations include: The Little Rascals, Hannah 1939, Michel Legrand's A Christmas Carol, The Housewives' Cantata, Dragons, and The Phantom Tollbooth. In the classical world, he was accompanist for the New Haven Opera, has participated in chamber music recitals at the Manes School, and has played orchestral piano for concerts by the 92nd Street Y Symphonic Workshop Orchestra and the Center Symphony.

Michael Montel includes, among his proudest achievements, his years spent with Hal Prince, Stephen Porter, and T. Edward Hambleton as Artistic Director of the Phoenix Theatre. Other Broadway credits include Inge's Summer Brave and revivals of The Member of the Wedding and Holiday. For the York Theater's Musicals in Mufti series Montel has directed stellar casts in such shows as Me and Juliet, Johnny Jonson, The Girl Who Came to Supper, and Wish You Were Here. Internationally, his work has been seen in Israel at Tel Aviv's Cameri Theater. For opera, Montel has directed the world premieres of Balseros by Robert Ashley and Maria Irene Fornes, P.D.Q. Bach's (Peter Schickele) The Abduction of Figaro, Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti (available on CD), Holst's Savitri, and Copland's The Tender Land, with the composer conducting.

Valley Klezmer Band open rehearsal, Northampton, MA, Apr 12

The Valley Klezmer Band has ongoing rehearsal on Thursday nights from 7:30–9pm at the Lander-Grinspoon Academy in Northampton, MA, and occasionally in Amherst!!! Bring your instrument and play!!! Join the VKB and play klezmer and Israeli party music! Learn klezmer dance-forms such as khosidls, freylekhs and horas. You'll also learn the basics of making band arrangements.

The VKB is a performing ensemble open to the community. You should have at least intermediate competency on your instrument, and be able to read music or learn quickly by ear. Sheet music and CDs will be provided. The fee is $50 - $100, sliding scale, for around 10 sessions.

Scholarships are available.

Please email Amy Rose (preferred) or call 413-253-3831.

The VKO is directed by Amy Rose, flutist, pianist and accordionist. In 1987, Amy founded Klezamir, one of New England's premier klezmer bands. Klezamir recorded four CDs and has performed at hundreds of concerts and parties around New England. Amy also teaches piano and flute. Please email Amy Rose (preferred) or call 413-253-3831. The VKO is supported by a grant from the Harold Grinspoon Foundation

Moishe's Bagel, Leicestershire, UK, Apr 12, 2007

Moishe's BagelMoishe's Bagel
Loughborough Town, Leicestershire, UK
Thursday 12th April, 8pm
£9/7
Tel: +44(0)1509-231-914
www.loughboroughtownhall.co.uk

Rip-roaring, foot-stomping, jazz-inflected klezmer and Balkan music from some of Scotland's finest musicians. Formed in Edinburgh in 2003, Moishe's Bagel combines the energy and passion of Eastern European music with the excitement and soul of improvisation. Boasting some of the best instrumentalists that Scotland has to offer (Salsa Celtica, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Celtic Feet, Scottish National Jazz Orchestra), their sound mixes klezmer, folk dance, jazz, eastern percussion and more, topped off with dazzling technique and classical rigour. An intoxicating, life-affirming mix of Eastern European dance music, Middle Eastern rhythms and viruoso performances.

Susan Watts + Michael Winograd's Klezmer Ensemble, Apr 12

John Zorn's 'The Stone', NYC April 2007 at the Stone
curated by Alicia Svigals
@ the corner of Avenue C and 2nd street

4/12 Thursday
8 pm
Ghetto Tango
Adrienne Cooper (voice) Zalmen Mlotek (piano)
Adrienne Cooper and Zalmen Mlotek bring electrifying theatricality to the unknown satiric, down and dirty, and heartbroken repertoire of World War II European Jewish cabarets庸rom Yiddish to Weill & Eisler.

10 pm
Socalled and guests
Socalled (accordion, mpc, melodica, piano, vocals) Susan Hoffman-Watts (trumpet) Allen Watsky (guitar, bass) Micheael Winograd (clarinet) and Special Guests.
Josh Dolgin aka Socalled and his rag tag group of friends, will raise the Stone's roof with a klez-funk party unlike anything else. www.socalledmusic.com

For more info: thestonenyc.com

The fifty acts Svigals booked revolve around three themes: Jewish music, virtuoso female instrumentalist/improvisers/composers, and all kinds of string music, traditional and contemporary. From an electronic violist turning Bartok on his head to the lightning speed of traditional Bulgarian fiddling; from a master of the traditional klezmer clarinet to spontaneous 21st century keyboard explorations of those ancient melodies, the month is a feast of the most interesting music coming out of New York and beyond.

April 13, 2007

Art of the Trio, Milford, CT, Apr 13

Friday, May 11, The Art of Trio, 7:30 p.m., at the Milford Center for the Arts. David Chevan with Rex Cadwallader and special guest TBA, at 40 Railroad Avenue South, Milford, (203) 878-6647.

Art of the Trio, Milford, CT, Apr 13

Friday, April 13, The Art of Trio, 7:30 p.m., at the Milford Center for the Arts. David Chevan with Rex Cadwallader and special guest Matt Darriau, at 40 Railroad Avenue South, Milford, (203) 878-6647.

Cynthia Hilts & Lyric Fury + Lily While & Follicle, Apr 13

John Zorn's 'The Stone', NYC April 2007 at the Stone
curated by Alicia Svigals
@ the corner of Avenue C and 2nd street

4/13 Friday
8 pm
Lily White and Follicle
Lily White (saxes) Rob Garcia (drums) Greg Jones (bass)
Crazy music from the mind of saxophonist Lily White in her most compact group yet. www.lilywhitemusic.com

10 pm
Cynthia Hilts & Lyric Fury
Cynthia Hilts (composer, piano, voice) Jack Walrath (trumpet) Lily White
(tenor and alto sax) Lisa Parrott
(baritone and soprano sax) Debra Weisz
(trombone) Martha Colby (cello) Ratzo Harris (bass) Gene Jackson (drums)
New jazz that nods at the traditions,swings like hell and searches the deepest harmonic zones. Howls and lullabies, ice and predators are all in there, the perfect answer to a listener's natural raving desire for organic and furious lyricism.

For more info: thestonenyc.com

The fifty acts Svigals booked revolve around three themes: Jewish music, virtuoso female instrumentalist/improvisers/composers, and all kinds of string music, traditional and contemporary. From an electronic violist turning Bartok on his head to the lightning speed of traditional Bulgarian fiddling; from a master of the traditional klezmer clarinet to spontaneous 21st century keyboard explorations of those ancient melodies, the month is a feast of the most interesting music coming out of New York and beyond.

April 14, 2007

Brave Old World, Amherst, MA, Apr 14

BOW, seatedBrave Old World
Song of the Lodz Ghetto

National Yiddish Book Center
Join us for the Lazarus Family Concert Weekend:
Saturday, April 14 at 7:30 p.m.
and Sunday, April 15 at 2 p.m.
with Alan Bern, Michael Alpert, Kurt Bjorling, and Stuart Brotman

The National Yiddish Book Center
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Building キ 1021 West Street キ Amherst, MA 01002
Phone: 413-256-4900 キ Fax: 413-256-4700

The world-renowned music ensemble Brave Old World will present Song of the Lodz Ghetto at the National Yiddish Book Center to mark Yom HaShoah on Saturday, April 14 at 7:30 p.m., and again on Sunday, April 15 at 2 p.m. This musical theatrical work features rare Jewish street and folk music created between 1940 and 1944 in the ghetto of Lodz, Poland. Also, join us on Sunday at 11:30 a.m. for "The Story of the Song of the Lodz Ghetto," in which music director Alan Bern will discuss the history of the Lodz ghetto and its music.

Jewish Week called this production "… nothing less than brilliant, a recreation that is not merely respectful but stunningly inventive."

Tickets for the Saturday and Sunday performances are $18; admission for Sunday's talk is $5. Reservations are suggested for all events, and can be made by calling 413-256-4900 x124.

For information on these and other programs, go to:
www.yiddishbookcenter.org/calendar

Joel Rubin & Pete Rushefsky + Beth Bahia Cohen, Apr 14

John Zorn's 'The Stone', NYC April 2007 at the Stone
curated by Alicia Svigals
@ the corner of Avenue C and 2nd street

4/14 Saturday
8 pm
Beth Bahia Cohen: Traditional Arabic Music
Beth Bahia Cohen (violin and other bowed string instruments) and friends

10 pm
Midnight Prayer
Joel Rubin (clarinet) Pete Rushefsky (tsimbl/hammered dulcimer)
World renowned klezmer clarinetist Joel Rubin gives a rare NY performance of duets with leading tsimbl revivalist Pete Rushefsky from their new CD Midnight Prayer (Traditional Crossroads).

For more info: thestonenyc.com

The fifty acts Svigals booked revolve around three themes: Jewish music, virtuoso female instrumentalist/improvisers/composers, and all kinds of string music, traditional and contemporary. From an electronic violist turning Bartok on his head to the lightning speed of traditional Bulgarian fiddling; from a master of the traditional klezmer clarinet to spontaneous 21st century keyboard explorations of those ancient melodies, the month is a feast of the most interesting music coming out of New York and beyond.

Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird, Brookline, MA, Apr 14, 2007

Daniel Kahn and the Painted BirdWorkmen's Circle Coffeehouse
featuring:
Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird with Michael Winograd

Saturday, April 14, 2007, at 8:00 pm
Workmen's Circle, 1762 Beacon St., Brookline

Tickets - WC Members: $12 advance, $15 at the door. Non-members: $15 advance, $18 at the door.

"Alienation Klezmer Bund = Radical Yiddish Song + American Gothic Folk + Punk Cabaret + Klezmer Danse Macabre = Verfremdungsklezmer Bund." Whew!

Fronted by Jewish-Detroiter singer-songwriter Daniel Kahn on vocals, accordion, piano and guitar, with New England Conservatory grad and NYC-based Michael Winograd on clarinet, and US expat composer Michael Tuttle on upright bass (and a rotating roster of some of Berlin and New Yorks best young Klezmer and Balkan players), the band was formed in Berlin in fall of 2005. Like the grotesque Jerzy Kosinski novel from which they take their name, The Painted Bird reminds us that even if man is only an animal, he can still sing.

Tickets - WC Members: $12 advance, $15 at the door. Non-members: $15 advance, $18 at the door.

Advance sales (Thursday, April 12, 5 p.m.), through Boston Workmen's Circle, by check or credit card. Call 617-566-6281 with credit card # or mail check to: Boston Workmen’s Circle, 1762 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA 02445

Questions: 617-566-6281.

Untchak Attak, Paris, France, Apr 14

April 14th, Paris 9 p.m. Studio de l'Ermitage

Untchak Attak a le plaisir de vous annoncer son retour à l’Ermitage le 14 avril. En plus, Untchak aura l’honneur et l’avantage d’être accompagné de Arlt en première partie. C’est pas beau ça !

au studio de l'Ermitage 8, rue de l'ermitage 75020 Paris, FRANCE
Poster with details

la.toute.folle.free.fr/spip.php?rubrique4

April 15, 2007

Brave Old World, Amherst, MA, Apr 15

BOW, seatedBrave Old World
Song of the Lodz Ghetto

National Yiddish Book Center
Join us for the Lazarus Family Concert Weekend:
Saturday, April 14 at 7:30 p.m.
and Sunday, April 15 at 2 p.m.
with Alan Bern, Michael Alpert, Kurt Bjorling, and Stuart Brotman

The National Yiddish Book Center
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Building キ 1021 West Street キ Amherst, MA 01002
Phone: 413-256-4900 キ Fax: 413-256-4700

Also:
"The Story of the Song of the Lodz Ghetto"
Sunday at 11:30 a.m.
A special lecture by music director, Alan Bern.

The world-renowned music ensemble Brave Old World will present Song of the Lodz Ghetto at the National Yiddish Book Center to mark Yom HaShoah on Saturday, April 14 at 7:30 p.m., and again on Sunday, April 15 at 2 p.m. This musical theatrical work features rare Jewish street and folk music created between 1940 and 1944 in the ghetto of Lodz, Poland. Also, join us on Sunday at 11:30 a.m. for "The Story of the Song of the Lodz Ghetto," in which music director Alan Bern will discuss the history of the Lodz ghetto and its music.

Jewish Week called this production "… nothing less than brilliant, a recreation that is not merely respectful but stunningly inventive."

Tickets for the Saturday and Sunday performances are $18; admission for Sunday's talk is $5. Reservations are suggested for all events, and can be made by calling 413-256-4900 x124.

For information on these and other programs, go to:
www.yiddishbookcenter.org/calendar

Worlds of Jewish Music, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT,

Wesleyan University presents an extraordinary course, "Worlds of Jewish Music," with four visiting faculty, each doing a two-week mini-course: Edwin Seroussi, Hankus Netsky, Mark Kligman, and Cantor Perry Fine, with Mark Slobin as instructor and Amanda Scherbenske as graduate assistant. The course is accompanied by a four-concert Ring Family Jewish Music series:

RING FAMILY JEWISH MUSIC CONCERT SERIES
At Wesleyan University

Mixin' it Up: Adventures in Yiddish Swing
Sunday, April 15, 4pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Free Admission

Mixin' It Up is a celebration of a unique American hybrid: the blending of eastern European Jewish and African American musics. Join us for this unique big-band excursion into the world of Yiddish swing, a blend that first took root in the early part of the twentieth century and lives on today in the work of legendary jazz greats Ziggy Elman, Artie Shaw and Cab Calloway. Directed by Hankus Netsky.

Klezmer Jam, Brookline, MA, Apr 15, 2007

Klezmer Jam, April 15 Workmen's Circle building, 1762 Beacon St., Brookline 7:00 - 9:00pm Come play klezmer in an informal and friendly atmosphere. We play from music, available at the jam. We have a variety of instruments, and welcome players at all levels. Keyboardists should bring electric keyboards if possible.

The Music of Ronn Yedidia

THE MUSIC OF RONN YEDIDIA
SUNDAY, APRIL 15th, 2007 @ 7:30 PM
MERKIN CONCERT HALL
at KAUFMAN CENTER, GOODMAN HOUSE
129 WEST 67th STREET
NEW YORK CITY


TICKETS: $25 ? STUDENTS & SENIORS: $15
BOX OFFICE: 212-501-3330 ? ONLINE: www.kaufman-center.org
FOR MORE INFORMATION: 201-585-0647

VOCALISE for Flute & Piano
PANORAMA for Cello & Piano
3 SONGS (lyrics by OFER & SANDRA BENDOR) for Voice, Piano, Bass & Drums
DOMM (co-composed with YUVAL EDOOT) for Keyboards, Vibraphone & Percussion
LYRIC TRIO for Flute, Cello & Piano
LITTLE HOURS OF BLISS for Flute, Cello & Piano
CONCERTINO for Clarinet, String Trio & Piano
3 ISRAELI SONGS for Voice, Saxophone, Piano, Bass & Drums

THE PERFORMERS
THERESA NORRIS, Flute SANDRA BENDOR, Voice
ALEXANDER FITERSTEIN, Clarinet OFER PELED, Saxophone
ANNA ELASHVILI, Violin TAL RONEN, Double Bass
JESSICA MEYER, Viola YUVAL EDOOT, Vibraphone, Percussion & Drums
WANDA GLOWACKA, Cello RONN YEDIDIA, Piano

Mini Rabson & Bruno Raberg + Ingrid Jensen Quartet, Apr 15

John Zorn's 'The Stone', NYC April 2007 at the Stone
curated by Alicia Svigals
@ the corner of Avenue C and 2nd street

4/15 Sunday
8 pm
Mimi Rabson and Bruno Raberg
Mimi Rabson (violin) Bruno Raberg (bass)
Compositional Improvisation and Improvised Compositons

10 pm
The Ingrid Jensen Quartet
Ingrid Jensen (trumpet and electronics) and band

For more info: thestonenyc.com

The fifty acts Svigals booked revolve around three themes: Jewish music, virtuoso female instrumentalist/improvisers/composers, and all kinds of string music, traditional and contemporary. From an electronic violist turning Bartok on his head to the lightning speed of traditional Bulgarian fiddling; from a master of the traditional klezmer clarinet to spontaneous 21st century keyboard explorations of those ancient melodies, the month is a feast of the most interesting music coming out of New York and beyond.

April 16, 2007

Muszikacs w/Elizabeth Schwartz, Yale Strom, Bob Cohen, Budapest, Apr 16

Hungary's finest folk band, Muszikacs, in concert with Elizabeth Schwartz, Yale Strom and special guest Bob Cohen. April 16, 2007, 8pm, Club Trafo, Budapest. Check local listings for additional details.

April 17, 2007

Isle of Klezbos, NYC, Apr 17

band photoIsle of Klezbos
SLE OF KLEZBOS & friends: amazing guests, see below ~
Tuesday, April 17th - 8pm, two sets
at the legendary Nuyorican Poets Cafe
236 East 3rd St (between Avenues B & C), NYC
now in their 30th anniversary year!
It's a great listening room with full bar, $10 & no minimum charge.

212-505-8183
nuyorican.org

Quartetto Cui Bono + Greg Wall's Later Prophets, NYC, Apr 17

John Zorn's 'The Stone', NYC April 2007 at the Stone
curated by Alicia Svigals
@ the corner of Avenue C and 2nd street

4/17 Tuesday
8 pm
Greg Wall's Later Prophets
Greg Wall (saxophones) Shai Bachar (keyboards) David Richards (bass) Aaron Alexander (drums)
Simultaneously Straddling the Gates of the Ancient and the Avant-garde….

10 pm
Quartetto Cui Bono
Art Bailey (accordion, piano) Peter Van Huffel (sax) Ernesto Cervini (drums) Michael Bates (bass) special guest Alicia Svigals (violin)
An evening of new music.

For more info: thestonenyc.com

The fifty acts Svigals booked revolve around three themes: Jewish music, virtuoso female instrumentalist/improvisers/composers, and all kinds of string music, traditional and contemporary. From an electronic violist turning Bartok on his head to the lightning speed of traditional Bulgarian fiddling; from a master of the traditional klezmer clarinet to spontaneous 21st century keyboard explorations of those ancient melodies, the month is a feast of the most interesting music coming out of New York and beyond.

April 18, 2007

Hy Wolfe w/Herbert Kaplan, Queens, NYC, Apr 18, 2007

Hy WolfeAPRIL 18, 2007
6PM
admission Free
Queens Library at Flushing
41-17 Main Street
Flushing, NY 11355
718-661-1200
LIRR or # 7 train to Main Street/Flushing.

Please join us for "An Evening of Yiddish Theatre & Song" in Yiddish & English with actor/singer Hy Wolfe, musical direction by Herbert Kaplan at the piano.

"Remarkable Performer!"—YIDDISH FORWARD
"Hy Wolfe has a rich baritone!"—THE JEWISH WEEK.

Stephane Wrembel + Mark Sganga, NYC, Apr 18

John Zorn's 'The Stone', NYC April 2007 at the Stone
curated by Alicia Svigals
@ the corner of Avenue C and 2nd street

4/18 Wednesday
8 pm
Mark Sganga and Friends
Mark Sganga (guitar) and friends
Acoustic improvisations with a Brazilian accent. www.marksganga.com

10 pm
Stephane Wrembel Acoustic
Stephane Wrembel (guitar) Jared Engel (bass) David Langlois (washboard)
Monster Guitarist Stephane Wrembel and his band perform the music of Django Reinhardt in their own special way, blended with compositions and colors from India and Africa; each show is a different trip! www.stephanewrembel.com

For more info: thestonenyc.com

The fifty acts Svigals booked revolve around three themes: Jewish music, virtuoso female instrumentalist/improvisers/composers, and all kinds of string music, traditional and contemporary. From an electronic violist turning Bartok on his head to the lightning speed of traditional Bulgarian fiddling; from a master of the traditional klezmer clarinet to spontaneous 21st century keyboard explorations of those ancient melodies, the month is a feast of the most interesting music coming out of New York and beyond.

April 19, 2007

Kleynkunst!, NYC, Apr 19

Rebecca Joy Fletcher's Kleynkunst
Rebecca Joy Fletcher and Stephen Mo Hanan in
KLEYNKUNST! Warsaw's Brave and Brilliant Yiddish Cabaret

Tuesday, April 19, 7:00pm
Helen's
169 Eighth Avenue (at 18th Street)
(212) 206-0609
www.helensnyc.com

Tickets: $22
(plus $15 food/drink min.)
Tickets: $15
(plus food and drink menu: no min.)

In the 1920s and 1930s Warsaw's Yiddish cabarets drew from hugely varied influences: Weimar kabarett, Hassidic chant, vaudeville, Russian folk songs, jazz, tango and traditional cantorial music. The atmosphere was charged with contradiction: anti-religious sentiment and devotion; sexual bawdiness and naivete; political infighting and camaraderie.

KLEYNKUNST! reflects the spirit, bravado, and optimism of Jewish Warsaw between the Wars. This show brings to life the kleynkunst teater's songs, sketches, and spirit, in Yiddish and English translations. We pay homage to a world of brilliance and bite which no longer exists.

Researched and written by Rebecca Joy Fletcher
Musical Director, pianist and arrangements: Bob Goldstone
Director: Michael Montel
English lyrics: Jeremy Lawrence

Rebecca Joy Fletcher is an ordained cantor and performer of Yiddish, German, French, and Israeli cabaret. Degenerate!, her original show exploring German cabaret, from Weimar through the Holocaust, which was developed under the auspices of the Makor/Steinhardst Center of the 92nd St Y Artists-in-Residence program, premiered at Makor (NYC) in 2005. The international cabaret show, The New Jew Cabaret, was first performed at Hebrew Tabernacle Congregation (NYC), in 2005. In 2004 and 2005, she was headlined as The Cabaret Artist in the Washington Heights Arts Stroll, a festival for the arts in upper Manhattan, performing the first year, together with the Sephardic music ensemble, Alhambra, in Pearls and Rubies, and the second year, in Grit and Glamour Cabaret. Rebecca's newest work includes the one woman show, HOME, first performed in workshop production at Hebrew Union College and Ripley Greere Studios (2003), and slated for a limited run at the Connelley Theater (NYC) in September, 2007. Ms. Fletcher also serves as the cantor of Temple Israel, in Staten Island.

Stephen Mo Hanan recently played Der Groyse General in Folksbiene's Yiddish adaptation of The Pirates of Penzance. Years before, he got a Tony Nomination for his role in Cats, a show whose creation he documented in his book A Cat's Diary. He was Captain Hook in Cathy Rigby's Peter Pan, and Al Jolson in Jolson & Company, which he co-authored. Also Pseudolus, Thenardier, Peer Gynt and Voltaire.

Bob Goldstone On Broadway, Bob was orchestral pianist for Evita and assistant conductor for Charlie and Algernon. Off Broadway, he was musical director and arranger for Asylum: The Strange Case of Mary Lincoln, Tallulah Hallelujah (with Tovah Feldshuh), Bubbe Meises, Das Lusitania Songspiel (with Sigourney Weaver and Christopher Durang), Guilt Without Sex (with Marilyn Sokol), and The Coolest Cat in Town. Among the top cabaret and concert artists Bob has worked with are: Eileen Fulton, Tovah Feldshuh, Karen Akers, Bruce Adler, Marni Nixon, Marilyn Sokol, Liliane Montevecchi, Eddie Fisher, and Dick Shawn. Bob did the musical arrangements for the feature film High Stakes and composed the score for the indie film, The Skip. Bob's many show orchestrations include: The Little Rascals, Hannah 1939, Michel Legrand's A Christmas Carol, The Housewives' Cantata, Dragons, and The Phantom Tollbooth. In the classical world, he was accompanist for the New Haven Opera, has participated in chamber music recitals at the Manes School, and has played orchestral piano for concerts by the 92nd Street Y Symphonic Workshop Orchestra and the Center Symphony.

Michael Montel includes, among his proudest achievements, his years spent with Hal Prince, Stephen Porter, and T. Edward Hambleton as Artistic Director of the Phoenix Theatre. Other Broadway credits include Inge's Summer Brave and revivals of The Member of the Wedding and Holiday. For the York Theater's Musicals in Mufti series Montel has directed stellar casts in such shows as Me and Juliet, Johnny Jonson, The Girl Who Came to Supper, and Wish You Were Here. Internationally, his work has been seen in Israel at Tel Aviv's Cameri Theater. For opera, Montel has directed the world premieres of Balseros by Robert Ashley and Maria Irene Fornes, P.D.Q. Bach's (Peter Schickele) The Abduction of Figaro, Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti (available on CD), Holst's Savitri, and Copland's The Tender Land, with the composer conducting.

Valley Klezmer Band open rehearsal, Northampton, MA, Apr 17

The Valley Klezmer Band has ongoing rehearsal on Thursday nights from 7:30–9pm at the Lander-Grinspoon Academy in Northampton, MA, and occasionally in Amherst!!! Bring your instrument and play!!! Join the VKB and play klezmer and Israeli party music! Learn klezmer dance-forms such as khosidls, freylekhs and horas. You'll also learn the basics of making band arrangements.

The VKB is a performing ensemble open to the community. You should have at least intermediate competency on your instrument, and be able to read music or learn quickly by ear. Sheet music and CDs will be provided. The fee is $50 - $100, sliding scale, for around 10 sessions.

Scholarships are available.

Please email Amy Rose (preferred) or call 413-253-3831.

The VKO is directed by Amy Rose, flutist, pianist and accordionist. In 1987, Amy founded Klezamir, one of New England's premier klezmer bands. Klezamir recorded four CDs and has performed at hundreds of concerts and parties around New England. Amy also teaches piano and flute. Please email Amy Rose (preferred) or call 413-253-3831. The VKO is supported by a grant from the Harold Grinspoon Foundation

Balkan Beat Box w/Golem, NYC, Apr 19


BBB in concertApril 19, 2007
Balkan Beat Box w/ Golem
@ Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY

8:00 PM
Tickets:
$15.00
Get Tickets Here

Margot Leverett workshop, San Francisco, CA, Apr 19, 2007

Margot Leverett with her Klezmer Mountain BoysKlezCalifornia is pleased to present a special workshop with Margot Leverett for intermediate and advanced players of all instruments, Thursday, April 19 at Congregation Netivot Shalom (1316 University Ave., Berkeley), which is co-sponsoring the workshop. A noted klezmer clarinetist, Margot will be in the Bay Area to perform that weekend at the JCCSF with her group, Klezmer Mountain Boys. We may divide the workshop in half for musicians at different levels, depending on registration.

There will be a $25 fee to participate. To reserve a space in the workshop, email Gerry Tenney or call him at 510/465-7911.
KlezCalifornia

Michael Winograd Quintet + Bangalore Breakdown, NYC, Apr 19

John Zorn's 'The Stone', NYC April 2007 at the Stone
curated by Alicia Svigals
@ the corner of Avenue C and 2nd street

4/19 Thursday
8 pm
Michael Winograd Quintet
Michael Winograd (clarinet, alto clarinet) Kristin Slipp (voice) David Bryant (casio keyboards) Michael Bates (bass) Michael Evans (drums)

10 pm
Bangalore Breakdown
Uli Geissendoerfer (piano, keys, percussion) Premik Russel Tubbs (sax, flute, windsynth) Gino Sitson (vocals) Beat Kaestli (vocals) Steve Sandberg (leadsynth, vocals) Naren Budhakar (tabla) Gilad Dobrecky (percussion) Nathan Peck (bass) Lev Zhurbin (viola)

For more info: thestonenyc.com

The fifty acts Svigals booked revolve around three themes: Jewish music, virtuoso female instrumentalist/improvisers/composers, and all kinds of string music, traditional and contemporary. From an electronic violist turning Bartok on his head to the lightning speed of traditional Bulgarian fiddling; from a master of the traditional klezmer clarinet to spontaneous 21st century keyboard explorations of those ancient melodies, the month is a feast of the most interesting music coming out of New York and beyond.

Art Bailey's Orkestra Popilar, NYC, April 19, 2007

April 19, Banjo Jim's, 9pm
Art Bailey's Orkestra Popilar with Frank London and Aaron Alexander
700 E. 9th St. & Ave. C
(212) 777-0869
www.banjojims.com

April 20, 2007

Afro-Semitic Experience, Branford, CT, Apr 20

band photoThe Afro-Semitic Experience

Friday, April 20, 8:00 pm, First Congregational Church, 1009 Main Street, Branford, Connecticut, FREE (open to the public, donation at the door), presented by the Musical Art Society of Branford, for more info please call Barbara Shaw (203) 481-2819.

Balkan Beat Box w/Golem, Pittsburgh, PA, Apr 20

BBB in concertFriday, April 20, 2007
Balkan Beat Box w/ Golem
10:00 PM

Pittsburgh, PA
Rex Theatre
1602 E. Carson Street,
Pittsburgh, PA 15203
Phone: (412) 381-6811 (after 8pm)
21+
Tickets: $13
Get Tickets Here

Juanito Pascual + Stephane Wrembel, NYC, Apr 20

John Zorn's 'The Stone', NYC April 2007 at the Stone
curated by Alicia Svigals
@ the corner of Avenue C and 2nd street

4/20 Friday
8 pm
Juanito Pascual and Friends
Jonathan "Juanito" Pascual (flamenco guitar) Rohan Gregory (violin) Stan Strickland (flute, soprano sax, vocals) Jerry Leake (world percussion).
Flamenco guitar virtuoso Jonathan "Juanito" Pascual presents an evening of original flamenco music and beyond, with his quartet featuring 3 of the East Coast's finest improvisational and world-music players. "One of the hottest flamenco guitarists to emerge in recent years" -National Public Radio jpascual.com

10 pm
Stephane Wrembel Electric
Stephane Wrembel (guitar) Jared Engel (bass) Mathias Bublath (organ) Julien Augier (drums)
Monster Guitarist Stephane Wrembel and his new electric band presents the music of Django Reinhardt and his compositions in a totally new way, blending their unique Gypsy jazz touch with a psychedelic world rock sound. www.stephanewrembel.com

For more info: thestonenyc.com

The fifty acts Svigals booked revolve around three themes: Jewish music, virtuoso female instrumentalist/improvisers/composers, and all kinds of string music, traditional and contemporary. From an electronic violist turning Bartok on his head to the lightning speed of traditional Bulgarian fiddling; from a master of the traditional klezmer clarinet to spontaneous 21st century keyboard explorations of those ancient melodies, the month is a feast of the most interesting music coming out of New York and beyond.

April 21, 2007

Alexandria Kleztet, Woodbridge, VA, Apr 21, 2007

The Alexandria Kleztet - LIVE - In Concert - one night only

Congregation Ner Shalom, Woodbridge, VA. 7:00 p.m.

Come listen to this mult-award winning band!
Tickets are $12 advance/$15 door. Space is limited!

tel: 703-598-9175
www.nershalomva.com

Aaron Alexander's Midrash Mish Mosh + Jessica Lurie Ensemble, NYC, Apr 21

John Zorn's 'The Stone', NYC April 2007 at the Stone
curated by Alicia Svigals
@ the corner of Avenue C and 2nd street

4/21 Saturday
8 pm
Jessica Lurie Ensemble
Jessica Lurie (sax, accordion, vocals) Erik Deutsch (piano, electric keyboard) Brandon Seabrook (banjo, guitar) Todd Sickafoose (bass) Marc Dalio (drums)

10 pm
Aaron Alexander's Midrash Mish Mosh
Aaron Alexander (drums) David Licht (drums) Fima Ephron (bass) Jay Vilnai (guitar) Alex Kontorovich (clarinet) Greg Wall (tenor sax, clarinet) Rob Henke (trumpet) Curtis Hasselbring (trombone)

For more info: thestonenyc.com

The fifty acts Svigals booked revolve around three themes: Jewish music, virtuoso female instrumentalist/improvisers/composers, and all kinds of string music, traditional and contemporary. From an electronic violist turning Bartok on his head to the lightning speed of traditional Bulgarian fiddling; from a master of the traditional klezmer clarinet to spontaneous 21st century keyboard explorations of those ancient melodies, the month is a feast of the most interesting music coming out of New York and beyond.

Balkan Beat Box w/Golem, Arlington, VA, Apr 21

BBB in concertBalkan Beat Box:w/ Golem
April 21, 2007
9:00 PM
Rosslyn Spectrum - Arlington, VA
1611 North Kent Street
Rosslyn VA 22209
703-228-1850 - Venue

(703)276-6701 Box Office
Tickets:
$20
Get Tickets Here

April 22, 2007

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Commemoration, Boston, MA, Apr 22

A COMMEMORATION OF THE
WARSAW GHETTO UPRISING
Presented by Boston Workmen痴 Circle
In cooperation with Boston University Hillel

A program of stories, music and history featuring A Besere Velt, Yiddish
Community Chorus of Boston Workmen痴 Circle and students from local universities

Guest Speaker: Joshua Rubenstein, Northeast Regional Director of Amnesty International USA

Sunday, April 22, 2007 at 2:00 P.M.
The Florence & Chafetz Hillel House
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 213 Bay State Road, Boston

For more information call: 617 566-6281

Annual Commemoration of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Boston, MA, Apr 22

Annual Commemoration of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Sunday, April 22nd
2 pm
The Florence & Chafetz Hillel House of Boston University, 213 Bay State Road, Boston

The Workmen’s Circle, in cooperation with Boston University Hillel, is proud to present its annual Warsaw Ghetto Uprising commemoration. Our guest Joshua Rubinstein, Northeast Regional Director of Amnesty International USA will speak about his new book on resistance movements followed by a program of stories, music, and history featuring: A Besere Velt, Yiddish Community Chorus of Boston Workmen’s Circle, and students from local universities. Join us as we honor this important historical example of resistance to oppression and recommit ourselves to building a better world. This event is free and open to the public.

For more information contact the Workmen’s Circle office at 617.566.6281 or E-mail Workmen’s Circle Boston.

Yiddishe Cup, Pepper Pike, OH, Apr 22

band photoYiddishe Cup

Mon. April 23 B'nai Jeshurun Congregation, Pepper Pike, Ohio. 7 p.m. Israel Independence Day. free. 216-831-6555 www.bnaijeshurun.org

Millie and the Mentshn, Bellingham, WA, Apr 22, 2007

photo: Millie and the MentshnMillie and the Mentshn
Concert: Songs Never Silenced*

Sunday, April 22, 2007, 3-5pm
Performing Arts Center Concert Hall
Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA

Ticket prices are $5 (General) and $3 (Students/Seniors)
Tickets can be purchased at WWU Box Office in person, via phone (360-650-6146), or via the WWU Box Office website and they will also be available at Coop and Village Books.

For more information: www.millieandthementshn.com


Experience the energetic and emotional music from the old country (19th century Eastern Europe) to the new world (20th century U.S.). With a classical touch, the Millie and the Mentshn ensemble alter the standard klezmer music into 'chamber klezmer' as they mix Yiddish Theater, folk, and swing genres. The music and stories reflect Jewish life prior, during, and after the Holocaust, capturing the struggles, the optimism, the strength, the love, the traditions, and the survival of a people. The program of original arrangements by the ensemble will feature songs that were written in the ghettos and Concentration Camps. The concert is sponsored by NWCHGEE, Hillel of WWU, Lutheran Campus Ministry, and with generous support from WWU Diversity Fund.

Driving Directions

Free parking in lots 14G and 11G for ticket holders on first come first served basis until lots fill.

Sponsored by NWCHGEE, Hillel, Lutheran Campus Ministry with generous support from WWU Diversity Fund.

*with permission from Velvel Pasternak

Margot Leverett & the Klezmer Mountain Boys, San Francisco, CA, Apr 22, 2007

Margot Leverett with her Klezmer Mountain BoysMargot Leverett and her Klezmer Mountain Boys
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
Sat, Apr 21
8:00 PM
3200 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94118
Phone: 415.292.1200

Tickets: $25.00 Member / $28.00 Public / $15.00 Student
For information and tickets, order online or contact the box office by phone at (415) 292-1233.
www.jccsf.org/content_main.aspx?progid=1360&catid=336

Klezmer clarinetist Margot Leverett takes genres literally worlds apart and finds their uniting spirit. Appalachian and southern fiddle tunes by Bill Monroe meet klezmer melodies from pre-war Russia and Eastern Europe. The resulting medleys and improvisations are at once raw, funny, melancholic and foot stomping.

“Suddenly, bluegrass comes in an array of colors.”—Rootsworld

“Klezmer and bluegrass sound as if they were meant to be combined. Leverett & the Klezmer Mountain Boys have given us a wonderful gift.”—Dirty Linen
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Edison Woods + Susan Pereira and Sabor Brasil, NYC, Apr 22

John Zorn's 'The Stone', NYC April 2007 at the Stone
curated by Alicia Svigals
@ the corner of Avenue C and 2nd street

4/22 Sunday
8 pm
Susan Pereira and Sabor Brasil
Susan Pereira (vocals, piano, percussion), Vanderlei Pereira (drums), Rodrigo Ursaia (sax, flute), Cliff Korman (piano), Itaiguara (bass)

10 pm
Edison Woods
"Truly beautiful, slowly meandering soundscapes… A beautiful voice and a talent for melodies."—Rolling Stone
Strange, haunting, and romantic, Edison Woods revels in luscious, sad songs. Singer Julia Frodahl’s heavenly vocals layered on the bands’ moody chamber pop create “a beautiful cross between the sounds of Elysian Fields and the sentiments of David Lynch” (Flavorpill NYC). Live, their musical passages, spoken word, and discreet gestures sweep the audience into their dreamlike world. www.edisonwoods.net

For more info: thestonenyc.com

The fifty acts Svigals booked revolve around three themes: Jewish music, virtuoso female instrumentalist/improvisers/composers, and all kinds of string music, traditional and contemporary. From an electronic violist turning Bartok on his head to the lightning speed of traditional Bulgarian fiddling; from a master of the traditional klezmer clarinet to spontaneous 21st century keyboard explorations of those ancient melodies, the month is a feast of the most interesting music coming out of New York and beyond.

Yiddishe Cup, Cleveland, OH, Apr 22

band photoYiddishe Cup

April 22
Israel Independence Day
Cleveland, OH
8 p.m.
www.yiddishecup.com

Moishe's Bagel, Bristol, UK, Apr 22, 2007

Foot-stomping five-piece Scottish band Moishe's Bagel arrive at St George's Bristol for an evening of lively, jazz-influenced klezmer and Balkans music. An intoxicating mix of Eastern European dance music, Middle Eastern rhythms and virtuoso performances.

Sunday 22 April, 6pm
£9 (£5 under 18s)
Box Office: 0845 4024 001
www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk

Balkan Beat Box w/Golem, Philadelphia, PA, Apr 22

BBB in concertBalkan Beat Box:w/ Golem
April 22, 2007
8pm
World Cafe Live - Philadelphia, PA
3025 Walnut St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-222-1400

Tickets: $12
Get Tickets here

April 23, 2007

Nikitov, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Apr 23

band photoNikitov
Apr.23
Synagoge Rotterdam
Rotterdam, NL
20.00 (Zaal open 19.30)

The Dutch-American Yiddish music quartet is in the middle
of their "Fun Shtetl Tsu Shtetl" all-synagogue tour of Holland.
The response has been overwhelming and the shows are selling out
across the country. Nikitov has been touring in support of their
latest recording "Vanderlust" on Chamsa records both in the US and
Europe. The group concludes the tour at De Waag in Haarlem where
centuries of troubadors performed to prove their skill and talent
and, in more recent history, folk singers like Joan Baez and Simon
and Garfunkel have come to pay homage to the great singers of the
past.

Balkan Beat Box w/Golem, Towson, MD, Apr 23

BBB in concertBalkan Beat Box:w/ Golem
April 23, 2007
9pm
Recher Theatre
512 York Rd.
Towson, MD 21204
410-337-7178
7 pm Doors

Tickets: $12/$15
Get Tickets here

April 24, 2007

Screening: "Yiddish theater: A love story", W. Palm Beach, FL, Apr 24

PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL APRIL 24 1:30 PM
Muvico Parisian 20 at CityPlace 545 Hibiscus Street, West Palm Beach

www.pbifilmfest.org/2007_festival/film_schedule.html

www.myspace.com/yiddishtheateralovestory

Synopsis:
Enter the funny, larger-than-life world of Yiddish Theater through this award winning new documentary film about the amazing woman who has kept the oldest running Yiddish Theater in America alive.

Zypora Spaisman is a Holocaust survivor who conquers all hearts in her passion for art, life and Yiddish.

This heart warming story of one unique woman's struggle portrays the fight of both an old art form to stay relevant and an old actress to find meaning and a stage in a society that worships youth. Shot in real time in one of the coldest winters in NY, Zypora's theater has one week to raise funding to keep their show going. Many miracles occur during this week. But will they be enough to save this critically acclaimed Yiddish show?

The film includes unique scenes with many of the last remaining stars of the Yiddish stage as well as leading experts from the Yiddish world, including Seymour Rexite, Shifra Lerer, Zypora Spaisman, Zalmen Mlotek, Nahma Sandrow and many more.

A must see film for anyone who loves theater !

Lisa Parrott Trio + Martha Mooke's Viola X-Treme, NYC, Apr 24

John Zorn's 'The Stone', NYC April 2007 at the Stone
curated by Alicia Svigals
@ the corner of Avenue C and 2nd street

4/24 Tuesday
8 pm
Martha Mooke's Viola X-Treme
Martha Mooke (electric violas/violins) Randolph A. Hudson, III (electric guitars) Jim Mussen (electronic drums)
Music for Strings, Percussion and … Rollover Bartok! Support the future of music at The Stone!

10 pm
The Lisa Parrott Trio
Lisa Parrott (saxophones) Chris Lightcap (double bass) Gerald Cleaver (drums)
Lisa & Chris have been performing in NY together for over 10 years, playing harmolodic inspired original improvised music. Their Stone debut! www.parrottmusic.com

For more info: thestonenyc.com

The fifty acts Svigals booked revolve around three themes: Jewish music, virtuoso female instrumentalist/improvisers/composers, and all kinds of string music, traditional and contemporary. From an electronic violist turning Bartok on his head to the lightning speed of traditional Bulgarian fiddling; from a master of the traditional klezmer clarinet to spontaneous 21st century keyboard explorations of those ancient melodies, the month is a feast of the most interesting music coming out of New York and beyond.

Balkan Beat Box w/Golem, Asheville, NC, Apr 24

BBB in concertBalkan Beat Box:w/ Golem
April 24, 2007
The Orange Peel
101 Biltmore Ave
Asheville, NC 2880
18+
Doors 8 pm
Show 9:30

Tickets: $10/$12 day of show
Get Tickets here

April 25, 2007

Comedy: God's Pottery, NYC, Apr 25

Hilarious Comedy
God's Pottery, Nick Kroll, David Wain
Weds 4/25 at 7:30P
Gotham Comedy Club, 208 West 23rd Street

Jewcy is a new online culture-and-ideas magazine—Jewishly-inflected, catholic in its interests. Our modest goal: to rock Jewish media to the point of unrecognizability.

tel: 212-489-9800
www.jewcy.com

Screening: "Yiddish theater: A love story", Los Angeles, CA, Apr 25

YIDDISH THEATER: A LOVE STORY directed by Dan Katzir, produced by Ravit Markus.

LOS ANGELES JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL APRIL 25 7:30 PM
UNIVERSITY OF JUDAISM

www.lajfilmfest.org

www.myspace.com/yiddishtheateralovestory

Synopsis:
Enter the funny, larger-than-life world of Yiddish Theater through this award winning new documentary film about the amazing woman who has kept the oldest running Yiddish Theater in America alive.

Zypora Spaisman is a Holocaust survivor who conquers all hearts in her passion for art, life and Yiddish.

This heart warming story of one unique woman's struggle portrays the fight of both an old art form to stay relevant and an old actress to find meaning and a stage in a society that worships youth. Shot in real time in one of the coldest winters in NY, Zypora's theater has one week to raise funding to keep their show going. Many miracles occur during this week. But will they be enough to save this critically acclaimed Yiddish show?

The film includes unique scenes with many of the last remaining stars of the Yiddish stage as well as leading experts from the Yiddish world, including Seymour Rexite, Shifra Lerer, Zypora Spaisman, Zalmen Mlotek, Nahma Sandrow and many more.

A must see film for anyone who loves theater !

As for tickets for the Los Angeles screening. They will be bought from the festival itself. The money will help the festival continue bringing quality Jewish content film to the LA crowd in the years to come. The tickets can be purchased at:

In Person: Tickets will be available for purchase in both JCC ofices Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. You may also purchase tickets the day of the event at the theater box office.

By Phone: Call The Westside JCC at (323) 938-2531 or The JCC at Milken at (818) 464-3300. You can collect your tickets up to 30 minutes prior to your screening/event at the venue. There is a $1.50 surcharge per ticket purchased by phone.

Group Sales: Groups of 20 or more, please call The Westside JCC or The JCC at Milken.

"Jewish Life and Memories Through Yiddish Song" with Janie Respitz, Montreal, Quebec, Apr 25, 2007

Three-part presentation with Janie Respitz on "Jewish Life and Memories Through Yiddish Song."

Part 1 on folk song writer Mark M. Warshawsky on Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at 7:30 p.m.

Part 2 on Mordecai Gebirtig, the Carpenter from Cracow on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at 7:30 p.m.

Part 3 on The Jewish Life Cycle on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 at 7:30 p.m.

All three presentations will be at FEDERATION CJA, 96 Roger Pilon, Dollard-des-Ormeaux. Cost $10 per lecture or $25 for all three. For information call the Jewish Public Library at (514) 345-2627 ext. 3033 or visit www.jewishpubliclibrary.org.

Warshawsky’s songs were so popular that even in his lifetime they were sung as if they had been around forever. We still sing his songs today, but as his friend Sholem Aleichem predicted: “we will remember the songs but not the man.” Learn about the man behind these favourite songs: Oyfyn Pripechik, Tayere Malke, Di Mezinke and Di Yontevdike Teg.

Janie Respitz is a performer of Yiddish songs and an experienced teacher of the Yiddish language and a variety of topics dealing with Yiddish literature, Eastern European Jewish history and Yiddish folklore.

Adrienne Cooper + Sheryl Bailey 3, NYC, Apr 25

John Zorn's 'The Stone', NYC April 2007 at the Stone
curated by Alicia Svigals
@ the corner of Avenue C and 2nd street

4/25 Wednesday
8 pm
The Sheryl Bailey 3
Sheryl Bailey (guitar/pen) Brian Charette (organ) Shingo Okudairu (drums)
The Sheryl Bailey 3 carries on the tradition of the Hammond B3/Guitar trio into modernity with a contemporary harmonic approach and a captivating pulse.

10 pm
Adrienne Cooper, Friends and Relations
Adrienne Cooper (voice) Michael Winograd (clarinet, piano) Dan Blacksberg (trombone)
Vocalist Adrienne Cooper is joined by clarinetist Michael Winograd, trombonist Dan Blacksberg, Yiddish Princess Sarah Gordon and others for an intergenerational Yiddish intervention.

For more info: thestonenyc.com

The fifty acts Svigals booked revolve around three themes: Jewish music, virtuoso female instrumentalist/improvisers/composers, and all kinds of string music, traditional and contemporary. From an electronic violist turning Bartok on his head to the lightning speed of traditional Bulgarian fiddling; from a master of the traditional klezmer clarinet to spontaneous 21st century keyboard explorations of those ancient melodies, the month is a feast of the most interesting music coming out of New York and beyond.

Klezzics concert/jam session, Paris, France, Apr 25, 2007

Klezzics
Mercredi 25 Avril 2007, 21:00

LES TROIS ARTS
Café culturel
21, rue des Rigoles 75020 Paris
Tél. : 01.43.49.36.27
les3arts.free.fr

Métro :Jourdain, Gambetta ou Pyrénées
Bus :ligne 26 ou 96
Ouvert du mardi au dimanche

En 1er partie :" VODKA KLEZMER BAND "
Ensemble klezmer d'étudiants dirigé par Aymeric PIN
En 2ème partie : "L'ETE DE L'EST"
Violon, clarinette, contrebasse et accordéon
En 3ème partie : " SCENE OUVERTE KLEZMER"

Balkan Beat Box w/Golem, Atlanta, GA, Apr 25

BBB in concertBalkan Beat Box:w/ Golem
April 25, 2007
8pm
Smith's Olde Bar
1578 Piedmont Ave
Atlanta, GA
404-875-1522
21+

Tickets: $12 advance
Get Tickets here

April 26, 2007

Alhambra, NYC, Apr 26, 2007

The Sephardic music ensemble, ALHAMBRA, will be performing on the lunchtime series at Trinity Church, B'way and Wall St. on Thursday April 26th at 1 p.m. For the visually-oriented, the concert will also feature the belly dancer, Aszmara! Admission is FREE.

"The Musical World of S. An-sky", San Francisco, CA, Apr 26

KlezCaliforniaKlezCalifornia warmly invites you to the following program at the Jewish Community Library, which we are co-sponsoring.

BJE Jewish Community Library | Main Location
1835 Ellis Street, San Francisco, CA
on the campus of the Jewish Community High School of the Bay
415.567.3327

Thursday, April 26, 7:30pm. “The Musical World of S. An-sky: Yiddish Protest Songs, Russian Miners’ Songs, and Children’s Rhymes.” This lecture/presentation is by Gabriella Safran, Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Stanford University.

www.bjesf.org/adults_events.htm

Valley Klezmer Band open rehearsal, Northampton, MA, Apr 26

The Valley Klezmer Band has ongoing rehearsal on Thursday nights from 7:30–9pm at the Lander-Grinspoon Academy in Northampton, MA, and occasionally in Amherst!!! Bring your instrument and play!!! Join the VKB and play klezmer and Israeli party music! Learn klezmer dance-forms such as khosidls, freylekhs and horas. You'll also learn the basics of making band arrangements.

The VKB is a performing ensemble open to the community. You should have at least intermediate competency on your instrument, and be able to read music or learn quickly by ear. Sheet music and CDs will be provided. The fee is $50 - $100, sliding scale, for around 10 sessions.

Scholarships are available.

Please email Amy Rose (preferred) or call 413-253-3831.

The VKO is directed by Amy Rose, flutist, pianist and accordionist. In 1987, Amy founded Klezamir, one of New England's premier klezmer bands. Klezamir recorded four CDs and has performed at hundreds of concerts and parties around New England. Amy also teaches piano and flute. Please email Amy Rose (preferred) or call 413-253-3831. The VKO is supported by a grant from the Harold Grinspoon Foundation

Percussia + Lerner/Alexander Quartet, NYC, Apr 26

John Zorn's 'The Stone', NYC April 2007 at the Stone
curated by Alicia Svigals
@ the corner of Avenue C and 2nd street

4/26 Thursday
8 pm
Lerner/Alexander Quartet
Marilyn Lerner (piano) Aaron Alexander (drums) Greg Wall (sax) Jim Guttmann (bass)
Premiere performance of this all-star jazz/jewish ensemble…

10 pm
Percussia
Ingrid Gordon (xylophone, marimba, percussion) Ljova (viola) Demetrius Spaneas (reeds) and others
This unlikely instrument combination cooks up a set of xylo-powered, wind-driven world fusion featuring tunes by überviolist Ljova, along with assorted balkan and klez faves.

For more info: thestonenyc.com

The fifty acts Svigals booked revolve around three themes: Jewish music, virtuoso female instrumentalist/improvisers/composers, and all kinds of string music, traditional and contemporary. From an electronic violist turning Bartok on his head to the lightning speed of traditional Bulgarian fiddling; from a master of the traditional klezmer clarinet to spontaneous 21st century keyboard explorations of those ancient melodies, the month is a feast of the most interesting music coming out of New York and beyond.

Massel-Tov, Wasserburg am Inn, Germany, Apr 26

>Massel-Tov Trio
26.04.07, 20:00 Uhr
Gabersee-Live, Gabersee 7, 83512 Wasserburg am Inn, T. 08071-71613
www.gabersee-live.de

John Zorn to receive William Schuman Award, NYC, Apr 26

Columbia University School of the Arts announces that

JOHN ZORN
is the 2007 recipient of the William Schuman Award

Columbia's MILLER THEATRE hosts concert and award ceremony
Thursday, April 26, 8:00PM

From Dan Kleinman, Acting Dean, Columbia University School of the Arts:
"The School of the Arts is pleased to present the William Schuman Award to John Zorn, whose astonishingly diverse and extraordinary body of work has enlightened, startled, and enchanted its listeners. His lasting contribution to the repertoire of today has changed the landscape of composition."

Columbia University's School of the Arts honors composer JOHN ZORN with the WILLIAM SCHUMAN AWARD, a major recognition given periodically over the past twenty-five years.

Named for its first recipient William Schuman, the award, in the form of a direct, unrestricted grant of $50,000, is one of the largest to an American composer. In the language of the gift establishing the prize, the purpose of the William Schuman Award is "to recognize the lifetime achievement of an American composer whose works have been widely performed and generally acknowledged to be of lasting significance." It is awarded by the Dean of the School of the Arts at Columbia University. The award was established in 1981 by a bequest from the Schuman family. Previous winners have included Schuman, David Diamond, Gunther Schuller, Milton Babbitt, and Hugo Weisgall, and, most recently in 2001, Steve Reich.

Drawing on his experience in a variety of genres including jazz, rock, hardcore punk, classical, klezmer, film, cartoon, popular, and improvised music, Zorn has created an influential body of work that defies academic categories. A native of New York City, he has been a central figure in the downtown scene since 1975, incorporating a wide range of musicians in various compositional formats. He learned alchemical synthesis from Harry Smith, structural ontology with Richard Foreman, how to make art out of garbage with Jack Smith, cathartic expression at Sluggs, and hermetic intuition from Joseph Cornell. Early inspirations include American innovators Ives, Varèse, Cage, Carter, and Partch; the European tradition of Berg, Stravinsky, Boulez, and Kagel; soundtrack composers Herrmann, Morricone, and Stalling; and avant-garde theatre, film, and art.

Described as "endlessly inventive" by George Steel, the Executive Director of Columbia's Miller Theatre, Zorn was celebrated with one of Miller's signature Composer Portraits this past October. Also this year, the composer won a "genius" grant from the MacArthur Foundation. Miller will host a concert and awards ceremony for the Schuman recognition on Thursday, April 26 (concert details to be announced).

About Columbia University School of the Arts:
Founded in 1965, the Columbia University School of the Arts is among the premier arts institutions in the United States offering Master in Fine Arts degrees through four divisions: film, theatre arts, visual arts, and writing. The faculty includes both academics and practitioners, providing an integrated program for emerging contemporary artists. Among the leading faculty members are: Anne Bogart, Richard Howard, Ben Marcus, Orhan Pamuk, James Schamus, Andrei Serban, and Kara Walker.

About Columbia University:
Founded in 1754 as King's College, Columbia University in the City of New York is the fifth oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and today is one of the world's leading academic and research institutions. For more information about Columbia University, visit www.columbia.edu.

Balkan Beat Box, Mobile, AL, Apr 27

BBB in concertBalkan Beat Box
April 27, 2007
8pm

Cell Block
216 Dauphin St
Mobile, AL

Balkan Beat Box, Lafayette, LA, Apr 26

BBB in concertBalkan Beat Box
April 26, 2007
8pm
Lafayette, LA
Festival Internacional de Louisiane

April 27, 2007

JMF "Blacks and Jews in American Popular Music", NYC, Apr 27

The Jewish Music Forum Lecture Series 2006-2007
Music, Media and Memoriy in Jewish Life

Friday, April 27, 2007
10:30am to Noon
Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street, New York City

"Blacks and Jews in American Popular Music: The Business of Cultural Mediation"
Prof. Jonathan Karp, Binghamton University, SUNY

Guest respondent: Prof. Jonathan Schorsch, Columbia University

Free and open to the public.
www.jewishmusicforum.org

The Jewish Music Forum is an organization devoted to the study of music in Jewish life in all of its historical and contemporary diversity. Founded in the fall of 2004 under the auspices of the American Society for Jewish Music, with the support of the American Jewish Historical Society and the Center for Jewish History, the Jewish Music Forum seeks to provide a thriving habitat for interdisciplinary dialogue and scholarly exchange in the growing academic field of Jewish musical studies as well as a critical intellectual resource for specialists across a spectrum that includes cantors, composers, performers, students, educators, artistic directors, journalists, and others from the fields of musicology, anthropology, literature, Jewish studies, and American studies. By linking together members of these communities, the Forum serves as an academic professional network and intellectual resource for all who are interested in the role of music in Jewish life.

JMF: Blacks and Jews in American Popular Music, NYC, April 27

THE JEWISH MUSIC FORUM 2006-2007
MUSIC, MEDIA AND MEMORY IN JEWISH LIFE

April 27, 2007 10:30AM-12PM
Blacks and Jews in American Popular Music: The Business of Cultural Mediation

Prof. Jonathan Karp, SUNY Binghamton
Respondent: Prof. Jonathan Schorsch, Columbia University

All seminars take place at 10:30 a.m. at the Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street, NYC

Event is free and open to the public.
www.jewishmusicforum.org

Cooper/Lerner + Svigals/Lerner, NYC, Apr 27

John Zorn's 'The Stone', NYC April 2007 at the Stone
curated by Alicia Svigals
@ the corner of Avenue C and 2nd street

4/27 Friday
8 pm
Alicia Svigals and Marilyn Lerner: Klezmer Unfettered
Alicia Svigals (violin) Marilyn Lerner (piano)
Alicia Svigals is klezmer's most celebrated violinist; Marilyn Lerner is a jazz keyboard virtuoso who resides in Canada. They join forces at the Stone to take on the klezmer tradition and twist it into shapes hitherto unimagined, spinning symphonies on the fly out of sounds from the Eastern European Jewish past.

10 pm
Shake My Heart Like a Copper Bell—the poetry of Anna Margolin
Adrienne Cooper (voice) Marilyn Lerner (piano) with special guests
Lerner’s song cycle to amazing Yiddish poet Margolin, translations and vocals by the legendary Adrienne Cooper with everything from lieder to freeform….

For more info: thestonenyc.com

The fifty acts Svigals booked revolve around three themes: Jewish music, virtuoso female instrumentalist/improvisers/composers, and all kinds of string music, traditional and contemporary. From an electronic violist turning Bartok on his head to the lightning speed of traditional Bulgarian fiddling; from a master of the traditional klezmer clarinet to spontaneous 21st century keyboard explorations of those ancient melodies, the month is a feast of the most interesting music coming out of New York and beyond.

April 28, 2007

Craig Taubman, Westborough, MA, Apr 28, 2007

Award-winning entertainer Craig Taubman of Craig 'n' Co., will perform a concert featuring his repertoire of Jewish music on Saturday evening, April 28, at Congregation B'nai Shalom in Westborough. Karen Rothman, Chairperson of the Music Committee, in announcing the event, said. "The concert, which is part of the temple's year-long music series, is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. Doors will open at 7:15 p.m., with a Coffee House, followed by a short havdallah service."

Congregation B'nai Shalom
508 366-7191
Westborough, MA

cbnaishalom.org

The Klezmatics, NYC, Apr 7, 2007

band photo
Join the The Klezmatics for a homecoming concert celebration of their recent Grammy award (for the JMG cd Wonder Wheel: Lyrics by Woody Guthrie)

Saturday, April 7 at 8pm
Makor
35 West 67th Street
New York City

Party following the show with peysekhdike sweets and bubbly.

For tickets call 212-415-5500, buy them at the door, or online.

Terry Dame's Electric Junkyard Gamelan + Andy Biskin, NYC, Apr 28

John Zorn's 'The Stone', NYC April 2007 at the Stone
curated by Alicia Svigals
@ the corner of Avenue C and 2nd street

4/28 Saturday
8 pm
Andy Biskin and friends
Andy Biskin (clarinet, compositions) with special guests

10 pm
Terry Dame's Electric Junkyard Gamelan
Terry Dame, Lee Frisari, Mary Feaster, Kim Garey, Julian Hintz (invented instruments)
Original rhythm driven music on invented instruments. Funky basslines, searing modal melodies and layers of interlocking rhythms played on musical contraptions such as the Rubarp, Sitello, Kacapitar and the Big Barp. It's far out and in the pocket! www.terrydame.com

For more info: thestonenyc.com

The fifty acts Svigals booked revolve around three themes: Jewish music, virtuoso female instrumentalist/improvisers/composers, and all kinds of string music, traditional and contemporary. From an electronic violist turning Bartok on his head to the lightning speed of traditional Bulgarian fiddling; from a master of the traditional klezmer clarinet to spontaneous 21st century keyboard explorations of those ancient melodies, the month is a feast of the most interesting music coming out of New York and beyond.

Balkan Beat Box, Lafayette, LA, Apr 28

BBB in concertBalkan Beat Box
April 26, 2007
8pm
Lafayette, LA
Festival Internacional de Louisiane

April 29, 2007

Borscht Belt Brunch, NYC, Apr 29

The 14th St. Y & Mo Pitkins present:

Borscht Belt Brunch featuring klezmer music by:
Mike Cohen & Pete Rushefsky

Sunday, April 29 1PM - 3PM

At: Mo Pitkins House of Satisfaction, 34 Avenue A, East Village, NYC
mopitkins.com

Mike Cohen (the Kleztraphobix's eminent clarinetist) and Pete Rushefsky (tsimbl) will play klezmer duets at Mo' Pitkins for their new Borscht Belt Brunch. Music from 12:30 'til 2:30. Program presented by the 14th St. Y.

No admission-- we pass the hat... and Mo's has a wonderful brunch menu
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The Fate of Rabbis and Rebbes in the Holocaust, NYC, Apr 29

Sholem Aleichem Cultural Center Events

Ts. Ben-Dovid
"The Fate of Rabbis and Rebbes in the Holocaust"

Phyllis Berk
will sing Yiddish songs from the Holocaust

Sunday, April 29, 2007
1:30 pm
Sholem Aleichem Cultural Center
3301 Bainbridge Avenue, corner 208th St.
(near Montefiore Hospital), Bronx, NY

Take the #4 train to Mosholu Parkway or the D train to 205th St. Walk to 208th Street & Bainbridge Avenue.

$ 3.50 Refreshments served.
Tel: +19179300295

Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi, Long Island, NY, Apr 29, 2007

Yale StromApril 28, 2-4pm, Hofstra University

The Absolutely Complete Klezmer Concert - Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi. As part of the Joseph G. Astman International Concert Series, the Hofstra Cultural Center presents "The Absolutely Complete Klezmer Concert" featuring Yale Strom and Hot Pstromi, with Peter Stan, Norbert Stachel, Jim Whitney, David Licht, and vocalist Elizabeth Schwartz.

Monroe Lecture Center Theater, California Avenue, South Campus For tickets and more information contact the John Cranford Adams Playhouse Box Office at (516) 463-6644, Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.

Wholesale Klezmer, Greenfield, MA, Apr 29, 2007

The Wholesale Klezmer Band, now in its twenty-fifth year of performing Yiddish songs, Hebrew liturgical music, and Eastern European Jewish wedding dance music, will present a concert, "Jewish Music of Peace, Justice and Celebration," at the band's home base, Temple Israel, 27 Pierce Street, Greenfield, on Sunday, April 29, at 7 p.m.

Tickets are $10 per adult $5 per teen and child. The concert is a benefit for Temple Israel.

The Wholesale Klezmer Band has been performing Yiddish music at weddings, bar and bas mitzves, concerts, festivals and schools since 1982. The band performed at Carnegie Hall's 100th Anniversary Celebration of Folk Music, hosted by Pete Seeger, in 1991 and also at a concert celebrating American diversity for Bill Clinton's 1993 Inaugural. Performing in this concert will be: Yosl (Joe) Kurland, (vocals and fiddle), David Tasgal (clarinet, fiddle) Christina Crowder (accordion), Michael Suter (bass viol), Brian Bender (trombone), Richie Davis (percussion), and Peggy Davis (flute & vocals).

Among the music featured in the April 29 concert will be:

  • Music for traditional Jewish weddings including Badkhones—a traditional wedding jester's humorous advice to a bride-in Yinglish
  • A humorous vaudeville song about atoning for one's foibles last brought up to date with new verses in 1990, but suddenly a propos again after last November's election
  • Yosl Kurland's version of the classic Yiddish song, Motl der Operayter, about a striking worker killed on the picket line, brought up to date with verses about third world sweatshops
  • A Yiddish/Hungarian medley including a melody for Dovid Melekh Yisroel
  • The biblical story of Isaac and Ishmael, ancestors of the Jewish and Arab peoples, pleading for them to make peace with each other
  • Plenty of happy and sad, lively and meditative klezmer tunes.
Audiences don't need to be Jewish or understand Yiddish and Hebrew to enjoy this concert. The Wholesale Klezmer Band makes sure that everyone understands what each song means with subtitles, stories and explanations. All are welcome. Tickets are $10 per adult $5 per teen and child. The concert is a benefit for Temple Israel.

The concert will kick off a week of events at Temple Israel to celebrate the installation of a photovoltaic system to supply power for the eternal light in the Temple's sanctuary. The week will end with a concert by the Amandla chorus. For information about other events in the series and for directions to Temple Israel or facts about the congregation, call 413-773-5884.
Future public events on the Wholesale Klezmer Band's calendar include:
July 11th, Wednesday Folk Traditions concert at the Porter Phelps Huntington Museum in Hadley, MA
July 17th, concert at the Wayside Inn in Sudbury, MA

For almost 90 years, Greenfield's Temple Israel, the only synagogue in Franklin County, Mass., has served the spiritual and cultural needs of Jews in the Pioneer Valley and maintained a strong commitment to the community's interfaith activities. Formally affiliated with the Conservative Movement, Temple Israel recognizes the diversity of its membership by incorporating liturgical and cultural elements associated with all Jewish movements. Located at 27 Pierce Street in Greenfield, the synagogue offers a full range of educational, cultural and social programs for children, adults and families under the leadership of. Rabbi Efraim Eisen. For more information about membership and programs, call 413-773-5884.

Romanian Bent + Grassi/Filiano/Lerner, NYC, Apr 29

John Zorn's 'The Stone', NYC April 2007 at the Stone
curated by Alicia Svigals
@ the corner of Avenue C and 2nd street

4/29 Sunday
8 pm
Romanian Bent—Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi featuring Elizabeth Schwartz
Yale Strom (violin) Sprocket (bass) Peter Stan (accordion) David Licht (drums) Elizabeth Schwartz (vocals)
Schwartz is fresh from her concert tour of Romania and Hungary (singing with Muzsikas), which was filmed for an upcoming documentary by Radu Gabrea.

10 pm
Grassi/Filiano/Lerner
Lou Grassi (drums) Ken Filiano (bass) Marilyn Lerner (piano)

For more info: thestonenyc.com

The fifty acts Svigals booked revolve around three themes: Jewish music, virtuoso female instrumentalist/improvisers/composers, and all kinds of string music, traditional and contemporary. From an electronic violist turning Bartok on his head to the lightning speed of traditional Bulgarian fiddling; from a master of the traditional klezmer clarinet to spontaneous 21st century keyboard explorations of those ancient melodies, the month is a feast of the most interesting music coming out of New York and beyond.

Klezical Tradition, Litchfield, CT, Apr 29

Sunday, April 29
The Klezical Tradition will be at the
The Litchfield Community Center for a concert beginning at 3:00.

There will be four of us: Fraidy Katz, vocals, Walter Mamlok, clarinet, Roy Wiseman, bass, and me on whatever I put in the car...

Litchfield is usually quite gorgeous, although in the rain, ver veyst.... Maybe we'll all be singing the Yiddish rendition of "How Dry I Am" by the weekend....

Free!!
Come!

421 Bantam Road
Litchfield, CT 06759
Ph: 860 -567- 8302

Aviva CD release party, NYC, Apr 29, 2007

AvivaGlobal Perspective Records presents the CD release show for AVIVA

Aviva is a rising mezzo-soprano who fuses Flamenco, Classical, Electronic and Arabic music, and sings in Ladino, a form of ancient Judeo-Spanish spoken by the Jews of Spain.

April 29, 9pm
The West Bank Cafe @ The Laurie Beechman Theater
407 West 42nd Street, between 9th and 10th ave
www.westbankcafe.com/theater/

We've got a stellar lineup of musicians for this show including: Gilad (Al DiMeola, Sting) on percussion; Meg Okura (Philip Glass, Bowie, Herbie Hancock), on violin; Harel Shachal (Smadar, Anistar, Balkan Beat Box) on G clarinet, and ney; Dan Nadel (Chico Freeman, Sarah Aroeste) on Flamenco guitar. And of course, Aviva on vocals....

For more information on Aviva:
www.aviva-music.com

April 30, 2007

Ballin' the Jack, Kensington, NYC, Apr 30, 2007

Hi all we are playing a fund raisor at the local library here in Kensington—please try to come, help support the library!

Join us for a
Jazz Concert
Monday, 30th 6:30pm
Windsor Terrace Library — 160 East Fifth St. (@Ft Hamilton Parkway) — 718-686-9707
featuring

Ballin’ The Jack
Matt Darriau - saxes
Frank London – trumpet
Curtis Hasselbring – Tbone
Andy Laster – Bari Sax
George Schuller - drums
Joe Fitzgerald – bass
Barney Mcall - keys

Monday, April 30th, 2007
6:30 pm

$5 Suggested Donation


The Friends Group of the Windsor Terrace Library exists to assist the WT Library. Money from fundraisers is spent on books and programming for library users.

Balkan Beat Box, Orlando, FL, Apr 30

BBB in concertBalkan Beat Box
April 30, 2007
8pm
Orlando, FL
The Social

Tickets: $12
Get tickets here