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a r t i s t : The Klezmorim
t i t l e : Metropolis
d a t e : 1981/1993
l a b e l : Flying Fish Records
g e n r e : Klezmer
r l s. d a t e : Apr/2003
t r a c k s : 12
b i t r a t e : 192kbps
s i z e : 55,4 MB
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David Julian Gray - B & E clarinets, piano
Lev Liberman - alto & soprano saxophones
Kevin Linscott - trombone
John Raskin - percussion, xylophone
Donald Thornton - tuba
Brian Wishnefsky - trumpet
Wendy Gardner - piccolo (#1,6)
Recorded live at The Great American Hall, San Francisco, CA on
February 3-7, 1981, except track #12, studio recording.
One of the earliest examples of the klezmer revival which would burst
into full flower in the late '80s, the Klezmorim's Metropolis is also
one of the very best. More than many of the subsequent bands that
tended to inflect the music with a touch of irony, this San Francisco
-based group revels in the sheer joy and touching sadness of klezmer.
The arrangements are tight, the instrumentation imaginatively deployed,
and the playing is exuberant. From the hallucinatory reels of the
soprano sax/clarinet front line of "Bucharest" to the doleful low horn
lead of "The Tuba Doina," the group hits the exact mark between the
playful and the serious. Fans of the New York City klezmer scene,
nurtured by John Zorn and others, will greatly enjoy the freshness and
verve of this recording and may also appreciate the lack of postmodern
references. No compositional credits are given, so one assumes the
pieces are essentially traditional ones, though rearranged (and
possibly re-titled) by the band. For listeners seeking a first
exposure to the genre, it's difficult to think of a better starting
place. - Brian Olewnick
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01-Constantinople [03:21]
02-Bucharest [02:39]
03-The Tuba Doina [02:53]
04-Hot Dishes [02:15]
05-Kramtweiss Steps Out [03:19]
06-The Good Soldier [02:47]
07-Heyser Bulgar [03:00]
08-The People's Dance [03:25]
09-Moldovanke [05:15]
10-Shryer's Doina [05:18]
11-A Wild Night In Odessa [03:07]
12-The Shepard's Dream [02:54]
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40:13 min
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