VA-Shir_Hodu_(Jewish_Song_From_Bombay_Of_The_30s)-2009-BCC

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Artist  : VA
Title   : Shir Hodu (Jewish Song from Bombay of the 30s)

Genre   : Ethnic
Year    : 2009
Date    : 01/2010
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks  : 15
Label   : Jewish Records
Source  : CDDA
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length  : 48:14 min
Size    : 38,4 MB


Tracklist:
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01.simeon jacob kharilker - adon olam     03:32
02.simeon jacob kharilker - yom hashabbat 03:31
03.simeon jacob kharilker - deror ikhra   03:18
04.simeon jacob kharilker - ashir lael    03:12
05.simeon jacob kharilker - yaroom venisa 03:13
06.simeon jacob kharilker - hatikvah      03:20
07.adib david - hai hai el hai            03:21
08.adib david - deror yikra               02:53
09.zaky solomon isaac - aet shaare rason  03:17
10.zaky solomon isaac - adonai becol      02:55
shophar
11.zaky solomon isaac - yodukha raayonai  03:04
12.zaky solomon isaac - yom hashabat      03:02
13.zaky solomon isaac - yom simha         03:00
14.nathan solomon satamkar -              03:25
15.nathan solomon satamkar - yom hashabat 03:11
                                         -------
                                          48:14 min



Shir Hodu is the Hebrew for song of
praise. It also means Song of India.
This CD is the second in our series of
CDs that features Jewish singers from
the Middle and the Far East.

Until the issue of this CD it had been
taken for granted that no recordings of
Jewish music had been made in India and
that the only echoes of a tradition that
was centuries old were recordings made
by their descendants in present day
Israel. From a musicological point of
view the recordings on this CD are the
equivalent of finding a Rosetta stone,
allowing us to reinterpret a centuries
old tradition.

Over the course of more than 5 years of
searching and following leads for these
long last original recordings we were
able to produce this extraordinary
compilation of recordings, some of them
privately made, taken in the 1930s in
Bombay.

Among the performers are a shofar (Ram's
horn) blower who was born in the 1850s
and a hazzan (Cantor) known as "The
Butcher".

This musical link with the past has been
brought to life by the memories and
photos of the descendents of these
singers and instrumentalists gathered
from across the globe.

The CD comes with a copiously
illustrated 24 page booklet that will
serve as a
valuable source for future researchers
into the Indian Jewish musical
tradition.

Several of the instrumentalists featured
on this CD later played on some of the
most evocative Bollywood films of the
1950s including Shree 420, Boot Polish,
Awaara and even Meera Nam Joker from
1970.

There is shouting, instrumental breaks
and a real sense of excitement which
comes through loud and clear on these
authentic sound portraits of a tradition
that is now part of Indian and Jewish
history.

Sensitive remastering allows us to hear
these recordings as they have never been
heard before.

http://www.jewishrecords.co.uk

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