Jews with Horns
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| Jews With Horns | ||||
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| Studio album by The Klezmatics | ||||
| Released | 1995 | |||
| Genre | Klezmer | |||
| Label | Xenophile/Green Linnet[1] | |||
| The Klezmatics chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Robert Christgau | A–[3] |
Jews With Horns is the third album by the American klezmer band the Klezmatics, released in 1995.[4] It is the first album on which Matt Darriau performed, which led to his induction as a full member of the group. Marc Ribot is featured on the second track, "Fisherlid".[5]
Critical reception
[edit]The Washington Post thought that "the Klezmatics are capable of the slow, lovely, horn-and-violin harmonies of the traditional 'Romanian Fantasy' or the exuberant Hasidic vocals of 'Nign'."[1]
AllMusic wrote that "the fast numbers ... are frenzied celebratory drinking songs—a true revival of the community spirit which spawned this eastern European brand of folk music."[2]
Track listing
[edit]- Man in a Hat
- Fisherlid
- Khsidim tants
- Simkhes-toyre
- Romanian Fantasy
- Bulgars / The Kiss
- Nign
- Honga
- In Kampf
- Doyna
- Freyt aykh, yidlekh
- Kale bazetsn
- Heyser tartar-tants
- Es vilt zikh mir zen
- Overture
Personnel
[edit]Frank London - trumpet, cornet, alto horn, piano, organ, vocals
Lorin Sklamberg - accordion, piano, lead vocals
Paul Morrissett - bass, vocals
David Licht - drums
David Krakauer - clarinet, bass clarinet, vocals
Alicia Svigals - violin, vocals
Ray "Chinito" Diaz - guiro (Track 1)
Moxy Früvous - backing vocals (1)
Matt Darriau - alto saxophone (2, 15), backing vocals (4)
Marc Ribot - electric guitar (2)
Betty Silberman - backing vocals (2)
Adrienne Cooper - vocals (14)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "KLEZMATICS' HORNS' TOOT MANY INFLUENCES". The Washington Post. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ a b "Jews with Horns - The Klezmatics | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: The Klezmatics". robertchristgau.com.
- ^ "The Klezmatics Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
- ^ Rogovoy, Seth (January 1, 2000). "The Essential Klezmer: A Music Lover's Guide to Jewish Roots and Soul Music, from the Old World to the Jazz Age to the Downtown Avant-garde". Algonquin Books – via Google Books.