Blood Oranges

1	Wailing World 6:44
2	Welcome 0:48
3	The Band 4:37
4	The Tune 6:27
5	Uncle Elye 7:00
6	The Tsadik 7:01
7	The Heretic (Hebre Libre) 10:10
8	Night 3:30
9	Prayer 5:24
10	The Dance (Doc's Bulgar) 4:16
11	Homeland 6:45
12	Royte Pomarantsn (Blood Oranges) 4:33
13	Farewell 1:40
14	Daybreak 2:09

Barnes & Noble

With each performance, the klezmer quartet Brave Old World creates its music anew, alive in the klezmer tradition of improvisation and spontaneity. Ten years ago, vocalist and violinist Michael Alpert, piano and accordion master Alan Bern, clarinetist Kurt Bjorling, and virtuoso Stuart Brotman, who plays bass, percussion, and cimbalom, came together, and BLOOD ORANGES takes their music even further beyond the confines of genre. Though deeply rooted in Yiddish/Jewish tradition, pieces such as "Wailing World," "Homeland," "Night," and "Prayer" expand upon these roots with improvisational approaches to rhythm, form, and harmony. The tunes ring familiar and strikingly new at the same moment. Arranged as duets, trios, and quartets, the album's songs evolved live in the studio -- and their energy gives the listener a front row seat on the vibrant continuity of tradition. Kerry Dexter

All Music Guide

On Blood Oranges, Brave Old World combines the technique of classical music, the freedom of jazz, and the untamed spirit of Klezmer into a new Yiddish vernacular. Part of the "New Jewish Music" movement, Brave Old World includes members of the Klezmatics, Klezmer Conservatory Band, and Ry Cooder's band in its lineup, reflecting the group's roots in tradition and experimentation. The album includes traditional songs like "The Tune," "Daybreak," and "Farewell," along with original compositions like "The Tsadik" and "Homeland." Heather Phares