Klezmer: From Old World To Our World

1	Nit Ba Motin (Nit Bay Motyen) / Abe Orchestra Elenkrig 3:34
2	Ato Yozarto / Cantor Yossele 2:55
3	Mayofus / Belf Rumynski Ork'estr 2:43
4	Diona / Joseph Moskowitz 3:10
5	Palesteena / Original Dixieland Jazz Band 2:48
6	Di Grime Kuzine / Gus Orchestra Goldstine 2:58
7	Fihren Die Mechutonim Aheim / Abe Schwartz's Orchestra 3:37
8	Di Hasidim Furn Tsum Rebin / Kandel's Orchestra 4:10
9	Kale Bazetzns Un a Freylekhs / His Yeddish-American Jazz Band 2:58
10	Der Freylekher Rumeyner / Peretz Sandler's Orchestra 3:23
11	Di Rayze Nukh Amerika / Abe Schwartz's Orchestra 3:01
12	Mazel in Liebe / Alexander Olshanetsky 3:26
13	The Bridegroom Special / Sam Medoff & his Orchestra 3:25
14	Dem Nayem Sher / Abe Ellstein's Orchestra 2:46
15	Rumanian Fantasy / Sam Musiker 7:45
16	Voliner Bulgar / Marty Confurius 3:10
17	A Freylekhn Nakht in Gan Eydn / Klezmer Conservatory Band 1:53
18	Chicken / Kapelye 2:51
19	Sher / Boiled in Lead 2:33
20	Sydney's Eygene Bulgars / Klezmer Plus 3:41
21	Man in a Hat / The Klezmatics 3:04
22	Bulgar / Klezkamp Dance Band 2:37

Barnes & Noble

If you had to pick a guide to the wild and wooly world of the Yiddish experience in America, you could do far worse than Henry Sapoznik. Producer of this chronological guide to klezmer and the companion book of the same name -- as well as an accomplished musician in his own right -- Sapoznik knows the terrain. From the early -- 1912! -- recordings that open this disc to the digitally recorded avant-klez that closes it, he covers seemingly every hill and dale, presenting a who's who of the music. You'll want the book to understand the shifts that the compilation makes from cantor Yoselle Rosenblatt to the Original Dixieland Jazz Band to the recognizable klezmer of Abe Schwartz's orchestra (the notes are scant), but the music is enjoyable enough. Throw in big-band arrangements ("Di Rayze Nukh Amerika" boasts a mallets solo) and the heady experiments of the late '80s klez revival (Boiled in Lead's guitar-crunching "Sher," the Klezmatics' fast 'n' furious "Man in a Hat"), and the journey from OLD WORLD TO OUR WORLD is a relentlessly entertaining one. This disc is sure to inspire many side trips down the roads of klezmer past and present. Mark Schwartz

All Music Guide

This is the companion CD to the critically acclaimed book of the same title published by MacMillan which traces the development of Klezmer music through the 19th and 20th centuries. A fine collection of music was selected for this compilation, reflecting the development of the Klezmer style as a purely Eastern European Jewish form to a truly international style of music that absorbed the influence of jazz, pop music, and even punk. ~ Stacia Proefrock, All Music Guide