Jews with Horns explained

Jews With Horns
Type:studio
Artist:The Klezmatics
Cover:Jews with Horns.jpg
Genre:Klezmer
Label:Xenophile/Green Linnet
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Jews With Horns is the third album by the American klezmer band the Klezmatics, released in 1995.[1] 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".[2]

Critical reception

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'."[3]

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."

Track listing

  1. Man in a Hat
  2. Fisherlid
  3. Khsidim tants
  4. Simkhes-toyre
  5. Romanian Fantasy
  6. Bulgars / The Kiss
  7. Nign
  8. Honga
  9. In Kampf
  10. Doyna
  11. Freyt aykh, yidlekh
  12. Kale bazetsn
  13. Heyser tartar-tants
    1. Overture

Personnel

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)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Klezmatics Biography, Songs, & Albums. AllMusic.
  2. Web site: 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. Seth. Rogovoy. January 1, 2000. Algonquin Books. Google Books.
  3. Web site: KLEZMATICS' HORNS' TOOT MANY INFLUENCES . The Washington Post . 3 December 2021.