List of Klezmer bands explained

Klezmer (Yiddish: כלזמיר, from Hebrew: k'li zemer|script=Latn כלי זמר, lit. "vessels of song", meaning "musical instruments" in Hebrew; in Yiddish, "klezmer" refers to a professional Jewish instrumentalist) is a genre and type of music originating in Eastern Europe.^[1] It was originally played by Jews, but now, since a revival starting in the 1970s, it has become popular in the United States, among bands who have brought it back to Europe.

Modern Klezmer bands

• Austin Klezmorim
• Bester Quartet
• Beyond the Pale^[2]
• Amsterdam Klezmer Band
• Brave Old World
• Budowitz
• The Cracow Klezmer Band
• Daniel Kahn & the Painted Bird
• Di Gojim
• Di Naye Kapelye
• Dobranotch
• Ensemble DRAj
• Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band
• Giora Feidman
• Golem
• The Kabalas
• Kharkov Klezmer Band
• The Klezmatics
• Klezmer Conservatory Band
• Klezmer Juice
• Klezmofobia
• The Klezmorim
• Kleztory
• Kolsimcha - The World Quintet
• Kroke
• Kruzenshtern & Parohod
• Mames Babegenush
• Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
• Metropolitan Klezmer
• Moishe's Bagel
• New Klezmer Quintet
• Pushkin Klezmer Band
• Shu'al
• Veretski Pass
• Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi

Older Klezmer bands

• Belf's Romanian Orchestra
• Dave Tarras
• Naftule Brandwein
• Abe Schwartz
• Harry Kandel

Notes and References

1. Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought, Issueissue, no. 185. Vol. 47, no. 1 (Winter 1998), special issues on klezmer music, pp. 49-788.
2. Web site: Postcards. Alex Henderson. AllMusic. 6 October 2015.