One of my very favorite New Orleans bands, the New Orleans Klezmer All Stars, have a new LP out next month. If you ever have an opportunity to see them live, you will not be disappointed. Incredible energy and just a non-stop dance party. #Jazz#Klezmer#NewOrleans
Photo a friend sent me of Wolf Shilkret (Schildkraut, ~1866-1925), #Klezmer violinist and father of Victor Records notable Nat Shilkret #violinist#fiddler#MusicHistory
The most useful invention I've ever run across... Corsi-Rosenthal box.
I have used this so far for:
Wildfire smoke
COVID-19
Bacon smoke (on Saturdays, LOL)
General improvement of AQI
Pet related allergies (hay and dander)
Ragweed/pollen heavy days
Dust from Santa Ana winds
Dust from construction/remodeling
Paint fumes (only partially useful, doesn't absorb gases, but helps somewhat) -- plus it sucks all the dust from the air, so it doesn't stick to your paint
Heading down to Seattle today for a 4 day weekend to participate in Seattle Yiddish Fest which seems rather expanded in scope this year. A few highlights for me are seeing Ilya Shneyveys, accordionist and multi-instrumentalist who'll be teaching and leading events, and Michael Wex, the Canadian Yiddishist and raconteur. #klezmer#Yiddish#MusicFestival#Seattle https://www.seattleyiddishfest.com/
I knew about this newly published book of old #Klezmer because two colleagues of mine helped typeset it, but it was going to be too expensive to ship to Canada. So I was glad to be able to buy a copy from Hoffman's great granddaughter Susan Watts who is teaching at the festival this weekend.🎺🎶 Great stuff!
Festival finished last night and I'm heading back to Canada this morning😭 the final concert was livestreamed and was a lot of fun, including a Michael Wex comedy routine that had the house in tears.
Concert starts around 42 min into the livestream. #yiddish#klezmer https://www.youtube.com/live/qhA4as8zExM?feature=shared
🥺 📰 I was thinking I want to finally start writing an article about the failed lawsuit by #klezmer musician Max Leibowitz against Columbia Records for copyright infringement. It's strange but I can't find any coverage of it in the #Yiddish press at the time. Maybe it was just too niche of a thing, despite it involving some music celebrities (Leibowitz, Schwartz and Brandwein). #MusicHistory
(here's a 1925 article I found about a similar copyright case about the theatre composition Eli, Eli)
Interesting find in a 1915 issue of Forverts. It's an ad for a Christmas music ball at the Berditshever Lodge in New York in 1915 boasting of having "union musicians from Pedutser's orchestra, under the leadership of Max Knofel"
Pedutser (A. M. Kholodenko) was a celebrity #klezmer violinist and composer from Berdychiv who died in 1902 and never came to America. His band often contained 20 musicians so it's possible some ended up as union musicians in New York by the time of WWI.🤔 #MusicHistory