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Surprising Finds by Metropolitan Klezmer
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20 tracks | 62 minutes
Released May 2003
on Rhythm Media Records
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:13 Uncle Moses' Wedding Dance lyrics BUY MP3 02:13 Uncle Moses' Wedding Dance lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:13 Uncle Moses' Wedding Dance
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:35 Pick a Pocket or Two lyrics BUY MP3 02:35 Pick a Pocket or Two lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:35 Pick a Pocket or Two
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:54 Dreaming Wizard lyrics BUY MP3 02:54 Dreaming Wizard lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:54 Dreaming Wizard
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 00:32 Kinder Yorn lyrics BUY MP3 00:32 Kinder Yorn lyrics "GIFT MP3" 00:32 Kinder Yorn
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:35 Howie's Doyna / No. 2 Freylekh lyrics BUY MP3 04:35 Howie's Doyna / No. 2 Freylekh lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:35 Howie's Doyna / No. 2 Freylekh
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 11:33 Shadkhn Tango / Rumanian Medley (live!) lyrics BUY MP3 11:33 Shadkhn Tango / Rumanian Medley (live!) lyrics "GIFT MP3" 11:33 Shadkhn Tango / Rumanian Medley (live!)
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Wonderfully diverse, amazingly arranged, and gorgeously played klezmer on an exotic instrumental array, from wild dances to lilting sinuous tunes to jumping swing & tango vocals, with added spice from "found sound" and bonus live tracks.
Editorial review
There are better-known American klezmer bands, but fame doesn't necessarily mean the same as quality, and Metropolitan Klezmer are up there with the very best musically. Their third release, Surprising Finds, is also their most daring, and most varied, where they not only delve deeper into their Yiddish roots, but also Jewish Socialism, once a major force in the U.S., but long since vanished. And so, alongside recordings of Deborah Karpel's grandfather, and old live tunes (including "Howie's Doyna & Hora" from 1994), there's a remarkable reworking on the Broadway standard "Pick a Pocket or Two," reworked as a Balkan brass gem, while "Soviet Yiddish Theater Suite" digs back into history to show how Yiddish culture flourished briefly in the Soviet Union. As much as involving listeners with some fabulous music (just hear the beautiful "Dreaming Wizard," for example), the band is also intent on making connections to the past -- all the way down to a very well-thought-out CD booklet. Come for the music and you'll stay for the history lesson -- and enjoy it just as much. ~ Chris Nickson, All Music Guide
Bio / Background
Metropolitan Klezmer's third CD is their most expressive disc yet, encompassing dynamic live and studio tracks, a wide range of approaches to traditionals (embracing Greek, Turkish, Rumanian, Russian, and Arabic roots of klezmer styles). The disc won a 2004 Outmusic Award for Outstanding New Recording/Instrumental -- though we also include many fabulous vocals, including lesser-known treasures. Interspersed among the band's studio tracks and live cuts is a series of excerpted archival gems. The group even revisits "Pick a Pocket or Two" from Oliver!, with a version that is surprising indeed.
Fun and virtuosic, the eight-piece ensemble's tight and imaginative arrangements bring new life to these pieces, adding trombone for the first time to their mix of clarinet, sax, accordion, violin, trumpet, vocals, ney flute, bass, tuba, drumset, dumbeq, and kanun (78-string plectrum zither).
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