The Temple Sinai Klezmer Band / May the borscht be with you

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About Temple Sinai Klezmer Band, Hartford, CT

For general information and booking:
Temple Sinai, 41 West Hartford Road, Newington, CT 06111.
Tel: 860-561-1055
E-mail: mafeldman@home.com

Temple Sinai Klezmer Band
May the Borscht be with You

Temple Sinai, 41 West Hartford Road, Newington, CT 06111.
Tel: 860-561-1055
E-mail: mafeldman@home.com

The Temple Sinai Klezmer Band sounds like an excellent wedding band with a broad repertoire, including some of my favorites--an excellent instrumental "Bei mir bist du shein," a nicely done medley of show tunes, and a lovely collection of freilachs and other Yiddish favorites, all done, unapologetically, mostly from standard, easily available arrangements. (This does lead to a lot of songs with similar names: "fraylach," "fraylachs," and the divergent, "frailach".) There is lots of brass for a nice, full sound, and the band is well-rehearsed and well-practiced. They also seem to enjoy the music, and that matters. This CD is a chance to strut their stuff, and they do it well. Hartford is lucky to have them around.

If I have a kvetch, it is only a minor one--the band neglected to put contact information on the CD, so that the lucky purchasers will be unable to contact the band for simkhas. I have included that information on this page in a couple of places to ensure that it gets out.

Reviewed by Ari Davidow, 10/20/97

Songs

1. Wu Nemt Men a Bisel Baash (Henry Weinstein, from Kammen International Folios)
2. Lena from Palesteena (Con Conrad and J. Russel Robinson; arr. Max Gordon)
3. Temple Sinai Freylach (Michael Feldman)
4. Fraylachs (trad., arr. S.W. Milstein)
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5. Bei Mir bis du Schoen (Sholom Secunda; arr. Michael Feldman)
6. Odesser Bulgar (arr. from Kammen)
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7. Abi Gezunt (music: Abraham Ellstein; lyrics: Molly Picon)
8. Jewish Overture (arr. from Kammen)
   In a Klein Shtiebele (J. Rumshinsky); Glick (Al. Olshanetsky); Mein Yiddishe Meidel (Sholom Secunda); Hoo-tza-tza (P. Kanapoff); Belz, Mein Shtetele Belz (Al. Olshanetsky); Oi I like she (Al. Olshanetsky); Papirossen--"Cigarettes" (Yablokoff); Baigelech--"Bublichki"
9. Dona Dona (Aaron Zeitlin and Sholom Secunda; arr. Michael Feldman)
10. Sher (Trad., arr. S.W. Milstein)
11. Un Az Der Rebbe Zingt (arr. Michael Feldman)
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12. Die Zilberne Khasene (arr. Michael Feldman)
13. Frailach (arr. from Kammen)
14. Bisele Yash (arr. Michael Feldman)
15. Fraylach (arr. from Kammen)
16. Mayn Shtetl Yas (M. Kletter; arr. Pete Sokolow)
17. Tsenah
18. Hava Nagila

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