KlezCalendar

On April 5th your thirst for traditional Yiddish song and 80s power ballads will be quenched with a rare Passover treat as Yiddish Princess storms the Kultur Kongres Kavehoyz.

Yiddish Princess is rising yiddish star, Sarah Mina Gordon and the scarily talented Michael Winograd.

Don't miss the debut of this time-sensitive material. All your favorite Yiddish Passover songs, this time with power chords! Khad Gadyo never sounded like this.

It's a short-ish show, so come on-time! There may be kosher for passover cookies too! Hurray!

THURSDAY, APRIL 5th
7 PM
CONTRIBUTION: $8

at the Congress for Jewish Culture
25 East 21st Street, Ground Floor
(Between Park and Broadway)
212-505-8040

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The Valley Klezmer Band has ongoing rehearsal on Thursday nights from 7:30–9pm at the Lander-Grinspoon Academy in Northampton, MA, and occasionally in Amherst!!! Bring your instrument and play!!! Join the VKB and play klezmer and Israeli party music! Learn klezmer dance-forms such as khosidls, freylekhs and horas. You'll also learn the basics of making band arrangements.

The VKB is a performing ensemble open to the community. You should have at least intermediate competency on your instrument, and be able to read music or learn quickly by ear. Sheet music and CDs will be provided. The fee is $50 - $100, sliding scale, for around 10 sessions.

Scholarships are available.

Please email Amy Rose (preferred) or call 413-253-3831.

The VKO is directed by Amy Rose, flutist, pianist and accordionist. In 1987, Amy founded Klezamir, one of New England's premier klezmer bands. Klezamir recorded four CDs and has performed at hundreds of concerts and parties around New England. Amy also teaches piano and flute. Please email Amy Rose (preferred) or call 413-253-3831. The VKO is supported by a grant from the Harold Grinspoon Foundation

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BALLIN' THE JACK

BARBES ~ Thursday April 5th. 8pm (1 set)
#376 9th st at 6th ave Park Slope, Brooklyn
7th ave stop on F,
718-965-9177
barbesbrooklyn.com

Dan Block - alto, clt.
Andy Laster - bari, clt.
Frank London - trumpet
Curtis Hasslebring - tbone
Rob Garcia - traps
Anthony Coleman - piano
Joe Fitzgerald - bass

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April 2007 at the Stone
curated by Alicia Svigals
@ the corner of Avenue C and 2nd street

4/5 Thursday
8 pm
KJ Denhert有ucky 7, The New CD Concert
KJ Denhert (guitar, vocals, songwriter) Mamdou Ba (bass) Ray Levier (drums) ATN (keys) plus special guests from the CD!
Urban folk and jazz artist KJ Denhert makes her first NY appearance in 2007 with a brand new CD called Lucky 7. All CDs one night only to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of KJ痴 label and her seventh release

10 pm
Steve Sandberg and friends
Steve Sandberg (voice)
Spoken word, raga-influenced vocals, breath-controlled keyboard, loops plus friends tba - "music from a country I've never been to but always wanted to visit."
www.myspace.com/stevesandberg

For more info: thestonenyc.com

The fifty acts Svigals booked revolve around three themes: Jewish music, virtuoso female instrumentalist/improvisers/composers, and all kinds of string music, traditional and contemporary. From an electronic violist turning Bartok on his head to the lightning speed of traditional Bulgarian fiddling; from a master of the traditional klezmer clarinet to spontaneous 21st century keyboard explorations of those ancient melodies, the month is a feast of the most interesting music coming out of New York and beyond.

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Cocktail Mazel Tov Quartet will play on Thursday April 5th
at 9 pm
@ Port d'Amsterdam, 20 rue du Croissant, metro Bourse,

Come discover a new venue for Eastern European music.

Marthe Desrosieres (flute, piccolo, clarinette),
Travis DiRuzza (contrebasse),
Gabriel Ellenberg (accordeon),
Gabriel Siancas (clarinette).

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