Bands and Performing Groups: Klezmer, Jewish, and Related or Derivative musics
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A M'Chayeh, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands. (Jan Jouke van den Heuvel)
A Tickle in the Heart: The Swing & Klezmer Trio Köln, Germany. (Andreas Schmitges).
Adama, San Francisco, CA. (Achi Ben Shalom)
Adonai and I, Ithaca, NY. (David Gould)
The AfroSemitic Experience, New Haven, CT.
Agge Nebbisj, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands). (Jack "sax" Paluch)
Al-Andalus, Tangiers, Morocco. (Julia Banzi)
The Alaska Klezmer Band, Wasilia, Alaska. (Markus Bishko)
Alexandria Kleztet, Washington, DC, metro. (Seth Kibel).
The Amsterdam Klezmer Band. (Job Chajes). 21-May-00
Anakronic Electro Orkestra, Toulouse, France. (Mikael Charry)
AndraLaMoussia, Jerusalem, Israel. (Ittai Binnun)
Anim Z'miros Orchestra, Miami Beach, FL, USA. (Barry Moss)
Sarah Aroeste Band, NYC. (Sarah Aroeste)
Asefa, Brooklyn, NY.(Samuel Thomas)
The Vocal Quartet Ashkenazim, Brighton, UK. (Polina Achkinazi-Shepherd)
Ashkenoise, Tel Aviv. E-mail Ashkenoise. (Daniel Hoffman)
Atzilut, Philadelpha, PA. (Jack Kessler)
Aufwind, Berlin, Germany. (Andreas Rohde).
The Austin Klezmer Quartet, Austin, TX. (David Gordon)
Austin Klezmorim, Austin, TX. (Bill Averbach).
Avanim, Tucson, AZ. (Howard Salmon)
Ayassa, Hanover, Germany. (Yoyo da Silva)
Azad, Paris, France. (Claudine Movsessian)
Bagg Street Klezmer Band, Montreal, Quebec.
Baith Jaffe Klezmer Orchestra, Basel, Switzerland. (Sascha Schönhaus)
Barock Orchestra, Long Island, NY. (Avraham Solomon)
Bassology, New Haven, CT. (David Chevan)
The Yossi Bayles Orchestra, Miami, FL. E-mail Yossi Bayles Orchestra. (Yossi Bayles)
Belf's Romanian Orchestra (probably Ukraine)
Le Duo Beltene, Lyon, France. (Marie-Hélène Vuillermet)
The Bengt-Klezmers Orkester, Gothenburg, Sweden. (Andreas Edlund)
Benny and The Vildachayas, Philadelphia, PA. (Ben Laden)
Richárd Bernard's OY!Stars, Los Angeles, CA. (Richárd Bernard)
Beskydy, London, UK. (Gary Bridgewood)
The Bessarabian Nights (Les Nuits de Bessarabie), Geneva, Switzerland. E-mail The Bessarabian Nights. (Cléna Stein)
The Best Little Klezmer Band in Texas, Houston, TX. (Marcia Sterling)
Bester Quartet, Cracow, Poland. (Jarek Bester)
Beyond the Pale, Toronto, ONT, Canada. (Eric Stein)
The Black Ox Orkestar, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (Nimo Paniv)
The Black Yiddish trio, Paris, France. (Claudine Movsessian).
Blimilim Klezmer Quartet, Kansas City, MO. (Ziva Patt).
Bobby Block and the Klezmer Kings, Mt. Laurel, NJ. (Bobby Block)
Blue Klezmer Moon, Victoria, BC, Canada. (David Kaetz)
Bnei Pedutser Klezmer Quartet, based in New York, New Jersey, and Chicago. (Jenny Wollock)
Bohemian Nights, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. (Ernie Gruner)
Borderlands Klezmer Band. Now known as the "Klezmopolitans", Tucson, AZ. (Matt Mitchell).
The Boston Kleztet, Boston, MA. (Joanne Baker).
di bostoner klezmer, Boston, MA. (Dena Ressler)
The Brandeis-Bardin International Klezmer Ensemble is now known as Hollywood Klezmer.
Brass Hebraica. (Gary Knepler)
Paul Brody's Tango Toy, Berlin, Germany.
Budowitz, Graz, Austria.
The Lori Cahan-Simon Ensemble, Cleveland, OH.
California Klezmer, SF, CA. Contact Gerry Tenney,
The Nachum Caplan Band, Baltimore, MD. E-mail Nachum Caplan.
Casco Bay Tummlers Klezmer Band, Portland, Maine. Contact Nancy 3. Hoffman:
The Catskill Klezmorim, Oneonta, NY. (Robin Seletsky)
Cayuga Klezmer Revival. (Susan Stolovy).
Sarah Sommer Chai Folk Ensemble, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
The The Chai Notes, NYC, New York. (Daniel Cousin)
The Chai Notes Florida, Gainesville, FL. E-mail Chai Notes. (Daniel Cousin)
Charming HostessOakland, CA.
The Chassidic Jazz Project, Boca Raton, FL. (Jeanette Bloshinsky)
David Chevan (bass) and Warren Byrd, New Haven, CT.
The Chicago Klezmer Ensemble, Chicago, IL.
Cholent, Niles, IL. (Les Feller)
The Chopped Liver River Band, Lancaster Pennylvania. (Jeff Woodman)
Chutzpah, Sydney, Australia. (Maria Custodio)
Di Chuzpenics, Kiel, Germany. (Christine v. Bülow)
The Cincinnati Klezmer Project, Cincinnati, OH. (Josh Moss)
City Streets klezmer band, Exeter, UK. (Basil Bunelik).
Collected Stories Project, Toronto, ON, Canada. (Martin van de Ven)
The Columbia Klezmer Band, NYC. (Abi Ebin)
Coral Israelita Brasileiro, Rio de Janeiro. (Bernardo Hartenberg)
The Cornell University Klezmer Ensemble, Ithaca, NY. E-mail Cornell University Klezmer Ensemble. (Ryan Zawel)
Costa Klezmorim, Lafayette, California. (Jud Flato)
Cracow Klezmer Band, is now known as Bester Quartet
The Mike Curtis Klezmer Quartet, Portland, OR.
Dance of Joy, Aachen, Germany. (Johanna Schmidt)
Datcha y Lama, Clermont-Ferrand, France. (Frédéric Contassot)
David Klezmer Quintet, Budapest, Hungary. (István Rózsa).
Davka, SF, CA. (Daniel Hoffman).
Deep Minor, New York City. (Alex Kontorovich)
Los Desterrados, London, UK. (Lewis Robinson)
di bostoner klezmer, Boston, MA. (Dena Ressler)
Jonathan Dinkin & Klezmercuse, Syracuse, NY.
Dire Gelt Klezmer Ensemble, Bologna, Italy. (Salvatore Sansone)
Divahn, Austin, TX. (Galeet Dardashti)
Doina Klezmer, Finland. (Markku Lepistö)
Dona, Moscow, Russia. (Anatoly Pinsky)
Doyna, Köln:, Germany. E-mail Doyna. (Annette Maye)
Dor L'Dor, Knoxville, Tennessee. (Ken Brown)
Trio "Die Drei Dudelim", Hilversum, the Netherlands. (Merlijn van Spengen)
Dreidel, Rome, Italy. (Marco Camboni)
Duckmandu, San Francisco Bay Area, CA. E-mail Duckmandu. (Aaron Seeman)
Dumbala canalla, located in Barcelona, Spain. (Yla Gallina)
Duo da'Ü, Hanover, Germany. (Uta Mehlig)
Duo De Cecco-Jeszensky, Veneto, Italia. E-mail Duo De Cecco-Jeszensky. (Giovanni De Cecco)
Duo Mosïk, Halle (Saale), Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. E-mail Duo Mosïk. (Roman Scholz)
Duo NIHZ, Enshede, Overijssel, the Netherlands). E-mail Duo NIHZ.(Bobby Rootveld)
East Rock Klezmer, New Haven, CT. E-mail East Rock Klezmer. (James Kessler
Eastern Watershed, Pittsburgh, PA. (Lynette Garlan)
Ma Sarah et les Egarés, Paris, France. E-mail les Egarés.
The Mike Eisenstadt Band, Tampa Bay, Florida area. (Kevin Frye)
Ellis Island Band (Los Angeles). Contact Barry Fisher
The San Francisco Bay Area's Ellis Island (Carol Ginsburg)
Emunah, London, UK. (Daniel Silverstein)
Ensemble DRAj, Essen, Germany. (Ralf Kaupenjohann)
Ensemble Frejlachs, Hanover, Germany. (Boris Vakhovski)
Ensemble Klesmer Wien, Vienna, Austria. (Leon Pollak)
Ensemble M'chaiya (tm), Chicago, IL. (Terran Doehrer)
The Epstein Brothers.
Esther's Klezmer Band, Santa Cruz, California. (Hannah Good)
Eve's Women, Israel. (Orit Dukler)
The Extreme Klezmer Makeover, Los Angeles, CA. (Joellen Lapidus)
Ezekiel's Wheels, Cambridge, MA. E-mail Ezekiel's Wheels. (Nathaniel Seelen)
Fabrangen Fiddlers, Wash., DC area.
The Bruce Fagan Band, Fort Washington, PA. (Bruce Fagan)
Faineklezmer quintet, Argentina. (Aby Rojze)
Familia Lachmann, Hamburg, Germany. (Kateryna Ostrowskaja)
Faren Khan, Paris, France. E-mail Faren Khan. (Nicolas Portnoi)
Fialke, Nuremberg, Germany. (Monika Feil)
Di Fidl Kapelye, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. (Madelien Verheij)
Finjan, Winnipeg, Manitoba. (Kinzey Posen).
The Fireflies, Ireland. (Ruti Lachs)
FleytMuzik, Fairfield, CT. (Adrianne Greenbaum)
Den Flygande Bokrullen, Uppsala, Sweden. (Gustav Johansson).
The Flying Bulgars, Toronto, CA.
Freilach Mit Kneidlach. Helsinki, Finland. (Eva Jacob)
The Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band, Sacramento and Davis, CA. (Andy Rubin)
Freylakh Klezmer Band, Seattle, WA. (Kim and Nancy Goldov)
Freylach Time! Klezmer Dance Band, Durham, NC. (Riki Friedman)
Friends of Klezmer, Columbia, SC, is now known as Simcha (Meira Warshauer)
Fun Drojssn, Cologne, Germany. (Carola Jeschke).
Di Galitzyaner Klezmorim - Trio Galicyjskie, Cracow (Krakow), Poland. (Rafal Seweryniak)
Garlic & Onions, Boston, MA. (Ben Pasamanick)
Generation Klez, CT. (Craig Harwood)
Generation-K, Brooklyn, NY. (Jeremy Bloom)
Gettabang, Paris, France. E-mail Gettabang.
GhettoPlotz, London, UK. (Laoise Davidson)
The Binyomin Ginzberg Trio, NYC, NY. (Binyomin Ginzberg)
Glik, Aurillac, France. (David Lefèbvre)
The David Glukh Klezmer Ensemble, NYC, NY. (David Glukh)
Gmish, Chapel Hill, NC. E-mail Gmish. (Phil Blank)Di Gojim, the Netherlands.
The Golden State Klezmers, Los Angeles, CA. (Zinovy Goro)
The Goldene Medina Band, Los Angeles, California. (Dave Winstone)
Goldie's Klezmer Band, Milwaukee, WI. (Bryan Edgar)
Golem, New York, New York. (Annette Ezekiel).
Grand Avenue Band, Cleveland, OH. (Helena Wolfand)
Di Grine Kuzine, Berlin, Germany.
Groyse Metsie, Pardes Hanna, Israel.
Leon Gurvitch Jazz-Project, Hamburg, Germany. (Leon Gurvitch)
The Gypsy Boys, Anaheim, CA. (George Stevens)
Gypsy Jive Band, Owen Sound, Ontario. (Gary Weinger)
Habrera Hativeet, Israel (Eran Segev)
The Halifax Klezmorim, Halifax, NS, Canada. E-mail The Halifax Klezmorim. (Lee Park)
Hamentaschen, Halifax, NS, Canada. (Adam S. Fine)
The Ruby Harris Klezmer Bad, Chicago, IL. (Ruby Harris)
Harry's Freilach, Berlin, Germany. (Harry Timmermann)
Hasidic New Wave (Greg Wall)
Hatzadikim, Toronto, Canada. (Sergio Smilovich)
Heartland Klezmorim, E. Lansing, MI. (David Klein)
The Hester Street Troupe, New York Metro.
Heedoosh, New York City. (Trevor@Ariel Publicity)
Hip Hop Hoodíos (Josue Noriega).
Hollywood Klezmer, Los Angeles, CA. (Jordan Charnofsky).
Homentaschn, Lauffen, Germany. (Rainer Albrecht)
Hoo-Tza-Tza, Santa Cruz, CA. E-mail Hoo-Tza-Tza. (Laurie B. Tanenbaum)
Hora Tzigane, Portland, OR. (Martin Morgenbesser)
Hot Kugel, Marin County/San Francisco Bay Area, CA.
Jinny Marshâs Hot Kugel Klezmer Band, Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. (Jinny Marsh).
Hot Latkes Klezmer Band, London, Ontario. (Ian Davies)
Hot Pstromi,, NYC. (Yale Strom)
Hotegeklezt, Geneva, Switzerland. (Michel Borzykowski)
Hotegezugt, Geneva, Switzerland. (Michel Borzykowski)
Hu Tsa Tsa, Toronto, Canada. (Jonno Lightstone)
Huljet, Germany.
IndyKlez, Indianapolis, IN. (Tom Kashin)
Inner Fire District, Burlington, VT. (David Symons)
Into the Freylakh, Ann Arbor and Detroit, MI area. (Bryan Pardo).
Ishtar, Pittsburgh, PA. E-mail Ishtar. (Melissa Murphey)
Isle of Klezbos, NYC, NY. (Eve Sicular)
Ithaca College Klezmorim, Ithaca, NY. E-mail: Ithaca College Klezmorim. (Peter Rothbart)
Jaffa Road, Toronto, ON, Canada. E-mail Jaffa Road. (Aaron ?)
Java Jews, Des Moines, Iowa. (Abe Goldstien)
Jazmer, Chicago, IL. E-mail Jazmer. (Shirlee Todd)
JazzMates, Boston, MA. (Roman Primak)
Jerusalem Express Klezmer Orchestra is now known as Klezmerissimo
Jewbilee, Sno/King counties, Seattle, WA. (Shirel Smith)
New Zealand's Jews Brothers Band.
Jubilee Klezmer Ensemble, Petaluma, CA. (Paul Alexander).
Juez, Brooklyn, NY. (Erez (dj handler))
Stewart Curtis' K-Groove, London, UK.
Kabbalah, Marseilles, France.
Kadima Band, N. Easton, MA. (Lloyd Baron)
Kandels Kapell, Sweden.
KaOZ Klezmer, near Byron Bay, Australia.
Kapell Klezmorim, Scania, Sweden. (Stefan Edenborg).
Kapelye, NYC.
Rebecca Kaplan & Pete Rushefsky (New York, Boston). (Rebecca Kaplan)
Karlsons Klezmer, Stockholm, Sweden. (Eva Erbenius)
Kaufman Orchestra, Northbrook, IL. (Irina & Alex Reynish)
Kedushah, Israel. (Ron Wiseman)
Kef, Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Gastón Mohadeb)
Kehillat Beijing Klezmorim, Beijing, China. (Elyse Beth Silverberg)
Kesselgarden, Seattle, WA. (Carl Shutoff)
Keyna Hora Klezmer Band, Syracuse, NY. (Mimi Weiner)
Khevre, Boston. (Michael Winograd)
Khevrisa--the Old Jewish Klezmer Ensemble, US, Canada, Europe. (Steven Greenman)
Marc Bernstein's Kibrick, Denmark. (Marc Kibrick Bernstein)
Kidz Klez Band of Michigan, Bloomfield Hills, MI. (Rick May and Sheldon Belenson
King Django's Roots & Culture Band. (King Django)
Klapman's Klezmer Band, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Jordan Klapman)
Klazzj. (Yale Strom)
Klec, Prague, the Czech Republic. (Martin Smid).
The Kleine Klezmer Orchestra, Albany, NY. (David Ray)
The Kleiner Klezmer Orchestra. (Adrienne Bowman)
The Klez Dispensers, Princeton, NJ. (Adrian Banner)
The Klez Dispensers (CO), Denver / Boulder, CO. (Ben Cohen)
The Klez Katz, Seattle, WA. (Jay Krulewitch)
Klez Que C'est, Brooklyn, NY. (Jeffrey Perlman)
Klez Têtes Quartet, Paris, France. E-mail Klez Têtes Quartet. (Alain Karpati)
Klez-thetics (or Klez-Jazz), New York, Amsterdam. (Burton Greene).
Klez-X, Dan Francisco, CA. (Daniel Hoffman)
Klezamir, MA. (Amy Rose)
The KlezBros, Salt Lake City, UT. (David Asman)
Klezcentricity, Washington, DC area. (David Julian Gray).
Klezcetera, Cologne, Germany. (Tilo Erlenbusch).
Klezcore, Kiel, Germany (Christine v. Bülow)
KlezFactor, Toronto, ON, Canada. (Mike Anklewicz)
The Klezical Tradition, CT and MA. Contact person: Adrianne Greenbaum, Music Director.
KlezMaar, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
Klezmajeur, Best, Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands. E-mail Klezmajeur. (Erwin Engelsma)
The Klezmakers San Francisco Bay Area). (Alan Rappoport)
The KlezMan Band, Panama City, FL. (Kenneth R. Handschuh)
Klezmania (Australia), Melbourne, Australia.
Klezmania (Jacksonville, FL). (Jay Sandler)
Klezmania on the Gulf, North Port, FL. (Elisa Miro)
KLEZMANIA!TM (San Francisco, CA). (Ben Brussell).
The Klezmaniacs (San Francisco), SF, CA.
The Klezmaniaxx, Erlangen, Germany. (Rudolf Harder)
klezmArt, Dresden, Germany. (Ekkehard Riedel)
The Klezmatics.
KlezMechaye!, West Palm Beach, FL. (Cantor Karen Braunstein)
Klezmek, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Klezmen, W. Hartford, CT. E-mail KlezMen. (Joel Schlank)
The Klezmer Band, London, UK. (Raphael Hogarth)
Klezmer Battery, Rochester, NY. (Adam Berkowitz)
The Klezmer Boys, Los Angeles, CA. (Yosi Levy)
Klezmer Coins, Bloomington, Indiana. (Ali Baum).
Klezmer Company Orchestra, Boca Raton, FL. E-mail Klezmer Company Orchestra. (Aaron Kula)
The Klezmer Connection, NY/NJ/CT. (Michele Levine)
Klezmer Connection, Salzburg, Austria.. (Georg Winkler)
The Klezmer Conservatory Band, Boston, MA.
Klezmer East, S. Florida. Email Klezmer East. (Lisa Dolinger)
Klezmer Express. See "Magnolia Klezmer."
Klezmer Flamenco, Bristol UK. (Julian Rowlands)
Klezmer Fusion Band, Ann Arbor, MI. (Neil Alexander)
The Klezmer Juice Quintet. (Gustavo Bulgach)
Klezmer Kaos, Paris, France. E-mail Klezmer Kaos. (Heiða Björg Jóhannsdóttir)
Klezmer Kidz, Nashville, TN. (Isaac Miller)
The Klezmer Kings, Los Angeles, CA. (Joe El)
The Klezmer Mountain Boys, NYC, NY. (Margot Leverett)
Klezmer Nova, Paris, France. (Claude Brisset)
The Klezmer R's, Budapest, Hungary. (Robert Rick)
Klezmer Sefardi, Madrid, Spain. (Jorge Rozemblum)
Klezmer South is now known as South of Delancey
Klezmer Shpil Orchestra, Petakh Tiqva, Israel. (Boris Portnoi)
Klezmer Swingers, Ilford, Essex, UK. (Wally Fields)
Klezmer Tango Ensemble, SUNY Buffalo, NY. E-mail Klezmer Tango Ensemble. (Moshe Shulman)
The Klezmer Three, Pembroke Pines, FL. (Richard Shapiro)
Klezmer Triptych, Freiburg, Germany. (Karsten Kramer)
Klezmer Zavel, Central New York. E-mail Klezmer Zavel (Ryan Zawel)
Klezmer4, São Paulo, Brazil. E-mail Klezmer4
Klezmerama, San Francisco, CA. E-mail Klezmerama (Lara Garner
The KlezmeranticsHaarlem, Holland. (Quido Put)
Klezmerata Fiorentina, Florence, Italy. E-mail Klezmerata Fiorentina. (Igor Polesitskyi)
Klezmerfest!, New York City. (Zev Zions)
Klezmerica (MN), Minneapolis, MN. (Joe Vass)
Klezmerissimo, Budapest, Hungary. (Laszlo Szirtes)
Klezmeritis, Melbourne & Sydney, Australia.
Klezmerkaba. E-mail Klezmerkaba. (Mark Ross)
Klezmeroke, Lansing, MI. (Drew Howard)
Los Klezmeros, Austin, TX. (Tom Michero)
Klezmerovitz, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. (Alan Merovitz)
Klezmez, Istanbul, Turkey. (krzysztof ochedowski)
Klezmocracy, Portland, OR. (Ralph Huntley)
The Klezmocrats, Princeton, NJ. (David R. Spielberg)
Klezmokum, Amsterdam, Holland (Burton Greene)
The Klezmonauts, Eugene, Oregon. (Ken Sokolov)
The Klezmopolitans, Tucson, AZ. (Matt Mitchell).
Klezmic noiZ. (Deben Van Damme)
The Klezmiracles, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. (Roger Wolf)
KlezMischpoche, Berlin, Germany. E-mail KlezMischpoche. (Wolfram Beyer)
KlezMITron, Cambridge, MA. E-mail KlezMITron. (Daniel Salomon)
The Klezmorim. (Original Klezmer revival band.) (Lev Liberman)
Klezmorim - Salzburg/Austria. Now known as the "Klezmer Connection".. (Georg Winkler)
Klezmofobia, Copenhagen, Denmark. (Ole Reimer)
Klezmos, Washington, DC.(Wendy Morrison).
KlezMs., Philadelphia, PA. (Susan Watts Hoffman)
The Kleznicks Band, Hartford, CT. E-mail Kleznicks (CT). (Sheldon Wishnick)
The Boston-based Klezniks. (Fred Preffer).
Klezperanto, Boston, MA. (Ilene Stahl)
The Klezphonics, Barrington, Rhode Island. (Marc Adler)
KlezPO (Klezmer-Projekt-Orchester), Göttingen, Germany. (Wieland Ulrichs)
The Klezroym, Rome, Italy. (Emma Lakin))
Kleztones. (JD Harper).
Kleztory, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (Mark Peetsma)
The Kleztraphobix, New York, New York. (Mike Cohen)
KlezWhatever, Brussels, Belgium. (Willy Kostucki)
Klezzazz, Baltimore, MD. (Michael Checknoff)
Klezzence, Cape Coral, FL. (Daniel G. Klimoski)
Klingon Klezmer (Jack Kessler)
The Knaydels, Pittsfield, MA. (Alan Gold)
Kol HaGeulah, New York City, is now known as Merkavah. (Yerachmiel Altizio)
The Kol Haruach Orchestra, College Park, MD. (Brian Choper)
Kol Hashirim, Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX. (Phil Landsberg)
Kol Isha, Iceland/Germany. (Hjörtur Hjartarson)
Kol-Oud-Tof Trio, Israel.
Kol Shira, Iowa City, IA. E-mail Kol Shira. (Linda Wertz)
Kol Simcha, Basel, Switzerland.
Kol-Tof Duo, Israel.
Kol Tuv, Toronto, Canada. (Tal Ben-Izhak)
Kol Zimra, Englewood, NJ. (Alex Katz)
Kompanye, Albuquerque, New Mexico (Stuart Lipkowitz).
Kona's Traveling Jewish Wedding Band, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. (Barry Blum)
Kosher Red Hots, Seattle, WA. (Liz Dreisbach)
Konsonans Retro, Kodyma, Oblast Odessa, Ukraine.
Kreplakh, Vancouver, BC. (Michael Corber)
Kroke, Krakow, Poland.
"Krupnik", Brussels, Belgium. (Andre Reinitz).
Kruzenshtern & Parohod. (Victor Levin)
KudzuKlezmorim. We are now "Magnolia Klezmer."
Kugel, Seattle, Washington). (Shawn Weaver)
Kugelplex, San Francisco, CA. (Jason Ditzian)
L.A. Community Klezmer Band, Los Angeles, CA. (Ken Feder)
Ladom Ensemble, Toronto, ON, Canada. E-mail Ladom Ensemble.
Lama Lo!("Why Not!") Ensemble, Jerusalem, Israel. (Bella Kresin).
Los Lantzmun, Denver, Colorado. (Hal Aqua).
Lautareasca, Den Haag / Zoetermeer, Netherlands. (Johan Paap)
L'Chaim Klezmer Band, San Francisco Bay Area. (Alex Newman)
\L'Chaim, Delft, the Netherlands. (Wim Houben)
L'chaïm, Nîmes, Languedoc, France. E-mail L'Chaim Klezmer-France.
The Lekhaim Klezzinger Band, Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. (Carlos "Chaim-Lekhaim" Espinosa).
Létající rabín (Flying Rabbi), Prostejov, Czech Republic. (Vojtech Pestuka)
Lerner Moguilevsky Dúo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Levy's Klezmer Klan, Santa Cruz, CA. E-mail Mark Levy. (Mark Levy)
The Liberty Balalakia Ensemble. (Rachel Hoar)
The Lenka Lichtenberg Group, Toronto, Canada. (Lenka Lichtenberg)
The Lithuanian Empire, Toronto, ON, Canada. (Becky Wexler)
Little Shop of Horas, New York, New England.(Brian Bender)
A Little Klez, Boston. (Edith Epstein)
the Lokshen quartet, Florence, Italy. (Enrico Fink)
Frank London's Klezmer Brass All-Stars. See "Shikere Kapelye"
Klezmerband Lou Sjoege, Noordwijk, the Netherlands. E-mail Lou Sjoege.
Lox & Vodka, Washington, DC metro area. (Caron Dale)
Lucky Break, Milwaukee, WI. (Marc Edelstein)
Macedonian Mazl-Tov is now Olam
The Machaya Klezmer Band, Washington/Baltimore area (Fred Jacobowitz).
Magalnyk Klezmer Band, Nesher, Israel. (Iliya Magalnyk)
Magnolia Klezmer Band, Research Triangle, North Carolina.
Malarchy, based in Bristol, UK.
Mama Doni Band, Montclair, NJ. E-mail Mama Doni. (Adam Nelson)
Mames Babegenush, Copenhagen, Denmark. E-mail Mames Babegenush. (Lukas Rande)
Mappamundi, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Mashke, Boston, MA. (Dick Rosenberg)
Massel-Tov, Munich, Germany. (Andrea Pancur)
Max Klezmer Band, Cracow, Poland. E-mail Max Klezmer Band. (Max Kowalski)
Maxwell St. Klezmer Band, Chicago, IL. (Lori Lippitz)
Mayim, Pembrokeshire, West Wales. (Ruth Clark)
Mazel Tov Cocktail, Minneapolis, MN. (Jeanette Nelson)
The Mazel Tov Orchestra, Portland, Oregon. (Sammy Epstein)
Mazeltones, Seattle, WA.
Mazik, Montreal, QC, Canada. (Alex Kehler)
Mazl, Minneapolis, MN. (James Vculek)
Mazzeltov The Netherlands. (Harm van den Berg)
Mediterranean Klezmer Ensemble, Los Angeles, CA. (Lior Kamenitsky)
Mejoeches, Maastricht, Netherlands. (Anna Janssen)
Mental Yenta, Phoenix-area (Gilbert), AZ. E-mail Mental Yenta.
Meshuge Klezmer Band, Milano, Italy. (Alessandro Raina/Giacomo Spazio)
Meshuggina Klezmorim, Las Vegas, Nevada. (Lee Schreiber)
Meshugga Klezmer Band, Arkansas. (JD Harper).
Mesinke, Germany. fax: +0049 821 598 5638.
Metropolitan Klezmer, NYC, NY. (Eve Sicular)
The Michutanim, Long Island, NY. (Noam Segal)
Aaron Alexander's Midrash Mish Mosh, New York City. (Aaron Alexander)
Mikveh, NYC. (Alicia Svigals)
Millie and the Mentshn, Bellingham, WA. (Millie J. Johnson)
Minnesota Klezmer Band, Minneapolis, MN, are now known as Klezmerica (MN).
Minnie Moosika, Sheffield, Yorkshire, UK. (Jo Veal)
Minsker Kapelye, Minsk, Belarus. (Dmitri Slepovitch)
MiraMar Klezmers. (Mira Yemini)
Les Mishegos, Paris, France. (Marthe Desrosières)
Mish Mash, Paris, France. (Michel Ripoche)
Mishpokhe, Culver City, CA. (Danny Bergen)
Mishulem's Klezmer Band, Monsey, NY. (Michael Drapkin)
Mitzfits, Ithaca, NY. Email: Mitzfits (Rima Grunes)
Monsieur Camembert, Sydney, Australia. (Yaron Hallis)
Musica Troyka, Copenhagen, Denmark. (Sofia Kuperman)
Musical Trio from Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel. (Bella Kresin)
Muzzuki, Tel Aviv, Israel. E-mail Muzzuki. (Meir Shitrit)
Naches, Ostrava, Moravia, Czech Republic. E-mail Naches. (Tomas Novotny)
Naftule's Dream, Boston, MA. (Eric Rosenthal)
Nahes, Paris, France. (Maximilian Jehuda Ewert)
Naples Klezmer Revival Band, Naples/Ft. Meyers, Florida area. (Stu Warshauer)
Narishe Tantz, Neuhofen/Krems, Austria. (Guenther Schoeller)
The Nahalat Shalom Community Klezmer Band, Albuquerque, NM. (Beth Cohen)
Di Naye Kapelye, Budapest, Hungary. (Bob Cohen)
Nayekhovichi, Moscow, Russia.
Nefesh, Southbury, CT.
Neshama Band, Toronto, ON, Canada. (David Graziani)
The The New Country Klezmers, Jerusalem, Israel. (David Baron)
New Klezmer Trio, San Francisco, CA
New Old Klezmer Band, Florence, Italy. E-mail New Old Klezmer Band. (Amit Arieli)
New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars!.
The New Shtetl Band, Albuquerque, NM. (Stuart Mennin).
New Kids on the Shtetl, Rochester, NY. (Morgan Nilsen)
New York Klezmer Ensemble, New York City. E-mail New York Klezmer Ensemble. (Rachel Phillips)
The New York Klezmer Orchestra, Rochester, NY. (Solomon Rose)
Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad, NYC.
Nigun, based in Hungary. (András Párniczky)
Di Nigunim, San Diego, CA. E-mail Di Nigunim. (Binyomin Dovid Ziff)
Nikitov, Haarlem, the Netherlands, and NYC, USA. (Niki Jacobs)
The North Strand Klezmer Band, Dublin, Ireland. (Daniel Page)
Nosh, Great Neck, NY. (Noam Segal)
Not Your Bubbie and Zadie's Klezmer Band, featuring Go Van Gogh, San Francisco, CA. E-mail Not Your Bubbie and Zadie's Klezmer Band, featuring Go Van Gogh. (Jesse Walkershaw)
The Mark Novak Band, Washington, DC.
The Nudniks Klezmer Band, Parsippany, NJ. E-mail The Nudniks. (Jerry Oppenberg)
Nussbaum, Smidl & Ougaard Klezmertrio, Copenhagen, Denmark.
The Oak Ridge Klezmer Band, East Tennessee. (Deidre Hoffman).
Octopus Musicus, Hechingen, Baden-Wuertemberg, Germany. (Andreas Dehner)
Oi-Va-Voi, London, UK.
Olam, Vancouver, BC. (Moshe Renert).
The Old World Folk Band, Harrisburg, PA. (Dale Laninga)
Olney Klezmers, Washington, DC. (Frank Sparber)
The One World Klezmer Band, Chicago, IL. (Laurie Sucher)
A duo consisting of Mariejan van Oort and Jacques Verheijen, Amersfoort, Holland.
The Orange County Klezmers. (Barry Friedland)
David Orlowsky's Klezmorim, Tuebingen, Germany. (Florian Dohrmann)
The Ortner-Roberts Duo, Pittsburgh, PA. E-mail Ortner-Roberts Duo. (Susanne and Tom Roberts)
Ot Azoj Klezmerband, Amsterdam (Rene Gosse)
Ottawa Klezmer Band, Ottawa, ON, Canada. E-mail Ottawa Klezmer Band. (Floralove Katz)
Oy Klezmer!, Atlanta, GA. (Susan Clearman)
Oy Tate!, Overland Park, KS. (Kay Martin)
Oy Vey, Grassina, Italy. (Gabriela Soltz)
The Panorama Jazz Band, New Orleans, LA. (Ben Schenck)
Peoples Bizarre, San Francisco, CA. (Eric Perney)
The People's Republic of Klezmerica, Columbia, MO. (Jordan Wax).
Pey Dalid, NYC metro area. (C.J. Glass)
Pharaoh's Daughter, Brooklyn, NYC. (Basya Schechter)
The Plaid Tongued Devils, based in Calgary, Alberta. (Ty Semaka)
Prague Klezmerim. (Helena-Ester Divecka)
Prague '24, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota. (James Vculek)
Prairie Heym Klezmorim, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota. [Allen Levine].
The Pressburger Klezmer Band, Slovak Republic.
Punkt Azoy, San Diego, CA. (Larry Goldfinger)
The Quartette Barbette Saxophone Quartet, Portland, OR.
Queen Esther Klezmer Trio, Holland/Germany. E-mail Queen Esther Trio. (Emma Stiman)
The Rabbinical School Dropouts, Greater Southern California. (Michael Friedmann).
RADA synergica, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. (Claudia Herold)
Rashanim, NYC. (Jon Madof).
Raymond Street Klezmer Band, Nashua, NH. (Michael Harris)
The Red Hot Chachkas, Marin, CA. (Julie Egger)
The Rebbe's Orkestra, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, NM. (Beth Cohen).
Recklez, Cambridge, MA. (David Rice)
The Red Sea Pedestrians, Kalamazoo, MI, USA. (Ian Gorman)
Reptile Palace Orchestra, Madison, WI. E-mail Reptile Palace Orchestra. (Biff Blumfumgagnge)
River City Klezmer Band. (Carol Savkovich)
Rony Micro Band, Italy. (Luca Sgheri)
The RS Klezmer Band, Pembroke Pines, FL. (Richard Shapiro)
Ruach, Israel. (Ofer Golany)
Joel Rubin Jewish Music Ensemble (Charlottesville, VA)
Rubinchik's Yiddish Ensemble, Austin, TX. (Mark Rubin)
Sabbath Hela Vecken, Sweden. (Mats Einarsson).
The San Francisco Klezmer Experience is now known as Klez-X
Henry Sapoznik and the Youngers of Zion, New York City. (Mark Rubin)
Sasson, Seattle, WA. E-mail Sasson.
Schalom-Bakhshayesh, UK. (Guy Schalom)
Schmalts Klezmer Ensemble, San Diego, CA. (David Gmach)
Schpilkas, Copenhagen, Denmark. (Haukur Gröndal)
Sebes Duo, Veneto, Italy. (Giovanni De Cecco)
The Second Avenue Klezmer Ensemble, San Diego, CA. (Deborah Davis).
17 Hippies started in Berlin. (Henry Notroff)
Shalom Aloha, Honolulu, Hawaii.
The Barry Shapiro Orchestra (BSO). (Barry Shapiro)
Shawn's Kugel is now known as Kugel, Seattle, Washington).
Die Sheine Meidl un dem Schmendriks, Albany, NY. E-mail Die Sheine Meidl un dem Schmendriks. (Cantor Rogerio Marx)
She'koyokh, London, UK. (Melissa Payne)
Shamalamacord, San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, CA. E-mail Shamalamacord. (Aaron Seeman)
Merlin Shepherd Klezmer Trio, London, UK
Sherele, Guadalajara, Mexico. E-mail Sherele.
Sisters of Sheynville, Toronto, Canada. (Lenka Lichtenberg, Isabel Fryszberg)
Shir, London, UK. (Maurice Chernick)
Shir Elan, Boston, MA Metrowest. (Ed Hetzler)
Shir Madness, Boston, MA. E-mail Shir Madness. (Richard Yospin)
Shira is a Madison, Wisconsin based band.
Shira U'tfila, Belgrade, Serbia. (Stefan Sablic)
The Shlepping Mishpacha Klezmer Band, London, UK. (Dave Shulman)
Shoresh, Long Island, NY. (Noam Segal)
Shpilkes Klezmer Band, Needham, MA. E-mail Shpilkes. (Dick Schoeller)
Shtetl Band Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. E-mail Shtetl Band Amsterdam. (Gregor Schaefer)
The Shtetlblasters. (Michael Gill)
The Shtetl Menschen, of Long Beach, CA. (Joel Kizner)
The Shtetl Stompers, Paris, France. E-mail The Shtetl Stompers. (Eléonore Biezunski)
Shtreiml, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Jason Rosenblatt)
Shvil HeHalav, Safed, Israel. (Ben Canar).
Silicon Vibe, San Jose, CA. E-mail Silicon Vibe. (Carlos Almeida)
Sim Shalom Klezmer Band, Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Dave Haberman)
Simcha, Columbia, SC. (Meira Warshauer)
The Simcha Band, Veneto, Italy. E-mail Simcha Band (Venice). (Amira Garine)
Simchah!, University of Virginia. (Daniel A. Engel)
Simcha Klezmerband, Cape Town, South African. (Matthew Reid)
Simply Tsfat, Tsfat, Israel (Elyahu Reiter).
The Solomon Sisters, London, UK. (Madeline Solomon)
Soul Explosion, London, UK. (David Cohen)
The Sound and Light Cinematic Duo, Brighton, East Sussex, Great Britain (Merlin Shepherd)
The South Coast Simcha Band, Huntington Beach, CA. (Renah Wolzinger)
South of Delancey. (Suzie Bolotin)
Spiel Azoi, Melbourne Australia. (Sarah Mandie).
Spiel Klezmer Spiel, Oegstgeest, the Netherlands. (Aldert Prast)
Sruli and Lisa, Westchester, NY. (Lisa Mayer)
Channe Nussbaum & Spielniks, Copenhagen, Denmark.
The Shpil, Los Angeles. E-mail The Shpil.
Stark & Frejlach, Linz, Austria. E-mail Stark & Frejlach. (Peter Kass)
Steel City Klezmorim, Pittsburg, PA. Contact Henry Shapiro.
The Deborah Strauss and Jeff Warschauer Duo, Brooklyn, NYC.
Sukke, Europe. (Heiko Lehrmann)
The Alicia Svigals Klezmer Ensemble, New York, New England. (Alicia Svigals)
The Sway Machinery, New York City. (Jeremiah Lockwood)
Take the Oy Train, Calgary, Alberta. (Florence Shustack)
Tantz in Gartn Eydn, Berlin, Germany. (Martin Borbonus)
The "Tapuah beDvash" Ensemble, Rehovot, Israel. (Helena Geyko)
Tararam, Toronto, ON, Canada. (Joshua Engel)
Tennessee Schmaltz, Knoxville, Tennessee. (Judy Megibow)
Tennessee Steinmetz. (Ryan Purchase)
Rudy Tepel and His Orchestra, Brooklyn, NY. (Howard Sisko)
3 Leg Torso, Portland, OR. (Courtney Von Drehle).
Tikun, Barcelona, Spain. E-mail Tikun. (Rob Citron)
Tohu veBohu, Geneva, Switzerland. (Michel Borzykowski)
Toronto Jewish Folk Choir, Toronto, Canada. (Linda Litwack)
Touch Of Klez. (Michael Glogauer)
Treif, Brooklyn, NY. (Jeremy Brown)
The Triangle Jewish Chorale Durham, North Carolina. (Jane Peppler)
Trio Carpion, Tel Aviv, Israel. E-mail Trio Carpion. (Olivia Keshet)
Trio MozkovitZ, Stockholm, Sweden. (Miriam Oldenburg)
Trio Triplika, Canberra, Australia. (Tim Meyen)
Tsimtsoum, Paris, France. E-mail Tsimtsoum. (Gilles Finzi)
Tsatskelehs, Minneapolis, MN.
Tum Balalaika, Chicago, IL. E-mail Tum Balalaika. (Peter Sadkhin)
Tummel, half based in Malmö, Sweden, and half in Copenhagen, Denmark. (Pär Moberg).
The Tummelers, Baltimore, MD. (Michael Andorsky)
The 24th Street Klezmer Band, Gainesville, Florida.
Two Cents Plain, Pittsfield, MA. (Dr. Alan Gold).
Tzena! Tzena, Bangor, Maine. Contact: Ellie May Shufro
Tziganya, San Francisco Bay Area, CA (Nada Lewis)
Tzimmes, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Contact Moshe Denburg
The University at Buffalo Klezmer Band, Buffalo, NY. (Melanie Glatman)
Uptown Klezmer, NYC (CD avail; no longer performing).
Vampire Suit, NYC. (Jay Vilnai)
Vardos, Melbourne, Australia. (Alana Hunt)
The Ventura Klezmer Band, Ventura, CA. (Marty Flam)
Veretski Pass, California and New England. (Cookie Segelstein)
Vienna Klezmer Band, Vienna, Austria. (Igor Pilyavskiy)
Village Klezmer, Brooklyn, NY. (Joey Weisenberg)
Vilna Kabarett, Barcelona, Spain. (Andy Hawker
Vocolot, San Francisco Bay Area. (Linda Hirschhorn)
The Voyagers, London, UK. (Daphna Sadeh)
The Vodku v glotku, Budapest, Hungary. (Bata István)
The Vulgar Bulgars, Richmond/Charlottesville, VA. (Ezra Freeman)
Iosl Wakstein Klezmer Band, Buenos Aires. (Iosl Wakstein)
The Wandering Klezmorim, Syracuse, NY. (Ken Frieden).
The Mark Weinstein/Jewish Jazz Ensemble, based in Glen Ridge, NJ (Mark Weinstein).
West Lounge Klezmer/Jazz Fusion Band, Ann Arbor, MI. (Justin Wedes)
West of Odessa, Buffalo, NY. (Alan Sisselman)
Westfriese KLZMR banD, West-Friesland, the Netherlands. (Cornelis van Sliedregt).
What the Chelm, Washington state.
Wholesale Klezmer Band, western MA.
WildKatz, Evanston, IL. (Travis White-Schwoch)
The Workmen's Circle Klezmer Orchestra, Cleveland, OH. Contact: Norman Tischler
The Wyndrock Quintet, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. E-mail Wyndrock Quintet. (Nina Woulff)
Yababai-bop, NYC. (Adam Berkowitz)
The Yale Klezmer Band, New Haven, CT. (Elana Kagan)
Yankele, France. (Denis Cuniot).
Yarmulkazi!, Providence, RI. (Sara Mann)
Yid Vicious, Madison, Wisconsin. (Daithi Wolfe)
Yiddish Choir Hejmisj Zain, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Yiddish Columbia State Orchestra, Victoria, B.C. Canada. (Marion Siegel)
Yiddishe Cup, Cleveland, OH.
Yiddishkeit Klezmer Ensemble, Western Mass. (Brian Bender).
Yidn, St. Louis, MO. (Paul Wexler)
Yomtov!, Los Angeles, CA. (Gamma Skupinsky)
Yossel Yossel, Breda, the Netherlands. (Joop Lengkeek)
Yurodny, Dublin, Ireland.
Kumpania Zelwer, Paris, France. (Jean-Marc Zelwer)
Zemer, Brazil. (Mauro Perelmann).
Zemer Chai, Washington, DC. (Eileen Kugler)
Zemer Ve'kinor, Lyon, France. (Edmond Ghrenassia)
Zina & Federman, Germany. (Pio Federman)
Zoyres Eastern European Wild Ferment, San Francisco, CA. (Mike Perlmutter)
The Zydepunks, New Orleans, LA. (Christian Kuffner)
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