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About Frank London
Interview with Tzvi Gluckin, "The Ingathering":
- "Frank London Part One: Frank London talks hyphenated Jewish-American identities, klezmer as the bridge between East and West, and the synergistic parallels between Hasidic nigunim and the music of Albert Ayler, 16-Mar-2021."
- Part Two, 20-Apr-2021
From the National Yiddish BookCenter Wexler Oral History Archive:
"I hated Jewish music at first"
The complete one-hour interview is available as well. If you would like to tell your own story, the Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project would like to record it!
Other Frank London CDs reviewed on the KlezmerShack:
- Music
from the movie, The Shvitz, 1993
- London, Sklamberg, Caine / Nigunim, 1998
- Invocations 2000
- Shekhina, 2000 (Reissued 2024)
- Frank London's Klezmer Brass Allstars / Shikere Kapelye (2000)
- London, Sklamberg, Schwimmer / The Zmiros Project, 2002
- Frank London's Klezmer Brass Allstars / Brotherhood of Brass, 2002
- Music from the movie, Divan, 2003
- Hazónos, 2005
- Frank London's Klezmer Brass Allstars / Carnival Conspiracy, 2005
- A Night in the Old Marketplace, 2007
- Kol Nidre, with Jon Madoff, 2020
- Ghetto Songs (Venice and beyond), 2021
- In the City of God, 2024
Frank London is also in the following bands listed on the KlezmerShack:
Frank London's Website
Wikipedia entry
More about Jon Madof:
Website: www.jonmadof.com
Recordings reviewed on the KlezmerShack:
Zion 80
Ruthless Cosmopolitans
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Frank London and Jon Madof / Kol Nidre
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Frank London + Jon Madof / Kol Nidre, 2020
Available from Bandcamp.
This is a more subtle approach to the Kol Nidre prayer than many. Rather than create a full-length album, London and Madof teamed up to revisit just the thrice-repeated Kol Nidre prayer, each iteration in increasing volume and intensity. The dominant voice, of course, is Frank London's trumpet. He has visited cantorial music several times over the years, either solo (or as here, primary voice accompanied by other instruments), or with some of the world's best contemporary cantors. Here, he repeats the prayer three times, each in full mastery of the trumpet as a cantorial voice, each repetition stronger, picking up stronger accompaniment from Madof each time, with the final repetition including Madof's signature distorted guitar, in dialogue with the trumpet, along with the other programmed effects.
This is a short, soulful recording. It's a perfect part of preparing for the holidays, and a perfect part of the days leading up to Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. It is also a perfect example of how the spirit and soul of khazones can be expressed by voices other than the human voice. Share a few copies with friends and family@mdash;available on Bandcamp, of course.
Reviewed by Ari Davidow, 6 Sep 2021.
Personnel this recording:
Frank London: trumpet
Jon Madof: guitar, programming
Songs
- First repetition 5:11
- Second Repetition 6:30
- Third Repetition 6:06
Trad., arr. London and Madof