Other reviews of interest: Naftule Brandwein / King of klezmer clarinet Yikhes (Inheritance) Klezmer Recordings from 1907 - 1939 Shanachie Entertainment web page Other Dave Tarras recordings are available from the Ethic Folk Arts Center, 131 Varick Street, Suite 907, New York, NY 10003-1493, Tel: (212) 691-9510, e-mail: nyctmd@earthlink.net.

Dave Tarras Yiddish-American Music, 1925 - 1956 Yazoo Records 7001, 1992 a division of Shanachie Entertainment Dave Tarras / Yiddish-American Music, 1925 - 1956 Unzer Toirele, Abe Schwartz Orchestra, 1928 Yiddisher March, Joseph Cherniavsky's Yiddish-American Jazz Band, 1925 Good Luck, Lou Lockett's Orchestra, 1946 Polka "Strelotchek," Russkyj Orkestr "Moskva," 1926 Chasidic in America, Moishe Oysher and Florence Weiss, 1938 A Yid Bin Ich Geboiren, Michl Michalesco with Alexander Olshanetsky Orchestra, 1929 Dem Monastrishter Rebin's Chosid'l, Abe Schwartz Orchestra, 1925 Hopkele, Seymour Rechtzeit with Abe Ellstein Orchestra, 1941 Bridegroom Special, Yiddish Swing Orchestra, 1940 Die Goldene Chasene, Abe Ellstein Orchestra, 1945 Pas D'Espan, Russkyj Orkestr "Moskva," 1925 Mazel in Liebe, Alexander Olshanetsky Orchestra, 1929 A Vaibele A Tsnien, The Bagelman Sisters with Abe Ellstein Orchestra, 1942 Zum Gali Gali, Yiddish Swingtette, c. 1950 Die Reize Nuch Amerika, Abe Schwartz Orchestra, 1929 Branas Hassene, Dave Tarras Trio, 1941 Kinos, Tkios un Ashrei, Boibriker Kapelle, 1927 What Can You Mach? S'is America, Aaron Lebedeff with Alexander Olshanetsky's Orchestra, 1929 Oriental Hora, Yiddish Swingtette, c. 1955 Second Avenue Square Dance, Abe Ellstein Orchestra, 1950 FreilachsLou Lockett's Orchestra, 1946 Dayeynu, Yiddish Swingtette, 1950 Rumanian Fantasy, Tantz Orchestra, 1956 Dave Tarras was one of the people who defined American Klezmer music. Henry Sapoznik worked with Tarras before his death in 1989 to put together this collection of wonderfully cleaned up masters. Freed of the snap, crackle, and pop of unedited 78s, what emerges is soul music with swing. This is the music without which Emma Goldmann would have forsaken revolution. This music is life. It sings of melting pot and 2000 years of recorded history. It dances. This is the real thing. complete with a couple of radio ads and other aural mnemonics. The compilation is also accompanied by a biography. This is my favorite of the compilations of older music, hands down. And it doesn't even have Naftule Brandwein :-)! Reviewed by Ari Davidow, 6/28/95