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like "Russian Sher" and "Die Goldene
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one contribution on a record as good
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pected reminder of how many of the
old klezmorim learned their trade in
East European military bands. A set
that manages to be traditional and
fresh at the same time.

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Michael Ziegler,
left, is a rabbi
who teaches at
the University
of Creation
Spirituality/Naropa
Institute in
Oakland Calif, and
Richard Kaplan is a singer, songwriter,
pianist, ethnomusicologist and cantor
Together, they lead "Shir HaShirim"
(Song of Songs Minyan) in Berkeley, Calif:

(JAM):
B'nai Jeshurun, on
Manhattan's Upper West
Side, has always been a spe-
cial congregation. And this
recording of the music they daven on
Shabbat is a special record. I can't imag-
ine another synagogue that could call
upon the collection of musical talent on
display here — Anthony Coleman,
Marc Ribot, Basya Schechter, Erik
Friedander — or get a CD of its liturgi-
cal music released by the folks at the
Knitting Factory. A low-key, contempla-
tive record in which the high-powered
talent submerges itself into a harmo-
nious whole, subordinated to the overall
atmosphere of hushed intensity.
Hauntingly sung by BJ's cantor, Ari
Privenand, its two rabbis, Marcelo
Bronstein and J. Rolando Matalon, this
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Yiddishe Cup Klezmer Band,
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Krakauer, of course, is
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to Nafrule Brandwein and
Sidney Bechet, which is not
such a weird combination if
you think about the
strangely Middle-Eastern
tang of Bechet's soprano sax
playing. When Krakauer
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this package, I was curious
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Bechet's rather eerie tone;
simply and wisely, he hasn't
tried. His clarinet tone
probably owes more to
Barney Bigard, a near con-
temporary of Becher. This
is a brilliant, spiky, difficult
set, full of unexpected
twists and turns. Not to all
tastes, perhaps, but a fine
recording.

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others. A seamless amalgam of
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with post-bop jazz and, quite simply,
one of the most exciting records I
heard all last year. From a flamenco-
ish "Eyshet Chayil" to a salsa-
rhythmed ode to the Temple, this is
brilliant stuff. Caine's powerful two-
handed attack echoes McCoy Tyner
and Herbie Hancock, but the results
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