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The King of the Klezmer Clarinet | 
 enlarge | Artist: Naftule Brandwein
Label: Rounder Select
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 43292
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 1127
UPC: 011661112728
EAN: 0011661112728
ASIN: B0000002U0
Release Date: January 14, 1997
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| Tracks:
| • | Heiser Bulgar | | • | Freit Sich, Yiddelach (Be Happy, Jews) | | • | Der Terkisher-Bulgar Tanz | | • | Kolomeika (Ukranian Dance) | | • | Naftule Speilt Far Dem Rebin | | • | Nifty's Freilach | | • | Oi, Tate, S'Is Gut | | • | Der Terk in America | | • | Wie Bist Die Gewesen Vor Prohibition? (Where Were You Before Prohibit) | | • | Das Teureste in Bukowina | | • | Der Heisser (Tarter Dance) | | • | A Hora Mit Tzibeles | | • | Fun Tashlach | | • | Leben Zol Palestina | | • | Dem Rebin's Chusid | | • | Der Yid in Jerasuleim | | • | Bulger Ala Naftule | | • | Kleine Princessin | | • | Turkishe Yalle Vye Uve | | • | Naftule, Shpeil Es Noch Amol | | • | Araber Tanz | | • | Nifty's Eigene | | • | Fufzehn Yahr Fon Der Heim Awek (Fifteen Years Away from Home) (Russia) | | • | Vie Tsvie Is Naftule Der Driter (Where There Are Two, Naftule Is the | | • | Freilicher Yontov |
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Amazon.com
These days the New York City jazz scene is filled with klezmer-influenced musicians: guys like John Zorn and David Krakauer, who learn the minor-keyed melodies of their Jewish grandparents and subsequently tear it to pieces, driving forward while also looking back. There's just something magical about klezmer: it's all about energy and swing, but it's also (almost always) tinged with sadness. Which brings us to Naftule Brandwein. Brandwein was unique back in the '20s and '30s (he'd be unique now, too), a legendary self-promoter, drinker, gambler, but--most of all--player. Unlike that of Dave Tarras, the delicate and couth klezmer artist we all remember, Brandwein's music is loud and sweeping; he's a powerhouse on the clarinet. Rumor has it he played with his back to the crowd (a la Miles Davis) because he didn't want the competition stealing his moves. Decades later the jazz underground has. This is an essential album in the Yiddish-American musical canon and a gorgeous reissue of a musical genius. --Jason Verlinde
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Naftule Brandwein -- Troubled genius February 22, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Naftule Brandwein was one of the pioneers of American klezmer music. A brilliant clarinetist but so paranoid of being copied that he often played with his back to the audience. Even so, his musical genius is brilliantly presented in this compilation disc remastered from cleaned-up 78's. Don't miss this collection.
Mazl Tov! January 13, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The recordings are old and are perhaps typical of the day but Naftule shines through. Here are some of the wildest runs on a clarinet you will ever hear. Absolute genius!
 AVERAGE June 28, 2006
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
I am looking for a CD better than Klezroym, but I haven't found it yet.
Nothing like this in the world October 5, 2003
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Naftule Brandwein is the greatest clarinettist I've heard in my life. Klezmer music is obviously not for everyone, but I believe any musician, and certainly any clarinettist, ought to hear the unbelievable sounds and effects that Brandwein elicited from his instrument--much more varied and inspired, in my view, than what you hear from Dave Tarras, the Klezmer clarinettist to whom Brandwein is most often compared. Just listen to some of the excerpts that Amazon lets you hear on this page, and see if you're not tempted to buy this CD. Tarras sounds like a human being playing a clarinet; Brandwein sounds like he's from another world.Unfortunately, like most mainstream music lovers, I had not even heard of Brandwein until recently, and the liner notes explain that his unpleasant temperament, combined with his inability to read music, had a lot to do with the frustrations of his career. That makes this CD especially valuable: it's not easy to find this music anywhere else. (Two recordings on this CD can also be found in the collection called Music from the Yiddish Radio Project, ASIN: B000060P7J.)
This is THE collection if you're seriously studying Klezmer October 4, 2003
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Ok, not everyone is actually "studying" klezmer music. If you want the clearest recordings, buy a modern CD from the San Francisco Klezmer Experience, Budowitz, Brave Old World, the Klezmer Conservatory Band, Joel Rubin, etc. If you want to learn from a master (kind of like all jazz players should be listening to Charlie Parker, Miles and Coltrane), then you must have this collection. It has the greatest hits (or maybe every recording) of Brandwein, who was absolutely far and away the most inspired klezmer clarinet player who recorded. Some love Tarras, some love others, but if you don't know "Nifty," then you don't know jack! If you simply enjoy klezmer music, this is still a great album, as Brandwein is such a hot player the mono-78 sound quality is worth listening through. Actually, compared to the 78's from which we used to have to transcribe in the 80's and 90's, this is a really super clean sound. But there is still some static, so don't be surprised. Oh, it's also nice to have some recordings at the end from the end of his life (when he wasn't afraid to use the lower register that Dave Tarras used to dominate in the old days). Those are at the end of the CD.
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