Jews with Horns

Jews With Horns
Studio album by
The Klezmatics
Released1995 (1995)
GenreKlezmer
LabelXenophile/Green Linnet[1]
The Klezmatics chronology
Rhythm and Jews
(1990) 		Jews With Horns
(1995) 		Possessed
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Robert ChristgauA–[3]

Jews With Horns is the third album by the American klezmer band the Klezmatics, released in 1995.[4] It is the first album on which Matt Darriau performed, which led to his induction as a full member of the group. Marc Ribot is featured on the second track, "Fisherlid".[5]

Critical reception

The Washington Post thought that "the Klezmatics are capable of the slow, lovely, horn-and-violin harmonies of the traditional 'Romanian Fantasy' or the exuberant Hasidic vocals of 'Nign'."[1]

AllMusic wrote that "the fast numbers ... are frenzied celebratory drinking songs—a true revival of the community spirit which spawned this eastern European brand of folk music."[2]

Track listing

  1. Man in a Hat
  2. Fisherlid
  3. Khsidim tants
  4. Simkhes-toyre
  5. Romanian Fantasy
  6. Bulgars / The Kiss
  7. Nign
  8. Honga
  9. In Kampf
  10. Doyna
  11. Freyt aykh, yidlekh
  12. Kale bazetsn
  13. Heyser tartar-tants
  14. Es vilt zikh mir zen
  15. Overture

Personnel

Frank London - trumpet, cornet, alto horn, piano, organ, vocals
Lorin Sklamberg - accordion, piano, lead vocals
Paul Morrissett - bass, vocals
David Licht - drums
David Krakauer - clarinet, bass clarinet, vocals
Alicia Svigals - violin, vocals
Ray "Chinito" Diaz - guiro (Track 1)
Moxy Früvous - backing vocals (1)
Matt Darriau - alto saxophone (2, 15), backing vocals (4)
Marc Ribot - electric guitar (2)
Betty Silberman - backing vocals (2)
Adrienne Cooper - vocals (14)

References

  1. ^ a b "KLEZMATICS' HORNS' TOOT MANY INFLUENCES". The Washington Post. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Jews with Horns - The Klezmatics | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: The Klezmatics". robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^ "The Klezmatics Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  5. ^ Rogovoy, Seth (January 1, 2000). "The Essential Klezmer: A Music Lover's Guide to Jewish Roots and Soul Music, from the Old World to the Jazz Age to the Downtown Avant-garde". Algonquin Books – via Google Books.