#2375: Thrash Klezmer Mish-Mosh

New Sounds | May 24, 2010

Prepare for some incredibly relentless fun on this New Sounds program. Drummer Aaron Alexander and a klez-punk ensemble (who include downtown jazz/jewish music all-stars and great young players in the klezmer scene; trumpeter Frank London, reed player Greg Wall, and guitarist Brad Shepik, among others) perform live and make mayhem in the studio. On Alexander’s latest CD, “Midrash Mish Mosh,” dueling drummers pound infectious klezmer-rooted music through round holes, embracing jazz, thrash-punk, Balkan and African rhythms. The boot will conquer the sandal.

PROGRAM #2375, with Aaron Alexander’s Midrash Mish Mosh (First aired on Feb. 8, 2005)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Aaron Alexander	Midrash Mish Mosh	Debkavanah [5:00]	Tzadik #7194 www.tzadik.com*
Aaron Alexander’s Midrash Mish Mosh	Live	Kleyzmish Moshpit [5:00] Khosidl for the Mixed Marriage [5:00] Peep Nokh A Mol [6:30]	All available on the CD, see above
Frank London + Greg Wall: Hasidic New Wave	Jews And the Abstract Truth	Tzur Mishelo [4:30]	Knitting Factory #192 ** Available for purchase at Amazon.com*
Septeto Rodriguez	Baila! Gitano Baila!	Hadida [7:00]	Tzadik #7189 www.tzadik.com*
The Klezmatics	Brother Moses Smote The Water	Shnirele, Perele (excerpt) [4:30]	Piranha #1896 www.piranha.de

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