Jazz Articles about Stewart Curtis

Stewart Curtis' K-Groove: Smoked Salmon Salsa

by Dave Nathan
January 1, 2001

Stewart Curtis, his K-Groove and the producers at 33Jazz apparently wanted to make an album of Klezmer music. Nothing wrong with that except they may have had a concern about how many fans would be attracted to a straight Klezmer CD. To assure greater appeal, they came up with a hybrid called Klezmer fusion where Yiddish traditional music was married to rock and other contemporary music rhythms. The result is predictable, this album may not appeal to fans of either ...