Jazz Articles about Naftule's Dream

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Naftule's Dream: Blood

by Neri Pollastri
January 26, 2017

Naftule's Dream è una delle formazioni storiche che hanno contribuito alla rinascita del klezmer agli inizi degli anni Novanta e dal primo album, del 1990, non ha mai smesso di evolvere stilisticamente, arricchendo progressivamente la radice ebraica con forme musicali diverse. Questo CD, il primo dopo quindici anni, ne documenta l'identità attuale, che vive di una formazione ove strumenti classici per il genere, come il clarinetto del leader Glenn Dickson e la fisarmonica di Michael McLaughlin, vengono affiancati da altri ...

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Naftule's Dream: Blood

by Dan McClenaghan
June 14, 2016

Emerging from the ranks of the Boston area's Shirim Klezmer Orchestra, Naftule's Dream began with John Zorn's Tzadik Records when the label was young, offering up on the imprint Search for the Golden Dreydl (1997), Smash, Clap! (1998) and Job (2001). One thing about a large scale klezemer band--it offers up plenty of opportunity for madcap dervish dance shenanigans. Naftule's Blood, a pared down form of the genre--a sextet--loses none of that aspect. Blood embraces klezmer rhythms and ...

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Naftule's Dream: Live In Florence

by AAJ Staff
October 17, 2002

Okay, you have your clarinet and your accordion. A relative predominance of minor Jewish folk melodies. More than ample foot-stomping beats. But does that make it klezmer? Yes and no. Naftule's Dream has crafted a postmodern deconstruction of klezmer which sneaks in such dominant instruments as the electric guitar and the tuba (!). That makes their sound but a distant cousin of the music most people outside the Faith don't tend to listen to very often. And for those (like ...

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Naftule's Dream: JOB

by Mark Corroto
April 12, 2002

The 1990s saw a resurrection of musical styles from ska and big band swing to Klezmer. Like the hype, most of these revivals soon faded. But funny thing is Klezmer continues to stick around. The traditional Klezmer bands have given way to offshoots into the avant- and jazz, and this is where a novelty gets interesting.

Naftule’s Dream is the avant-child of clarinetist Glenn Dickson’s Shirim Klezmer Orchestra. Where SKO preserves the traditional Klezmer, Naftule’s Dream extends ...