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Elaine Hoffman Watts

I Remember Klezmer: The Art of Klezmer Drumming

By Elaine Hoffman Watts

Label: Independent Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1. I'll Just Keep Going Rhumba 2. Freilach 21 3. Gasa Nign 4. Freilach 5. Shtetle Ias 6. Eateleh's Suiteleh 7. Lakeleh 8. Chasidishe Freilach 9. Zigainer Tantz 10. Trish's Freilach 11. Bagopolier Freilach 12. Aveenu Malkeynu

Elaine Hoffman Watts: I Remember Klezmer: The Art of Klezmer Drumming

by Elliott Simon
April 12, 2004

Most musicians who continue to redefine klezmer don’t really remember it, however legendary drummer Elaine Hoffman Watts, as her new CD proclaims, certainly does. The klezmer she remembers, and that serves as her inspiration, is the Philadelphia sound defined by her father and accomplished xylophonist/percussionist Jacob Hoffman of “Jakie Jazz ‘Em Up” fame. A “true” klezmer ...