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The Klez Dispensers

New Jersey Freylekhs

By The Klez Dispensers

Label: Unknown label
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1. Russische Tzigane (A. Kontorovich) 2. Dave's Freylekh (D. Tarras, arr. Banner/Kontorovich/Holmes) 3. Doina (B. Holmes) 4. Karnofsky Tanz (B. Holmes) 5. Yismekhu Khosid'l (Trad., arr. Zakar/Klez Dispensers) 6. Tanz Istanbul (Trad., arr. A. Banner) 7. Freylekh Nushiele (D. Tarras, arr. B. Holmes) 8. Hora (A. Banner) 9. Abi Gezunt (Picon/Ellstein, arr. A. Banner) 10. New Jersey Freylekhs (B. Holmes) 11-12. Freymilekh (A. Banner) 13. Zefki (D. Tarras, arr. Banner/Holmes) 14. Goldenshteyn Freylekh (Trad.) 15-16. Der Heyser Bulgar (Trad., arr. A. Banner)

The Klez Dispensers: New Jersey Freylekhs

by Elliott Simon
August 1, 2004

With their exuberance, musicianship, and ability to have any audience get up and dance, the Klez Dispensers have become the house band for klezmer's newest wave. New Jersey Freylekhs draws inspiration from the experimental jazz/Jewish interchanges of the late 1950s where bop added to klezmer's established relationship with swing. A potpourri of interesting interpretations and newly ...