Klez Kez Goy Mit Fez

Yid Vicious | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 13, 2000)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: The Orchard
• ASIN: B00004T8M0
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #686,750 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unique approach to klezmer welcome and then some, June 20, 2000

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This review is from: Klez Kez Goy Mit Fez (Audio CD)

Right from the beginning of this CD, you can tell it's going to be unique. The album starts off with a up-beat, high-tempo rendition of the classic 'A Vicious Bulgar', which moves quickly along with the fiddles and clarinet, but stays firmly grounded with the aid of a rollicking bass line. After that, anything goes, from the slow, mournful 'Por Que Llorax La Bianca Nina', the only song from the Spanish Sephardic tradition on the album, to the jazzy, funky 'Ksidim Tants', which features a euphonium intro that is truly unique.

Although not played with the sharp mastery of many of the Klezmer greats like Itzhak Perlman and Andy Statman, Yid Vicious does feature quite remarkable talent and artistry, and whatever this CD lacks in it's musicianship, it more than makes up for in it's creativity and playfulness, which is indeed the record's most individual characteristic. While 'Klez, Kez, Goy Mit Fez', might leave the most discriminating of Klezmer aficionados unsatisfied, it probably won't, and everyone else will love it.