A New Hot One [Import]

David Krakauer | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 13, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Label Bleu Records
• ASIN: B00005065Y
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #541,081 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Klezdrix

2. Klezmer A La Bechet

3. A New Hot One

4. Krakow Doina

5. The Russians Shers

6. Love Song For Lemberg/Lvov

7. Nine, Nine, Ninety-Nine

8. Lower Case E

9. Sirba

10. A Simcha Gone Mad Medley: The Misserlou/Mayim/Harmonica/Wedding Dance

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Incredible Album!, May 21, 2001

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The Sun Door (NY/CO, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A New Hot One (Audio CD)

This is one of my favorite CDs of all time! A wonderful mix of Jazz, Rock and Klezmer styles. The wailing clarinet contrasting with a grounded beat and cool rifs makes this a must have. Krakauer is an incredible clarinetist with incredible ideas, one of the best clarinetists of today. If you like the Klezmatics or the Klezmer Conservatory Band, be sure to check this out. Krakauer has outdone himself! Wow!

8 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A DISAPPOINTMENT, January 4, 2002

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Jay Delancy (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A New Hot One (Audio CD)

This guy can play very high & very loud. All the time. I'm not impressed. Frenzies are nice & exciting, but every piece? Such an easy way out insults his audience. We hear you, and it ain't pretty! OK, this CD is not bad, just tedious. Showy. I like raw energy, but I'm not convinced by Krakaer's desperate tone. His ideas start out interesting, even funky, but compositionally, nothing develops. His technique, though accomplished, relies on 1 or 2 tricks (shticks) that become predictable, monotonous, and lack subtlety. If you want a true jazz clarinet virtuoso who will knock your socks off with authenticity, zest, warmth, wit, intelligence, and heart, with a band as alive as him, you're better off checking out the old Bechet recordings.