Old World Beat

Klezmer Conservatory Band | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 14, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rounder / Umgd
• ASIN: B00000035A
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #210,298 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Old World Beat, February 17, 2000

By 

Frank Kecskes (Ventura, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Old World Beat (Audio CD)

This collection of Klezmer music is alive and powerfully moving. You cannot help but sway uncontrollably to the hauntingly soulful melodies so skillfully rendered as to make musician and instrument ONE. Judy Bressler's vocals are full bodied, rich with the spirit of all that is truly Klezmer....Show me a person who listens to this album for the first time, and I'll show you a Klezmer fan for Life! L'chiam!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Klezmer, January 28, 2007

By 

J. Steeley "numbr_crunchr" (Tampa FL USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Old World Beat (Audio CD)

The Klezmer Conservatory Band was formed at the New England Conservatory of Music in the early eighties, really just for a jam session of Jewish music. When they got requests to play at weddings and b'nai mitzvot, they realized they had something special and organized as a band. Along with the Klezmatics, KCB was one of the leaders of the modern klezmer revival. Klezmer Conservatory Band is more traditional, while the Klezmatics are a bit edgier. Many other groups have followed, and the roots are interconnected between many of the groups.

I am a fan of both the Klezmatics and the Klezmer Conservatory Band and have each of the ten KCB CD releases. This is one of their better CDs and has some true gems on it. With Judy Bressler as vocalist, KCB is truly something special - Judy brought beauty and comedy to the songs, as appropriate, and her voice became an integral instrument in many of their better songs. Though sadly, Judy has left the group, their recordings capture the spirit of American and Eastern European Jewish music at its best.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fairly good, March 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Old World Beat (Audio CD)

While this was an average CD, track 4 (Watch Your Step) is one of the funniest songs I have heard in a while. It alone is worth the purchase of the CD. It takes a highly satirical look at the modern age.