Tom Roberts & the Hot Club of Pittsburgh: Klezmer and Yiddish Theater 78s
Tue Nov 15th 7:00pm – 8:30pm (EST)
Adult
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Join Tom Roberts & the Hot Club of Pittsburgh for another unforgettable listening session on Zoom! Klezmer is the instrumental music of the Yiddish speaking Jews of Eastern Europe. There was a mass exodus during the early years of the 20th century to escape the violence of the pogroms, and the new immigrants wanted to hear their music from the old country. The major recording companies supplied these immigrants with records by the stars of Yiddish music, most of whom had also emigrated to the US. We will hear the music of clarinetists Naftule Brandwein and Dave Tarras, and the orchestras of Abe Schwartz, Israel Hochmann, James Frankel and many more. The session will include a recently acquired selection of extreme rarities that look as if they have come to us via a time machine. Not to be missed! L’chaim!
Pianist/composer/arranger/historian/writer Tom Roberts has been acclaimed as one of the world’s foremost practitioners of the art of Harlem Stride Piano. He has been featured at Jazz in July at the 92nd St Y, the Professor Longhair Societyʼs Piano Night at Tipitina’s New Orleans, Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops Orchestra, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, and the International Stride Piano Summit in Zurich, Switzerland.
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