Between Heaven and Earth [sound recording] : music of the Jewish mystics / Andy Statman Quartet.
Material type:
MusicPublisher number: 64079 | ShanachiePublication details: [Newton, N.J.] : Shanachie, p1997.Description: 1 sound disc (62 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 inOther title: - Between Heaven & Earth
- Music of the Jewish mystics
- Produced by Andy Statman and David Sears.
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Dr. James Carlson Library | CD | FOLK Andy Statman Quartet | Available | 33111006284695 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Veteran klezmer musician Andy Statman, who inherited a clarinet from klezmer legend Dave Tarras, leaves the past behind on a series of John Coltrane-inflected voyages to the dark, mystical heart of Yiddish music. Featured are cosmic jazz interpretations of devotional music (deveykus niggum), table-songs (tisch niggunim), and traditional dances (rikkudim). While most of the material unfurls slowly, a pair of cuts with guesting newgrass banjo player Béla Fleck absolutely sparkle. On "Purim Niggun," Statman and Fleck even abandon the reverential tone of the rest of the disc to kick their heels at a dance tune Statman originally learned from an old Naftule Brandwein 78 rpm recording. Most of the pieces were recorded live in the studio with lots of improvising by Statman and quartet members Kenny Werner, Harvie Swartz, and Bob Weiner, and the lack of overdub diddling results in a terrific immediacy. ~ Bob Tarte
"Draws upon many traditions: klezmer, jazz, Middle-Eastern, Epirus-Albanian and Azerbaijani, and ... bluegrass and Appalachian music. ... An eclectic urban folk-music based upon the Eastern European Jewish tradition"--Booklet, p. 4.
Compact disc.
Program notes in English (11 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Maggid -- You were revealed -- Adir -- Chassidic waltz -- Yonah -- Reb Nachman's deveykus niggun -- Purim -- Tzamah nafshi -- If not for--.
Produced by Andy Statman and David Sears.
The Andy Statman Quartet (Andy Statman, clarinets, mandolin ; Kenny Werner, piano ; Harvie Swartz, acoustic bass ; Bob Weiner, drums, percussion) ; with special guest artists Béla Fleck, 5-string banjo ; David Grisman, mandolin ; Scott Lee, acoustic bass (track 4).
Recorded at Kampo Cultural Center, New York City, N.Y., May 27-29, 1996 (tracks 1-3, 5-6, and 8) and Sept. 22, 1996 (track 9) ; and at Sound on Sound, New York City, N.Y., July 28, 1996 (tracks 4 and 7). Recorded and mixed by Paul Wickliffe; additional recording by Rich Lamb (track 9); assistant engineers, David Robbins (Kampo Cultural Center) and John R. Reigart III (Sound on Sound).