Jewish / Klezmer (Reference)

The reference list includes records that have been obtained and/or rated (in blue) as well as many other records that have been recommended from various sources.

Chava Alberstein (1946– )

• Crazy Flower: A Collection [(1998), Shanachie]
• Yiddish Songs [2000, Blue Note]

Naftule Brandwein (1889–1963)

• The King of the Klezmer Clarinet [1922–26, Rounder]

Brave Old World [1990– ]

• Beyond the Pale [1994, Rounder]
• Blood Oranges [1999, Red House]

David Buchbinder

• Odessa/Havana [2007, Tzadik], advance

Charming Hostess [1999– ]

• Eat [1999, Vaccination]
• Sarajevo Blues [2004, Tzadik], B–

Yair Dalal (1955– )

• Silan [1998, Amiata]

Giora Feidman

• Magic of the Klezmer [1986, Delos], U
• Jewish Soul Music: 20 Jewish Tunes [1989, Hed Azri]

Irving Fields (1915– )

• Bagels and Bongos [1959, Reboot Stereophonic], A–
• Oy Vey!!! . . . Olé!!! [2006, Tzadik], B+(***)
• My Yiddishe Mama's Favorites [2007, Tzadik], B+(**)

Yoshie Fruchter

• Pitom [2008, Tzadik], U

Golem [2002– ]

• Fresh Off Boat [2006, JDub], A–

Ayelet Rose Gottlieb (1979– )

• Mayim Rabim [2006, Tzadik], B+(*)

Hasidic New Wave

• Jews and the Abstract Truth [1997, Knitting Factory Works], B

Ofra Haza (1959–2000)

• Fifty Gates of Wisdom: Yemenite Songs [1984, Shanachie]
• Shaday [1988, Sire], B+
• Desert Wind [1989, Sire]
• Yemenite Songs [(2000), Globe Style]

Khevrisa

• European Klezmer Music [2000, Smithsonian/Folkways], A–

The Klez Dispensers

• Say You'll Understand [2008, TKD], U

The Klezmatics [1990– ]

• Shvaygn = Toytt [1991, Piranah]
• Rhythm and Jews [1993, Flying Fish]
• Jews With Horns [1995, Xenophile], B+
• Possessed [1997, Xenophile], U
• Rise Up! Shteyt Oyf! [2002, Rounder], A–
• Wonder Wheel: Lyrics by Woody Guthrie [2006, JMG], A
• Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah [2006, JMG], B+(*)

Klezmer Conservatory Band [1980– ]

• Old World Beat [1992, Rounder]
• Live! The Thirteenth Anniversary Album [(1993), Rounder]

Klezmokum

• Klezmokum [1992, Bvhaast]
• Jew-azzic Park [1994, Bvhaast]
• ReJew-Venation [1998, Bvhaast]

The Klezmonauts [1998– ]

• Oy to the World: A Klezmer Christmas [1998, Satire]

The Klezmorim [1976– ]

• East Side Wedding [Flying Fish]

David Krakauer (1956– )

• Klezmer Madness! [1995, Tzadik]
• Klezmer, NY [1998, Tzadik]
• A Hot New One [2000, Label Bleu], B+
• The Twelve Tribes [2002, Label Bleu]
• Live in Krakow [2004, Label Bleu], B
• Bubbemeises: Lies My Grandma Told Me [2006, Label Bleu], B+(***)

Benjamin Lapidus

• Herencia Judía [2007, Tresero], B+(**)

Frank London

• Jews and the Abstract Truth [1997, Evolver]
• w/Lorin Sklamberg, Uri Caine: Nigunim [1998, Tzadik]
• Invocations [2000, Tzadik]
• Di Shikere Kapelye [2000, Piranha]
• From the Belly of Abraham [2001, Knitting Factory]
• Brotherhood of Brass [2001, Piranha]
• Carnival Conspiracy [2005, Piranha], A–
• A Night in the Old Marketplace [2006, Soundbrush], B

New Klezmer Trio [1990– ]

• Masks and Faces [1990, Tzadik]
• Melt Zonk Rewire [1995, Tzadik]
• Short for Something [2000, Tzadik]

Pharoah's Daughter

• Out of the Reeds [2000, Tzadik], B+
• Haran [2007, Oy! Hoo], B+(*)

Idan Raichel

• The Idan Raichel Project [2002–5, Cumbancha], B

Basya Schechter

• Queen's Dominion [2004, Tzadik], B

Shirim Klezmer Orchestra

• Oy! It's Good: The Art of Yiddish Song [1997, Newport Classic], B+
• Pincus and the Pig: A Klezmer Tale [2004, Tzadik], B

So Called

• The So Called Seder: A Hip Hop Haggadah [2005, JDub]
• Ghettoblaster [2007, JDub], A–

Sukke

• Introducing Sukke [2004, World Music Network], B+

Dave Tarras (1897–1989)

• Tanz! With Dave Tarras and the Musiker Brothers [1955, Epic/Legacy], A–
• Yiddish-American Klezmer Music [1925–56, Yazoo]

Michael Winograd

• Bessarabian Hop [2007, Midwood Sounds], B+(**)

Various Artists

• From Avenue A to the Great White Way: Yiddish and American Popular Songs From 1914–1950 [1914–50, Columbia/Legacy, 2 CD], B+
• Jewface [1905–22, Reboot Stereophonic], A–
• Klezmer Pioneers: European and American Recordings 1905–1952 [1905–52, Rounder], B
• Music From the Yiddish Radio Project [1923–52, Shanachie], B+
• Now That Sounds Kosher! [1955–2004, Shout! Factory], B+
• Putumayo Presents: Israel [1982–2006, Putumayo World Music], B
• The Rough Guide to the Music of Israel [1995–2005, World Music Network], B+(*)