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Shtreiml with Ismail Hakki Fencioglu
Fenci's Blues
$15.99
The third recording by the wonderful Canadian based klezmer ensemble led by harmonica player Jason Rosenblatt explores ancient connections with Turkey, via the work of Turkish udist and singer Ismail Hakki Fencioglu.
Shtreiml is:
Jason Rosenblatt, harmonica, organ and piano
Rachel Lemisch, trombone
Thierry Arsenault, drum and percussion
Adam Stotland, bass
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Fenci's Blues
Beyoglunda Gezersin
Roman Dunya
Bu Duzen
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"Rosenblatt and the band forge their own path into new musical ground...Infused with spirit of playful inventiveness, Spicy Paprikash is an album that continues to offer something new to the listener on each exploration."
Philly Markowitz - Rootsworld May 2005, review of their prevuious recording Spicy Paprikash
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The band says:
The oud and harmonica are reunited at last. Fenci's Blues, Shtreiml's third album, features the incomparable oud playing and beautiful tenor vocals of Ismail Fencioglu along with the uniquely creative harmonica playing of Jason Rosenblatt. With echoes of Istanbul throughout, Shtreiml and Ismail shift from virtuosic original compositions to haunting folksongs and from traditional Turkish instrumentals to adaptations of Eastern-European Jewish folk melodies. This album is a must for any lover of new Middle-Eastern and/or Jewish music.
About Ismail Hakki Fencioglu:
Vocalist and oud player Ismail Hakki Fencioglu studied at the State Conservatory of Istanbul Technical University in the department of chant and specialized in the classical Turkish music singing techniques under Alaeddin Yavasca, Bekir Sidki Sezgin and Tulin Yakarcelik. While still a student, he gave many performances on Turkish television. He reached vast audiences with his performances in the "Cassette Anthology" and "Unforgettable Composers" series. He was one of the members of the State Clasical Turkish Music Chorus which was conducted by Nevzat Atli. After earning his Bachelor's degree from the Conservatory he began working as an arranger and composer in various recording studios. Ismail moved to Canada in 2001 and is presently conductor of Montreal Turkish Music Chorus and the Ottawa Turkish Music Chorus. In addition to working with Canadian artists Berrenna Maccrimmon, Jason Rosenblatt and with his own band Marmara, Ismail performs regularly with his two choruses. A most recent highlight was his performance with the master Turkish musician, Erkan Ogur at Montreal's Festival Du Monde Arabe. In addition to his career as a performer and conductor, Ismail is a wonderful instrument builder and has crafted more than 70 beautiful instruments over the past 10 years.
About Shtreiml:
Jason Rosenblatt
Jason Rosenblatt studied jazz piano at the Rimon School of Jazz in Ramat Hasharon Israel and at the McGill Conservatory. He is one of only a handful of people worldwide who can play the diatonic harmonica chromatically and is at the forefront of popularizing the use of the diatonic harmonica as an instrument capable of playing virtually any style of music, including jazz, klezmer and Turkish music. His achievements as a composer and harmonica player were most recently recognized by the Canada Council for the Arts, which awarded him a grant to study with his mentor, harmonica master Howard Levy. In addition to Jason's career as a performer, he is an educator who teaches youth ensembles and is on faculty at KlezKanada, the world's largest folk-arts festival dedicated to klezmer music.
Rachel Lemisch
Rachel Lemisch, Philly native and trombonist extraordinaire, is a member of the Philadelphia chamber orchestra and hails from the famed Lemisch family klezmer dynasty of Iasi, Romania. In addition to performing with Shtreiml, she has guested with the Klezmer Conservatory Band and Frank London's Klezmer Brass All Stars and is member of Susan Watt's the Fabulous Shpilkes.
Thierry Arsenault
Thierry Arsenault, humanist, VW mechanic and amateur mycologist, is for the most part, a self-taught drummer. Thierry performs with a wide variety of acts on the Montreal scene, ranging from klezmer to blues to jazz. It was his deep love of Indian music, which led him to study tabla in Varanasi, India. Thierry has a degree in French literature from Universite de Montreal. One day he would like to live on a hill.
Adam Stotland
Adam Stotland graduated from Concordia University with a degree in music performance. He has long made his presence felt on Montreal's Jam-Band scene leading such acts as Stotland Yard and Jambolaya, not to mention his weekly stint hosting free jam nights at local Montreal clubs. He is a music educator who works with youth choirs and is on faculty at several Montreal day schools as a general music instructor.
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