Helmut Eisel and Band - Klezmer at the Cotton Club - CD
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Klezmer at the Cotton Club (Westpark)
$16.99

The German clainetist and his band perform a 'what if' and recreate what klezmer might have sounded like if it had been nurtured at NY's most important jazz emporium. It's fine stuff, and the band us more than up to the task, featuring Michael Marx on guitar, Stimme Stefan Engelmann on double bass, Nino Deda on accordion and Jochen Krämer on drums and percussion. They cover Jewish classics, reinvent American jazz and blues standards (paying homage to Handy, Ellington and Calloway) and Eisel's originals (like "Rondo alla Klez") are stand-outs on this excellent recording. The sound is unique, and it swings like crazy.

   

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St Louis Blues
Rondo alla Klez
Devil's Food Cake

Wie hätte es wohl geklungen, wenn die Klezmerstars Naftule Brandwein und Dave Tarras im Cotton Club gespielt hätten? Das Quintett: „Helmut Eisel & Band“ ist inspiriert vom Jazz und der Klezmermusik der frühen 30er Jahre. Hot Jazz trifft auf Freilach, mystische, orientalische Klänge und butterweich gehauchte Balladen auf Blues. Lassen Sie sich begeistern von „Klezmer at the Cotton Club“: Erleben Sie eine sprechende Klarinette mit einer schier unglaublichen Fülle von Ausdrucksmöglichkeiten! Erleben Sie magische Momente, wenn sie sich in wilden Kapriolen mit den Scat- Vocals von Gitarrist Michael Marx duelliert. Basis dafür bilden die kochenden Grooves von Schlagzeuger Jochen Krämer und Bassist Stefan Engelmann, für osteuropäisches Flair sorgt der albanische Akkordeon- virtuose Nino Deda.

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