Have a look here: http://amsterdamklezmerband.com/band/ Mix a dose of klezmer with a pinch of ska, add a shot of Balkan and a smidchen of Gypsy, top it all off with a ...

Gijs Levelt is a trumpet player, composer and teacher. In his work he explores the boundaries of world music, improvised music, contemporary composed music and pop music. As a trumpet player, he is ...

Three new klezmer recordings offer a listen into the genre’s past, present and possible future. Klezmer was originally the soundtrack to the Jewish wedding, but no band has attempted to recreate such ...

For a quarter-of-a-century Odessa-born Alec Kopyt and his Amsterdam Klezmer Band have been bringing the distinctive songs and tunes of his once booming hometown to Western audiences. Before the ...

“Energy is eternal delight,” the poet William Blake said, and klezmer music proves his point. For centuries throughout Jewish Eastern Europe, rhythmically high-strung klezmer bands, which often ...