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Odessa Klezmer Band

'Izsák Száraz Fája -
Isaac's Dry Tree'

Musicians:
Béla Ágoston - clarinets, saxophones
Károly Babos -  percussions
Mihály Huszár - double bass, accordion, bass guitar
Ferenc Kiss - koboz, viola, tambura, kaval, harmonica 
Zsigmond Lázár - fiddle

Guests:
Kati Szvorák - voice
László Fekete, the leading cantor of the Dohany street Synagogue - voice

Bence Huszár - trombone
János Mazura - tuba
Miklós Mákó - trumpet
Miklós Lukács - cimbalom
Zoltán Szabó - bagpipe
D.J. Mango - scratch

Label - Etnofon, Hungary

'This album of klezmer with a Hungarian accent illustrates just how complementary each style is to the other. Strangely sophisticated because of its blend of the raw and exotic - this you must hear!
An album to remember.'
fRoots Magazine

'Jaunty, energetic klezmer from this Hungarian band (don’t let the name fool you), a lively mix of mostly traditional tunes. Heavy on the brass, with terrific vocals by Lazslo Fekete, the cantor of Budapest’s Dohnanyi Street Synagogue, who has a hearty, resonant bass voice. A great party record.'
Rating: AAAAA 
George Robinson
thejewishweek.com

'Those who would like to study more deeply the style of the most prominent figures of klezmer revival music in Hungary should listen .... (to) the unique album by Odessa Klezmer Band, called Isaac’s Dry Tree (featuring the fantastic DJ Hasid). This is published by Etnofon Records, which is managed by Ferenc Kiss who has long been pursuing a missionary role for the survival of authentic folk music. Thank him for that’
Attila Retkes, Magyar Hírlap, 23 Sept. 2000.

'The Odessa Klezmer Band was formed in 1995 by well known figures of Hungarian folk-, world-, jazz and rock music. They discovered the folk music of Eastern-European Jews in the course of their work, — partly while collecting folk music in the Carpathian Basin, and partly while composing music for films, theatre and dance performances. As musicians, they were stunned by the beauty of the tunes, the uniqueness of performance, and the peculiar instrumental ornamentation, which has a characteristic atmosphere — sometimes bitter, sometimes humorous and joking, or, at times even ironic. They were also impressed by the ability with which the Jewish village performers could transform the music motifs of the people living beside them into their world of musical images, and last but not least by the playful and sometimes meditative improvisational skill which is manifest in the performance.'

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Odessa Klezmer Band

'Izsák Száraz Fája -
Isaac's Dry Tree'

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1. A rabbi tánca (trad./arr.: M. Huszár) - The Rabbi’s dance

2. A klezmer sóhaja (trad./arr.: Odessa) - The sigh of Klezmer

3. A fidulás zsidó (I. Manger-A. Ellstein/arr.: Zs. Lázár) - Yidl with his fiddle

4. Hajnali dojna (trad./arr: M. Huszár) - Doina at dawn

5. Nagyapa tánca (trad./arr.: B. Ágoston, F. Kiss) -  Grandfather’s dance

6. Ifjak tánca (trad./arr.: F. Kiss) - Young men’s dance

7. Kárpáti menyasszony (trad./arr.: F. Kiss) - The Carpathian Bride

8. Kárpáti vőlegény (trad./arr.: F. Kiss) - The Carpathian Groom

9. Hora (trad./arr.: M. Huszár) - Hora

10. Fáj a szívem, vigadj velem! (trad./arr.: F. Kiss) - My heart aches, rejoice with me

11. Belz (A. Olshanetsky-J.Jacobs/arr.: Zs. Lázár) - Belz

12. Lassú és gyors (trad./arr: M. Huszár) - Slow and fast dance

13. Alkonyi dojna (trad./arr.: M. Huszár) - Doina at dusk

14. Bölcsődal (Joel Engel/arr.: F. Kiss) - Lullaby

15. D.J. Haszid (trad./arr.: Zs. Lázár)  D. J. Hasid

Duration (57'15")

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