Product Description

On 1995's SONGS OF OUR FATHERS, bluegrass mandolinist DavidGrisman and clarinetist Andy Statman made an album steeped in traditional Jewish music. NEW SHABBOS WALTZ (2006) follows in the footsteps of that effort, combining melodies from the Jewish repertoire with Grisman's and Statman's scintillating chops.
Statman doubles on mandolin on some tracks, and fine guest musicians (including drummer Hal Blaine and slide guitarist Bob Brozman) flesh out the compositions elsewhere, giving the record a full, distinctive sound. But it is the interplay between Grisman's stylistically adventurous mandolin and Statman's gorgeous, plaintive clarinet playing that will make NEW SHABBOS WALTZ memorable for fans of traditional Jewish music and the artists' previous work alike.

Track Listing

1. Avinu Malkeinu (Our Father Our King)
2. Anim Zemiros (Song Of Glory)
3. Pischu Li (Open The Gates)
4. Shabbos Hayom Lashem (The Sabbath God's Day)
5. Mim'komkha (From Your Place)
6. New Shabbos Waltz
7. Ya'aleh (May Our Supplication Ascend)
8. Oifen Pripitchik (On The Hearth)
9. Old Klezmer
10. Yerusalayim Irkhah (Jerusalem Your City)
11. Yerusalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem Of Gold)
12. Lekha Dodi (Come My Beloved)
13. Ani Ma'amin (I Believe)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #182598 in Music
• Released on: 2006-08-21
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Customer Reviews

Soul and Inspiration.
For a few years now I have enjoyed Klezmer music but have experienced it as essentially a secular Jewish art form. Even lipservice to religious songs have sounded subservient the demands of the Klezmer style. To describe this album simply as religiously inspired klezmer would be a misrepresentation. Yes I can hear influence of rock, bluegrass and classical music from these highly accomplished musicians. But most of all I hear the soul of the Chassidisher niggun, the broken heart of someone who yearns for the closeness of their G-d, and this is where this music in my estimation is coming from.