Advance
Australia
Released 2001
Odessa Bulger (Misha Ziganoff) 3:37
Advance Australia (Raoul Hawkins) 1:21
Frailach (unknown) 4:13
Lord, I've Been Missing You (Raoul Hawkins) 5:17
Leibidig Un Freilach (unknown) 3:58
*Bay Mir Bista Shayn (Bei Mir Bist Du Schön) (Secunda /Cahn /Chaplin) 6:18
*Caravan (Duke Ellington/Juan Tizol/Irving Mills)
12:49
*#Limehouse Blues (Phillip Braham) 7:01
*Golden Wedding (Woody Herman) 4:24
Zeppo Zimmerman (Raoul Hawkins): Soprano & Alto Saxophones
Kees Steen: Guitar & Vocals
Geoff Tofler: Piano Accordion
Debbie Anderson: Acoustic Bass
Tim Bradley: Drums
Robin Haider: Percussion
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Sandy Klose: Acoustic Bass & Vocals*
Hamish McCleod: Drums*
Leon Dennis: Trombone*#
"Gypsy Jazz is an emerging genre which plays well in
both Jazz and World Music categories. Klezmer
refers specifically to the Yiddish stream
of the idiom, which encompasses the music
of the European Jews stretching from Romania,
through Poland and Ukraine and up to the
states of the old Soviet Eastern block.
"The Klezmer Connexion played its first engagement in March 2001
and conitinued to play throughout the year,
appearing regularly at La Bar in Taylor Square (Darlinghurst, Sydney)
and the Hakoah Club (Sydney) and as featured
artists for the Yeshiva Gala, hosting Kim Beasley (former Australian
Labor Party leader) and Nick Greiner (former
NSW Liberal Party leader/NSW Premier) as
guests of honour. The band's repertoire includes
traditional Freilachs and Horas and a dance
repertoire that explores the idiom in a contemporary
context.
"The musicians have extensive experience
in a wide variety of music genres and have
found a reference point for each other through
the music of old Klezmoria. Exploiting the
natural tensions of the harmonic minor, Klezmer
brings a wide variety of dynamics into the
musical vocabulary which makes for fresh
and spirited performances.
The accompanying CD, newly released, gives
a small sample of the band's sound and repertoire.
The Klezmer Connexion can perform as an instrumental
combo, or make use of the considerable vocal
talents of its musicians."
For more information about the band, or to purchase the CD
contact Raoul Hawkins.
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