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No one recognized the manic possibilities of klezmer more than clarinetist Mickey Katz, whose 1945-1947 tenure with Spike Jones spawned a comedy band that launched such funny travesties as the Yiddish cowpoke ditty "Haim Afen Range" or the Jewish-Hawaiian "Mechaye War Chant." Katz used humor to expand the musical boundaries of klezmer, thrusting it into the laps of World War II mainstream America at a time when Yiddish was identified as a victim's language and most Jewish music looked backward in time because the post-Holocaust present was intolerable. Playing Katz's songs demands prodigious chops, hence the attraction of Katz to molecule-splitting clarinetist Don Byron, who demonstrates nerve presenting Katz the monologist as the equal of Katz the composer. In sum, convoluted, kaleidoscopic silliness topped with Byron's usual dazzling self.
© Bob Tarte /TiVo
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Dave Douglas, Trumpet - Hans Wendl, Producer - Uri Caine, Piano - Brandon Ross, Guitar - Don Byron, Composer, Conductor, Clarinet, MainArtist - Josh Roseman, Trombone - Mark feldman, Violin - Mickey Katz, Vocals, Voice - Steve Alcott, Bass - Richie Schwarz, Drums, Percussion, Xylophone - J. D. Parran, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Flute, Soprano Saxophone
© 2005 Nonesuch Records Inc. ℗ 1993 Elektra Entertainment
Dave Douglas, Trumpet - Hans Wendl, Producer - Uri Caine, Piano - Don Byron, Conductor, Clarinet, MainArtist - Josh Roseman, Trombone - Mark feldman, Violin - Mickey Katz, Composer - Steve Alcott, Bass - Richie Schwarz, Drums, Percussion, Xylophone - J. D. Parran, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Flute, Soprano Saxophone
© 2005 Nonesuch Records Inc. ℗ 1993 Elektra Entertainment
Traditional, Composer - Dave Douglas, Trumpet - Hans Wendl, Producer - Uri Caine, Piano - Brandon Ross, Guitar - Don Byron, Conductor, Clarinet, MainArtist - Josh Roseman, Trombone - Mark feldman, Violin - Steve Alcott, Bass - Richie Schwarz, Drums, Percussion, Xylophone - J. D. Parran, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Flute, Saxophone - Avi Hoffman, Lead Vocals
© 2005 Nonesuch Records Inc. ℗ 1993 Elektra Entertainment
Dave Douglas, Trumpet - Hans Wendl, Producer - Uri Caine, Piano - Don Byron, Conductor, Clarinet, MainArtist - Josh Roseman, Trombone - Mark feldman, Violin - Mickey Katz, Lyricist - Nat Farber, Composer - Steve Alcott, Bass - Richie Schwarz, Drums, Percussion, Xylophone - J. D. Parran, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Flute, Saxophone
© 2005 Nonesuch Records Inc. ℗ 1993 Elektra Entertainment
GEORGE THORN, Lyricist - Dave Douglas, Trumpet - Hans Wendl, Producer - Uri Caine, Piano - Lorin Sklamberg, Lead Vocals - Don Byron, Conductor, Clarinet, MainArtist - Jerry Gonzalez, Percussion - Josh Roseman, Trombone - Mark feldman, Violin - Steve Alcott, Bass - Richie Schwarz, Drums, Percussion, Xylophone - J. D. Parran, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Flute, Soprano Saxophone - Monterrey Portal, Composer
© 2005 Nonesuch Records Inc. ℗ 1993 Elektra Entertainment
Dave Douglas, Trumpet - Hans Wendl, Producer - Uri Caine, Piano - Lorin Sklamberg, Lead Vocals - Don Byron, Conductor, Clarinet, MainArtist - Josh Roseman, Trombone - Mark feldman, Violin - Mickey Katz, Composer - Steve Alcott, Bass - Richie Schwarz, Drums, Percussion, Xylophone - J. D. Parran, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Flute, Soprano Saxophone
© 2005 Nonesuch Records Inc. ℗ 1993 Elektra Entertainment
Andre Hornez, Lyricist - Dave Douglas, Trumpet - Henry Betti, Composer - Hans Wendl, Producer - Uri Caine, Piano - Lorin Sklamberg, Lead Vocals - Don Byron, Conductor, Clarinet, MainArtist - Josh Roseman, Trombone - Mark feldman, Violin - Jerry Seelen, Composer - Steve Alcott, Bass - Richie Schwarz, Drums - J. D. Parran, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Flute, Soprano Saxophone
© 2005 Nonesuch Records Inc. ℗ 1993 Elektra Entertainment
Dave Douglas, Trumpet - Hans Wendl, Producer - Uri Caine, Panpipes - Lorin Sklamberg, Lead Vocals - Don Byron, Conductor, Clarinet, MainArtist - Josh Roseman, Trombone - Mark feldman, Violin - Mickey Katz, Lyricist - Nat Farber, Composer - Steve Alcott, Drums, Bass - Richie Schwarz, Percussion, Xylophone - J. D. Parran, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Flute, Soprano Saxophone
© 2005 Nonesuch Records Inc. ℗ 1993 Elektra Entertainment
Louis Singer, Composer - Dave Douglas, Trumpet - Hans Wendl, Producer - Uri Caine, Piano - Don Byron, Conductor, Clarinet, MainArtist - Josh Roseman, Trombone - Mark feldman, Violin - Nat Farber, Lyricist - Steve Alcott, Bass - Richie Schwarz, Drums, Percussion, Xylophone - J. D. Parran, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Flute, Soprano Saxophone
© 2005 Nonesuch Records Inc. ℗ 1993 Elektra Entertainment
Traditional, Composer - Dave Douglas, Trumpet - Hans Wendl, Producer - Uri Caine, Piano - Lorin Sklamberg, Lead Vocals - Don Byron, Conductor, Clarinet, MainArtist - Josh Roseman, Trombone - Mark feldman, Violin - Steve Alcott, Bass - Richie Schwarz, Drums, Percussion, Xylophone - J. D. Parran, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Flute, Soprano Saxophone
© 2005 Nonesuch Records Inc. ℗ 1993 Elektra Entertainment
Dave Douglas, Trumpet - Hans Wendl, Producer - Uri Caine, Piano - Lorin Sklamberg, Lead Vocals - Don Byron, Conductor, Clarinet, MainArtist - Josh Roseman, Trombone - Mark feldman, Violin - Mickey Katz, Composer - Steve Alcott, Bass - Richie Schwarz, Drums, Percussion, Xylophone - J. D. Parran, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Flute, Soprano Saxophone
© 2005 Nonesuch Records Inc. ℗ 1993 Elektra Entertainment
Dave Douglas, Trumpet - Hans Wendl, Producer - Jimmy Kennedy, Composer - Raul Ferrao, Composer - Uri Caine, Piano - Don Byron, Conductor, Clarinet, MainArtist - Jay Berliner, Mandolin - Josh Roseman, Trombone - Mark feldman, Violin - Steve Alcott, Bass - Richie Schwarz, Drums, Percussion, Xylophone - J. D. Parran, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Flute, Soprano Saxophone - Loretta Malta, Background Vocals - Lorin Skalmberg, Lead Vocals
© 2005 Nonesuch Records Inc. ℗ 1993 Elektra Entertainment
Dave Douglas, Trumpet - Hans Wendl, Producer - Uri Caine, Piano - Don Byron, Conductor, Clarinet, MainArtist - Josh Roseman, Trombone - Mark feldman, Violin - Nat Farber, Lyricist - Steve Alcott, Bass - Richie Schwarz, Drums, Percussion, Xylophone - J. D. Parran, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Flute, Soprano Saxophone - Benny Gill, Composer
© 2005 Nonesuch Records Inc. ℗ 1993 Elektra Entertainment
Dave Douglas, Trumpet - Hans Wendl, Producer - Uri Caine, Piano - Don Byron, Conductor, Vocals, MainArtist - Josh Roseman, Trombone - Mark feldman, Violin - Mickey Katz, Composer - Steve Alcott, Bass - Richie Schwarz, Drums, Percussion, Xylophone - J. D. Parran, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Flute, Soprano Saxophone - Don Hovey, Guitar - Avi Hoffman, Background Vocals
© 2005 Nonesuch Records Inc. ℗ 1993 Elektra Entertainment
Dave Douglas, Trumpet - Hans Wendl, Producer - Uri Caine, Piano - Lorin Sklamberg, Lead Vocals - Don Byron, Conductor, Clarinet, MainArtist - Josh Roseman, Trombone, Trumpet - Mark feldman, Violin - Robert Hill, Composer - Steve Alcott, Bass - Richie Schwarz, Drums, Percussion, Xylophone - J. D. Parran, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Flute, Soprano Saxophone - Lester Allan, Composer
© 2005 Nonesuch Records Inc. ℗ 1993 Elektra Entertainment
Dave Douglas, Trumpet - Hans Wendl, Producer - Uri Caine, Piano - Don Byron, Composer, Conductor, Clarinet, MainArtist - Josh Roseman, Trombone - Mark feldman, Violin - Mickey Katz, Voice - Steve Alcott, Bass - J.D. Parran, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Flute, Soprano Saxophone - Richie Schwarz, Drums, Percussion, Xylophone - Dan Hovey, Guitar
© 2005 Nonesuch Records Inc. ℗ 1993 Elektra Entertainment
Dave Douglas, Trumpet - Hans Wendl, Producer - Uri Caine, Piano - Don Byron, Conductor, Clarinet, MainArtist - Josh Roseman, Trombone - Mark feldman, Violin - Mickey Katz, Composer - Steve Alcott, Bass - Richie Schwarz, Drums, Percussion, Xylophone - J. D. Parran, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Flute, Soprano Saxophone
© 2005 Nonesuch Records Inc. ℗ 1993 Elektra Entertainment
Album review
No one recognized the manic possibilities of klezmer more than clarinetist Mickey Katz, whose 1945-1947 tenure with Spike Jones spawned a comedy band that launched such funny travesties as the Yiddish cowpoke ditty "Haim Afen Range" or the Jewish-Hawaiian "Mechaye War Chant." Katz used humor to expand the musical boundaries of klezmer, thrusting it into the laps of World War II mainstream America at a time when Yiddish was identified as a victim's language and most Jewish music looked backward in time because the post-Holocaust present was intolerable. Playing Katz's songs demands prodigious chops, hence the attraction of Katz to molecule-splitting clarinetist Don Byron, who demonstrates nerve presenting Katz the monologist as the equal of Katz the composer. In sum, convoluted, kaleidoscopic silliness topped with Byron's usual dazzling self.
© Bob Tarte /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 00:53:04
- Main artists: Don Byron
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Nonesuch
- Genre: Jazz
© 2005 Nonesuch Records Inc. ℗ 2005 Nonesuch Records Inc.
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