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Ukrainian musicians Konsonans Retro’s acclaimed debut CD A Podolian Affair brings back to life the Jewish Brass Band music of the area through the collaboration between the musicians of the local Baranovsky family and Berlin-based clarinettist Christian Dawid. They’ve even been called ‘The best Klezmer band in the world.’

Odessa was the only city in which Jews were not governed by a rabbinical council, which meant that they were free to evolve into a secular, civil society which meant tavern-going and music-making. The Ukraine’s large Jewish population influenced the brass band music of that area. The Baranovsky brothers and their cousins play trumpets, accordion, trombone and barabon in the band, having been trained by their elders, Moise and Maria Baranovsky. Vasyl Baranovsky started playing in his father’s orchestra at the age of four, so he remembers many old pieces which are now perhaps only known to him. Christian Dawid, who arranged all the pieces, and London-based drummer Guy Schalom, successfully meld a Western sensibility on to the Baranovskys’ traditionalism.

Playlist

1421
Innuendo Out The Other
Philip DeGruy
Degruy-Gruy Music
NYC 6013 2 (US Import)
Philip DeGruy, Innuendo Out The Other
15 seconds (excerpt)
(solo 17-string elec guitar, fingerstyle; v quirky, virtuosic & humorous, more or less a bent-boogie)

1423
CD Cut 1 - 'Moldavskaya Polka'
Trad, arr by Christian David
Pub Not Spec
Oriente Musik RIEN CD 62 ( www.originmusic.com
in Australia through Shock. www.shock.com.au )
Konsonans Retro - 'A Podolian Affair'
3:43
(Christian Dawid improvises klezmer melody on clarinet with low brass pads into jolly Moldovan dance tune)

Segue

1427
CD Cut 7 - 'Ot Azoy' (That's the Way)
Shloimke Beckerman
Rounder Records
Rough Guide RGNET 1203 ( In Australia, through The Planet Company/ MGM
email: info@theplanetcompany.com
website: www.theplanetcompany.com
worldwide & info: www.worldmusic.net )
Various - 'Klezmer Revival'
3:55
(Clarinetist Sid Beckerman, saxophonist Howie Lees, trumpeter Ken Gross and tenor banjo man Henry Sapoznik of the group Klezmer Plus feature in this up Klezmer standard with wood blocks and shouted exclamations)

1433
CD Cut 13 - 'Moldavskaya Hora'
Trad, arr by Christian David
Pub Not Spec
Oriente Musik RIEN CD 62 ( www.originmusic.com
in Australia through Shock. www.shock.com.au )
Konsonans Retro - 'A Podolian Affair'
2:44
(Lively major key Moldovan dance that goes quiet and minor key centreing on the clarinet leading into: )

Segue

1436
CD Cut 14 - 'Shabes Nign'
Trad, arr by Christian David
Pub Not Spec
Oriente Musik RIEN CD 62 ( www.originmusic.com
in Australia through Shock. www.shock.com.au )
Konsonans Retro - 'A Podolian Affair'
4:10
(Midtempo Nigun also known as Shver un Shviger ['Dance for the Parents of the Bride'], played by brass band with accordion, drums and clarinet)

Segue

1440
CD Cut 3 - 'Vinnitsa'
Trad, arr Joel Rubin
TCrossing Music (BMI)
Traditional Crossroads 789702-4332-2 (in Australia, through Didgeridoo: www.didgerecords.com
worldwide: www.traditionalcrossroads.com )
The Joel Rubin Ensemble - 'Midnight Prayer'
5:56
(Full klezmer band, featuring clarinet, accordion, violin and cimbalom in a medley of two skotshne tunes influenced by 19th century salon music)

1447
CD Cut 4 - 'Sabilulungan'
H Koko Koswara
Pub Not Spec
Rice Records RAS-103 www.ricerecords.co.uk or www.farsidemusic.com
Sambasunda - 'The Sunda Music'
6:26
(From their third album, Sunda Bali, Sambasunda mix metal and wood and Javanese and Balinese instruments with prominent hand percussion and violin)

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CD Cut 18 - 'Khasitsky Tanets and Horo'
Trad, arr by Christian David
Pub Not Spec
Oriente Musik RIEN CD 62 ( www.originmusic.com
in Australia through Shock. www.shock.com.au )
Konsonans Retro - 'A Podolian Affair'
Four minute excerpt
(Podolian-style Hasidic tune with resonant brass into wild Moldovan dance with clarinet featured)

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