Tuesday, Apr 15, 2008

Ray Musiker: A Living Tradition - "New Old Bulgar"

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The first cut from the "Ray Musiker: A Living Tradition" CD, the second in Living Tradition's "A Living Tradition" CD series.

In "New Old Bulgar" Ray Musiker, on clarinet, is backed by an all-star band of KlezKamp faculty musicians in an arrangement by Pete Sokolow:

Aaron Alexander: drums
Jim Guttmann: bass
Alex Kontorovich: alto sax and clarinet
Ken Maltz: tenor sax and clarinet
Henry Sapoznik: guitar
Peter Sokolow: piano
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As a scion of the prestigious Musiker family, clarinetist Ray Musiker has been central to some of the most important moments in 20th century Yiddish-American music. In the CD, accompanied by a handpicked ensemble of today's finest klezmer players, Ray Musiker offers a thrilling tour of the music he learned and the music he created.

For more information about the CD, go to www.raymusiker.com

To buy the CD and to see other Living Traditions recordings, go to http://www.livingtraditions.org/docs/store.htm

A Radio KlezKamp 2007 interview with Ray and his wife Julie was posted on this site on December 30, 2007. see
http://klezkamp.mypodcast.com/2007/12/Interview_with_Ray_and_Julie_Musiker-68484.html

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