WOW! I haven't heard this for years. As the older people leave us we tend to drift away from our roots. Thanks for bringing me back. Thanks for the memories!
I saw/heard them do this in the early 80s at the West End Synagogue and there was dancing everywhere! I sweat it felt like there was dancing in the streets! And they had a black clarinetist; people stopped me for days in the neighborhood asking me if he and I were related! But Jewish or not, he played with such a tam, it just proved how international music really is. Once I played this for some Iranian Jewish friends in the US, who were frankly homesick. I translated the Yiddish for them
Who can listen to this without wanting to dance?? I saw this group, live, a couple of times. Judy Bressler did a great job of explaining the songs to those of us who are not Jews.
Too bad she's not with the band anymore, I once went on their website to ask them what she's been up to lately, and one of their members, Jim Guttman, tells me she left the band a few years back to start her own solo career. That's really quite a shame, because she really was multi-talented, with how she could belt it out with the MOST INCREDIBLE GUSTO, if not hitting all the high notes. To say otherwise would be an understatement :-)
Born and raised in Brooklyn and Queens, New York, JUDY BRESSLER is a third generation performer whose family includes such Yiddish theater luminaries as Menashe Skulnick and Lucy Gehrman. She is a founding and current member of the Boston-based Klezmer Conservatory Band. She is the featured vocalist heard on all of the band’s recordings. She is heard with Itzhak Perlman on his recordings, “In The Fiddler’s House” and “Live In The Fiddler’s House,” and in the Emmy award-winning PBS special by the same name. Bressler was featured with the KCB in both Joel Grey’s vaudeville review, “Borschtcapades ’94,” and in the documentary film, “A Jumpin’ Night In The Garden Of Eden.” Her voice has inspired choreographer Bill T. Jones to create new Boston Ballet repertoire. She has performed throughout the Northeast with a smaller ensemble in her own act, “Judy Bressler’s Klezmer Kabaret.” In addition, Bressler teaches and leads Yiddish song and dance, and also plays tambourine and a traditional style drum and cymbal called a ‘poyk.’ Singer, actress, comedienne Judy Bressler has performed extensively and internationally, acclaimed by audiences and critics alike.
Born and raised in Brooklyn and Queens, New York, JUDY BRESSLER is a third generation performer whose family includes such Yiddish theater luminaries as Menashe Skulnick and Lucy Gehrman. She is a founding and current member of the Boston-based Klezmer Conservatory Band. She is the featured vocalist heard on all of the band’s recordings. She is heard with Itzhak Perlman on his recordings, “In The Fiddler’s House” and “Live In The Fiddler’s House,” and in the Emmy award-winning PBS special by the same name. Bressler was featured with the KCB in both Joel Grey’s vaudeville review, “Borschtcapades ’94,” and in the documentary film, “A Jumpin’ Night In The Garden Of Eden.” Her voice has inspired choreographer Bill T. Jones to create new Boston Ballet repertoire. She has performed throughout the Northeast with a smaller ensemble in her own act, “Judy Bressler’s Klezmer Kabaret.” In addition, Bressler teaches and leads Yiddish song and dance, and also plays tambourine and a traditional style drum and cymbal called a ‘poyk.’ Singer, actress, comedienne Judy Bressler has performed extensively and internationally, acclaimed by audiences and critics alike.
Michael Friedman WHOA! =) I've seen both Jumpin' Night in the Garden of Eden and In the Fiddler's House with my dad and grandpa (RIP/odihneasca in pace). Thanks a bunch for the info :)
Vocalist Judy Bressler has got such a pretty voice, I grew up listening to this with my grandpa (RIP/Dumnezeu sa-l ierte, in spite of the fact I'm not Jewish, yet I happen to be a fourth-gen. Romanian). Other than that, it really does have LOTS of gusto (to boot) =)
omg this song has so many memories for me--my mom was the flutist in this group, and sometimes me and the daughter of the saxophonist would get to do the kizatske (spelling?) at the end of this song, one time it was in lincoln center :)
man, i haven't listened to this for years. since 2004 or something (had a big klezmer phase then)... and this so is sooo good, but i am also biased since i really like yiddish words and embellishments
And they were absolutely dumbfounded because they thought that American Jews never looked back to their old homes with longing and love. And what is this song but not a love song to one of the most baffling and yet open-hearted places in Europe?
👍Grettings from Romania Iași
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WOW! I haven't heard this for years. As the older people leave us we tend to drift away from our roots. Thanks for bringing me back. Thanks for the memories!
Sono innamorata di questa canzone. Bravissimaaa🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
I saw/heard them do this in the early 80s at the West End Synagogue and there was dancing everywhere! I sweat it felt like there was dancing in the streets! And they had a black clarinetist; people stopped me for days in the neighborhood asking me if he and I were related! But Jewish or not, he played with such a tam, it just proved how international music really is. Once I played this for some Iranian Jewish friends in the US, who were frankly homesick. I translated the Yiddish for them
Don Byron who has been a member of many bands including jazz bands.
Wonderful! Thrilling, so exciting!!!
Iubesc această melodie, anytime it comes on i heart radio I enjoy it. Im now adding it to my playlist. :) Merci
Absolutely incredible!!!
Bravo!
Frumoasa ..performanta...merci !
thank you, i love this !
greetings from the Netherlands
Who can listen to this without wanting to dance?? I saw this group, live, a couple of times. Judy Bressler did a great job of explaining the songs to those of us who are not Jews.
Too bad she's not with the band anymore, I once went on their website to ask them what she's been up to lately, and one of their members, Jim Guttman, tells me she left the band a few years back to start her own solo career. That's really quite a shame, because she really was multi-talented, with how she could belt it out with the MOST INCREDIBLE GUSTO, if not hitting all the high notes. To say otherwise would be an understatement :-)
***** Did you find out anything about her solo career? I've been looking for a while and I haven't even found a Facebook page.
Born and raised in Brooklyn and Queens, New York, JUDY BRESSLER is a third generation performer whose family includes such Yiddish theater luminaries as Menashe Skulnick and Lucy Gehrman. She is a founding and current member of the Boston-based Klezmer Conservatory Band. She is the featured vocalist heard on all of the band’s recordings. She is heard with Itzhak Perlman on his recordings, “In The Fiddler’s House” and “Live In The Fiddler’s House,” and in the Emmy award-winning PBS special by the same name. Bressler was featured with the KCB in both Joel Grey’s vaudeville review, “Borschtcapades ’94,” and in the documentary film, “A Jumpin’ Night In The Garden Of Eden.” Her voice has inspired choreographer Bill T. Jones to create new Boston Ballet repertoire. She has performed throughout the Northeast with a smaller ensemble in her own act, “Judy Bressler’s Klezmer Kabaret.” In addition, Bressler teaches and leads Yiddish song and dance, and also plays tambourine and a traditional style drum and cymbal called a ‘poyk.’ Singer, actress, comedienne Judy Bressler has performed extensively and internationally, acclaimed by audiences and critics alike.
Born and raised in Brooklyn and Queens, New York, JUDY BRESSLER is a third generation performer whose family includes such Yiddish theater luminaries as Menashe Skulnick and Lucy Gehrman. She is a founding and current member of the Boston-based Klezmer Conservatory Band. She is the featured vocalist heard on all of the band’s recordings. She is heard with Itzhak Perlman on his recordings, “In The Fiddler’s House” and “Live In The Fiddler’s House,” and in the Emmy award-winning PBS special by the same name. Bressler was featured with the KCB in both Joel Grey’s vaudeville review, “Borschtcapades ’94,” and in the documentary film, “A Jumpin’ Night In The Garden Of Eden.” Her voice has inspired choreographer Bill T. Jones to create new Boston Ballet repertoire. She has performed throughout the Northeast with a smaller ensemble in her own act, “Judy Bressler’s Klezmer Kabaret.” In addition, Bressler teaches and leads Yiddish song and dance, and also plays tambourine and a traditional style drum and cymbal called a ‘poyk.’ Singer, actress, comedienne Judy Bressler has performed extensively and internationally, acclaimed by audiences and critics alike.
Michael Friedman WHOA! =) I've seen both Jumpin' Night in the Garden of Eden and In the Fiddler's House with my dad and grandpa (RIP/odihneasca in pace). Thanks a bunch for the info :)
Vocalist Judy Bressler has got such a pretty voice, I grew up listening to this with my grandpa (RIP/Dumnezeu sa-l ierte, in spite of the fact I'm not Jewish, yet I happen to be a fourth-gen. Romanian). Other than that, it really does have LOTS of gusto (to boot) =)
omg this song has so many memories for me--my mom was the flutist in this group, and sometimes me and the daughter of the saxophonist would get to do the kizatske (spelling?) at the end of this song, one time it was in lincoln center :)
Excellent musical performance!
MUCHISIMAS GRACIAS POR ESTE MARAVILLOSO VIDEO
LA RUMANIA ANTES DEL NAZISMO EUROPEO
Greater Romania will always be missed :(
super. lovely vocalist
great! Thank you
man, i haven't listened to this for years. since 2004 or something (had a big klezmer phase then)... and this so is sooo good, but i am also biased since i really like yiddish words and embellishments
belloooooo
Wownderful!
@ADUSzPOLSKI Yes, it's Yiddish (in all it's glory!)
Judy Bressler❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️
And they were absolutely dumbfounded because they thought that American Jews never looked back to their old homes with longing and love. And what is this song but not a love song to one of the most baffling and yet open-hearted places in Europe?
yahnem yuden șaizzen
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