Metropolitan Klezmer's fifth album Mazel Means Good Luck was released in December 2014 to coincide with the band's 20th anniversary. New York Music Daily rates the album as one of the top 50 albums of 2014: An especially wild live album by this deliciously shapeshifting, latin and reggae-influenced New York Jewish music juggernaut.
Mazel Means Good Luck was recorded live at The Emelin Theatre and includes live bonus tracks: a rare Yiddish ballad of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, performed in centenary commemoration at Cooper Union Great Hall; and an excerpt from Eve Sicular’s musical documentary theater piece J. Edgar Klezmer: Songs from My Grandmother’s FBI Files.
"exhilarating live album"New York Music Daily
"uniquely invigorating"Los Angeles Beat
Mazel Means Good Luck is available at Bandcamp where Metropolitan Klezmer's four albums can be found:
Credits
- Debra Kreisberg clarinet & alto saxophone
- Pam Fleming trumpet & flugelhorn
- Melissa Fogarty vocals
- Ismail Butera accordion
- Dave Hofstra double bass & tuba
- Eve Sicular drummer | bandleader
- Karen Waltuch viola
- Reut Regev trombone
- Shoko Nagai, piano on When Israel Met Jenny, accordion on Di Fire Korbunes
- Michael Hess, violin on Di Fire Korbunes
- Yelena Shmulenson, narration on When Israel Met Jenny
- Producer: Eve Sicular
- Recording & Mastering: David Merrill
- Mixing: David Merrill & Eve Sicular
- Di Fire Korbunes recording by Don Jacobs
- Released November 25, 2014. All rights reserved: Rhythm Media Records
Purchase Music in Digital or CDs formats
- » Bandcamp — digital downloads for all our albums at Bandcamp come with a PDF of the complete liner notes.
- » goldenrod music — buy our CDs from the women focused independent distributor.
- » Amazon
- » iTunes
- as well as at brick and mortar stores. In NYC, you can find our albums at most shops, including
To purchase any CDs directly from the band, you may also mail a check to Metropolitan Klezmer for $15 (for each title) + $5 shipping in contiguous USA to: Metropolitan Klezmer, 151 First Avenue #145, NYC 10003
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