List of Klezmer bands

Klezmer (Yiddish כלזמיר, from Hebrew k'li zemer כלי זמר, lit. "vessels of song", meaning "musical instruments" in Hebrew; in Yiddish, "klezmer" refers to a professional Jewish instrumentalist) is a music with origins in Eastern Europe.^[1] It was originally played by the Jews, but now, since a revival starting in the 1970s, it has become popular in America, among bands who have brought it back to Europe.

Modern Klezmer bands

Alex Jacobowitz Alexandria Kleztet Austin Klezmorim Beyond the Pale[2] Brave Old World Budowitz The Cracow Klezmer Band Di Naye Kapelye Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band Giora Feidman Golem The Hester Street Troupe The Kabalas Kharkov Klezmer Band The Klezmatics Klezmer Conservatory Band

Klezmofobia Kleztory Kolsimcha - The World Quintet Kroke[3] Kruzenshtern & Parohod Mames Babegenush Melech Mechaya Metropolitan Klezmer Nayekhovichi New Klezmer Quintet The Klezmorim Veretski Pass Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi Yiddishe Cup John Zorn (see Masada)

Older Klezmer bands

• Dave Tarras
• Naftule Brandwein
• Abe Schwartz
• Harry Kandel

References

1. Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought, Issue issue, no. 185. Vol. 47, no. 1 (Winter 1998), special issues on klezmer music, pp. 49-788.
2. Alex Henderson. "Postcards". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
3. Grupa Wirtualna Polska. "Out of Sight". muzyka.wp.pl. Retrieved 6 October 2015.