Singing "What A Wonderful World" - written by Bob Thiele and the Jewish songwriter/performer George David Weiss.
Video work by Jeremy Mangan.Ī performance of the beautiful Yiddish love song, "Sheyn Vi Di Levone" (alt: "Shein Vi Di L'vone") by Joseph Rumshinsky and Chaim Tauber (Translation: Beautiful As The Moon) with Chicago's "Maxwell Street Klezmer Band." This took place at the band's 30th Anniversary concert on November 3rd, 2013 at Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music. Musicians in this video: Piano - Bob Applebaum, Bass - Jim Cox, Drums - Sarah Allen, Violin - Alex Koffman, Saxophone - Shelley Yoelin, Trumpet - Ivo Braun, Trombone - Robert Samborski. Musicians in this video: Conductor - Alex Koffman, Piano - Bob Applebaum, Bass - Jim Cox, Drums - Steve Hawk, Clarinet - Shelley Yoelin, Clarinet - Donald Jacobs, Trumpet - Ivo Braun, Trombone - Robert Samborski. This arrangement - by pianist Bob Applebaum - takes the song in the second half into a jazz swing, and the performance imagines the young child now an adult and peddling more grown-up wares. The melody was originally based on an old folk song, and the lyrics are by Herman Yablokoff. The song tells the story of an orphaned child selling cigarettes and matches on the street in order to survive. Accompanying me on piano is New York's AMAZING pianist, arranger, composer, and musical director, Alex Rybeck.Ī theatrical and jazzy performance of the tragic Yiddish song, "Papirosn," ("Cigarettes") with Chicago's "Maxwell Street Klezmer Band." This performance took place on November 3rd, 2013 at Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music. It wasn't until I was an adult and discovered Eastern European Jewish Music (= often referred to as "Klezmer" music) and started studying Yiddish that I learned that the song was actually originally written in Yiddish for the Yiddish Theatre. I grew up singing the ENGLISH version made popular by Joan Baez at summer camp. Video work by Jeremy Mangan.įor more information about Chicago's Maxwell Street Klezmer Band:Ī performance of the Yiddish classic, "Dona Dona," on the 'Jewish Entertainment Hour,' a cable show broadcast out of New York City, in 2001. Featured in this performance: Piano: Bob Applebaum, Bass: Dave Rothstein, Drums: Sarah Allen, Violin: Alex Koffman, Saxophone: Shelley Yoelin, Clarinet: Ralph Wilder, Trumpet: Ivo Braun, Trombone: Robert Samborski. If Bette Midler had a Jewish act, this might be it!Ī performance of the Yiddish classic, "Abi Gezunt" (aka: "Abi Gezint") (= As Long As You're Healthy) with Chicago's "Maxwell Street Klezmer Band." (Along with a tap-dancing break!) This was for the band's 30th Anniversary concert at The Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago, which took place on November 3, 2013. VIDEO - "THE LISA FISHMAN JEWISH EXPERIENCE" (and other video from Jewish musical performances!) "THE LISA FISHMAN JEWISH EXPERIENCE" - A soulful, hip, rock-n-jazzy musical cabaret covering the world of Jewish Music and songwriters from the Old Country to today.
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