"40 musicians from 8 countries on 4 continents ... Hasidic pop to sensual Brazilian-Mexican-Yiddish songs of love and angst"--Container. Klezmer Brass Allstars (Frank London, trumpet, peck horn ; Susan Hoffman Watts, trumpet ; Merlin Shepherd, clarinet ; Matt Darriau, clarinet, alto saxophone ; Alex Kontorovich, clarinet, alto and tenor saxophone ; Curtis Hasselbring, trombone, skronk guitar ; Jacob Garchik, baritone horn, trombone ; Ron Caswell, tuba ; Mark Rubin, tuba, baritone horn, tex-mex guitar ; Aaron Alexander, drums) ; various featured performers ; with assisting musicians. Recorded Jan. 2005, at Dangerous Music, New York City. Compact disc. Program notes by Frank London in English ([8] pages : illustrations) inserted in container.
Contents:
Cobbles in the street moan for you / trad. ; arr. London (7:11). (3:51) -- Oh agony, you are so sweet like sugar I must to eat you up / Max Kletter (featuring Lorin Sklamberg) (4:15) -- Another glass of wine to give succor to my ailing existence / trad. ; arr. London (featuring Curtis Hasselbring) (3:59) -- Midnight banda judía / Michael Alpert (featuring Michael Alpert) (5:23) -- In the marketplace all is subterfuge (Podolye, podolye) / Frank London (3:06) -- Who knows one? / trad. ; arr. London ; lyrics: Sarah Mina Gordon (featuring Sarah Mina Gordon) (5:54) -- Pantagruel, shiker hindert prozent / trad. ; arr. London (featuring Scott Kettner and Maracatú New York, from the repertoire of German Goldenshtayn) (5:38) -- A Time of desire (Curha mix) / trad. ; arr. London (featuring Kol Isha) (5:42) -- Our ancestors forty thousand years wide / trad. ; arr. London (featuring German Goldenshtayn, from his own repertoire) (5:15) -- Out of what? / trad. ; arr. London (featuring Aaron Alexander ; Scott Kettner and Maracatú New York, from the repertoire of Belf's Romanian Orchestra) (5:52) -- Mi yamalay / trad. ; arr. London (featuring Kol Isha and Danny Blume, from the movie "Divan" by Pearl Gluck) (3:14) -- Borraçho #1 : The Cobbles in the street moan for you / trad. ; arr. London (7:11).
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