Recent Examples on the WebWhen the shots rang out at the parade Monday, a traditional Jewish klezmer band was playing on the parade route, video shows. Julianne Mcshane, NBC News, 4 July 2022 But before all of that, Stratton formed his musical roots in Northeast Ohio, playing klezmer and rock bands, and even competing in the High School Rock Off. Annie Nickoloff, cleveland, 16 June 2022 Recordings of the cantor, and of an ecstatic congregation, lead the ascent through dance and prayer, the orchestra entering into its own jumpy or sorrowful klezmer-like riffs.Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2022 The same less-is-more approach can be heard in music director John O’Neill’s opulent klezmer-meets-Tin Pan Alley orchestrations for his small band. A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 13 Apr. 2022 An onstage klezmer trio of Lodewijk Broekhuizen (violin, guitar), Jason Gresl (clarinets) and music director Christie Chiles Twillie (accordion) play evocative music throughout, and support several numbers sung by the cast in Yiddish. Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2022 This Sunday show will be these klezmer vets’ first live performance since .BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2021 The festival will also include performances by Pete Rushefsky, who will play the tsimbl, a hammer dulcimer, in a klezmer context. John Adamian, courant.com, 29 Sep. 2019 The songs range from jazz to klezmer to piano ballads and more. Robyn Bahr, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2019 See More
Word History
Etymology
Yiddish, from Hebrew kĕlēy zemer musical instruments