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Michigan's premier Jewish celebratory music bands:
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Jewish Celebration MusicThe Klezmer Fusion Band plays authentic Jewish wedding music (both before and after the chupah), fraylachs and horas, a rousing Israeli circle or line dance, Yiddish swing, waltz or lullaby. If you can't sing it or dance to it, we don't play it. No far-out, existential, new-wave Klez here. Don't know the dances or too embarrassed to try to learn? Neil Alexander (and his assistants) lead and teach Israeli circle and line dances, many of them basic and easy to follow. The music is derived from three traditional sources:
Songs are interpreted accurately and sensitively because of the vocalist's knowledge of Hebrew and Yiddish. Traditional ethnic and folk instruments, such as a clarinet, mandolin, fiddle, or acoustic guitar give the music an old world feel. These traditional and ethnic instruments are backed by a professional jazz rhythm section, including keyboards, bass and drums. Jazz, latin, caribbean and rock and roll rhythms enliven the traditional tunes with a contemporary, "danceable" feel. This is what we call "klezmer fusion," the bridging between Old World and New World sounds. Original compositions are inspired by sections of the Tanakh and Siddur. New lyrics with Jewish theme and content are added to popular rock and roll tunes. Our CD includes Passover (Pesach) music, including the song "I felt it through the Pesach Wine." This CD also features klezmer, Yiddish folk, Chabad, original compositions, and parody. For those who want something a little different, we also offer:
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