Klezmer Music Band from Brooklyn, New York

Live Klezmer and Yiddish music for Jewish celebrations: Weddings, Bar/Bat Mitzvahs in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pensylvania. Klezmer Music Band Shlomo Leiderman and "Old Red Wine" is where Klezmer meets Dixieland.

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Klezmer Music Band Shlomo Leiderman and "Old Red Wine" from New York Composer, arranger and keyboardist Shlomo Leiderman's new Brooklyn-based sextet "Old Red Wine" takes off where his Israeli group, "Adom Atiq", left off.

Like most young musicians in the 1960s in the Soviet Union, Shlomo Leiderman went underground to learn about and play American Jazz. His first love was Louis Armstrong and Dixieland Jazz, and from there expanded to jazz vanguard of mid 20th century.

In the 1970s, his family moved to Israel where Mr. Leiderman earned a degree in conducting from the Tel Aviv Music Academy.

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Later, as Music Director of the State Yiddish Theater of Israel in Tel Aviv, he composed and arranged for a number of productions that toured worldwide. During this time, Mr. Leiderman also founded and directed, Adom Atiq, an ensemble noted for its fusion of jazz, Jewish folk and original music. The band played for 17 years, touring Europe and the Americas, including a L.A. music festival.

Old Read Wine: Alex Polonsky, trumpet; Haim Fishas, clarinet; Alex Kaykov, trombone; Lev Zabeginsky, bass and balalaika, and Mika Marcovitch, drums and Shlomo Leiderman, keyboards.

Old Red Wine performs original work and such Klezmer and Yiddish music classics as Heimisher Bulgar, Rozenkis mit Mandlen and Arum Dem Fire with jazz twist.

It’s What You Get When You Mix Klezmer With Dixie

The Windsor Terrace Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library was filled to the rafter as more than 200 people came to hear Old Red Wine, Shlomo Leiderman’s sextet, which played a geshmak (delicious) fusion of Klezmer and Dixieland music. Residents from Windsor Terrace and beyond, coming from as far away as New Jersey and the Bronx, witnessed the musicians’ energy, focus, creativity, and talent. The synthesis of the two musical traditions not only creates a unique musical style but also proves that the universal language of music, can unite people of different roots, traditions, and confessions... read full article

KLEZMER PLAYS EVERYTHING

The article of famous Russian American journalist, cultural expert, V. Yarmolinets from Daily Russian American Newspaper NOVOE RUSSKOE SLOVO (New Russian Word). The article is about musical director of the Old Red Wine Klezmer Band Shlomo Leiderman, who is native of Moldavian town of Bel'tsy, his life, career, Klezmer music and many other interesting things. Sorry, the NRS NEWSPAPER is in Russian. There is no translation available. Read full article

Klezmer Band Shlomo Leiderman and "Old Red Wine" from New York

EVEN BOOKS WERE DANCING

Shlomo Leiderman and Old Red Wine performed in Brooklyn's library branch Windsor Terrace original work and such Klezmer and Yiddish music classics as Heimisher Bulgar, Rozenkis mit Mandlen and Arum Dem Fire with jazz twist. Article of known American Russian journalist, cultural expert, V. Yarmolinets titled "EVEN BOOKS WERE DANCING" followed the event in the daily Russian American newspaper "New Russian Word" (NOVOE RUSSKOE SLOVO) . "Old Red Wine" Klezmer Band under direction of Shlomo Leiderman had a huge success. The article is about musicians of the group and history of Klezmer music. Unfortunately the NRS NEWSPAPER is in Russian. There is no translation available. Read full article

Klezmer Band Shlomo Leiderman and "Old Red Wine" from Brooklyn

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