The Windsor Terrace Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library was filled to
capacity to hear Old Red Wine, Shlomo Leiderman’s sextet, perform a
fusion of Klezmer and Dixieland music.
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.
Because jazz was once a forbidden art in the
former Soviet Union, with popular slogans such as “If today you are
playing jazz, tomorrow you’ll betray your Motherland,” Old Red Wine
felt it was significant to honor those musicians who didn’t enjoy the
liberties of playing jazz, during this Jewish Heritage Month,
celebrated throughout May.
Among the performances’ highlights was when
bassist Lev Zabeginsky played solo on balalaika while the band played
famous Tumbalalaika.
Leiderman, composer, arranger and
keyboardist, has lived in Israel for 30 years where he was the musical
director of Yiddishshpiel Theater in Tel Aviv.
The Windsor Terrace Library is located at 160 East 5th Street at Fort Hamilton Parkway.
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