Old World Folk Band
About Klezmer Music
Listen to the Old World
Folk Band
About the Old World Folk Band
The Old World Folk Band was established in 1982 and devotes
its energies to preserving the sounds and spirit of klezmer
music and Yiddish theater songs. They are the second largest
of some sixty klezmer bands in the country.
The Old World Folk Band is Jessica Dalton on clarinet, George
Felder on bass trombone, Beebe Frazer on french horn, Al Goodman
on piano, Gary Grobman on flute, Stan Green on violin, Henry
Koretzky on guitar, mandolin, and hammered dulcimer, Dale
Laninga on tenor trombone and percussion, Susan Leviton on
vocal and percussion, Frederick Richmond on trumpet, Karen
Richmond on string bass, Anne Shuster on piano and clarinet,
and Carol Whitfield on plectrum banjo, mandola and bouzouki.
The thirteen-member band has a repertoire that includes both
traditional tunes and original music. The group has released
three recordings. The band members explore various aspects
of Jewish music including a recent project focusing on the
impact of American klezmer music on the big band pieces of
the 1930s.
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