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Songs Of Our Fathers
''Songs of Our Fathers'' is an album by American musicians David Grisman and Andy Statman, released in 1995. It's a collection of Jewish songs, many of which are more than 100 years old. Much of the music is influenced by the Jewish instrumental folk music of Eastern Europe known as Klezmer.Dawgnet.com entry for ''Songs of Our Fathers''.
Retrieved November 2009.


Track listing

All songs traditional except for tracks 2a, 3, 7, and 9 by and track 5 by Andy Statman. # "Shalom Aleichem" # "Chassidic Medley: Adir Hu/Moshe Emes" # "Shomer Yisrael" # "Toska" # "Bashie's Bounce" # "Dovid Melech Yisrael" # "Shabbos Waltz" # "For the Sake of My Brothers and Friends ...
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Studio Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual Phonograph record#78 rpm disc developments, 78 rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP record, long-playing (LP) records played at  revolutions per minute, rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the album era. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983 and was gradually supplanted by the cassette tape during the 1970s and early 1980s; the populari ...
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Tone Poems 2
''Tone Poems 2'' is an album by American mandolinist David Grisman and British guitarist Martin Taylor that was released in 1995 by Grisman's label, Acoustic Music. It is a sequel to '' Tone Poems'', his collaboration with bluegrass guitarist Tony Rice. This is a jazz-oriented recording on which Grisman and Taylor play a variety of vintage, fretted, acoustic instruments. They use 41 guitars, mandolins, mandolas, mandocellos, and tenor guitars. Track listing # " Swanee" (George Gershwin, Irving Caesar) – 4:22 # "Teasin' the Frets" ( Nick Lucas) – 1:53 # " It Had to Be You" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) – 3:15 # "Please" ( Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 3:14 # "Mood Indigo" (Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills) – 3:09 # " Anything Goes" (Cole Porter) – 2:06 # "Blue Moon" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 4:24 # "Lulu's Back In Town" (Harry Warren, Al Dubin) – 2:59 # "Tears" ( Stéphane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt) – 3:10 # " Jeepers Creepers" (Warren, Jo ...
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David Grisman Albums
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the third king of the United Kingdom of Israel. In the Books of Samuel, he is described as a young shepherd and harpist who gains fame by slaying Goliath, a champion of the Philistines, in southern Canaan. David becomes a favourite of Saul, the first king of Israel; he also forges a notably close friendship with Jonathan, a son of Saul. However, under the paranoia that David is seeking to usurp the throne, Saul attempts to kill David, forcing the latter to go into hiding and effectively operate as a fugitive for several years. After Saul and Jonathan are both killed in battle against the Philistines, a 30-year-old David is anointed king over all of Israel and Judah. Following his rise to power, David ...
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1995 Albums
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Enrique Coria
Enrique "Quique" Coria (coh-rhia) is a guitarist from Dique Los Molinos, Argentina. Coria has appeared on over 400 recordings in South America and the US including with David Grisman's DGQ (David Grisman Quintet). He speaks both Spanish and English and currently resides in Oakland, California Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast of the United States, West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third ... with his wife, singer, Yolanda Aranda. Coria has two children from his first marriage, the eldest being Carol and ten years younger, Raymundo Coria. Recordings ''Solos From South America''(ACD 6Acoustic Disc Records(ACD 23Acoustic Disc Recordswith Yolanda Aranda (ACD 50Acoustic Disc Recordswith David Grisman Quintet (ACD 17Acoustic Disc Recordswith David Grisman Quintet (ACD 20Acoustic Disc Recordswith David Grisman Quintet (ACD 49Acousti ...
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Edgar Meyer
Edgar Meyer (born November 24, 1960) is an American bassist and composer. His styles include classical, bluegrass, newgrass, and jazz. He has won five Grammy Awards and been nominated seven times. Meyer is a member of the Telluride Bluegrass Festival's "house band" super group, along with Sam Bush, Béla Fleck, Jerry Douglas, Stuart Duncan, and Bryan Sutton. His collaborators have spanned a wide range of musical styles and talents; among them are Joshua Bell, Hilary Hahn, Yo-Yo Ma, Jerry Douglas, Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Sam Bush, Stuart Duncan, Chris Thile, Mike Marshall, Mark O'Connor, Christian McBride, and Emanuel Ax. Early life Meyer grew up in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. He learned to play the double bass from his father, Edgar Meyer Sr., who directed the string orchestra program for the local public school system. Meyer later went on to Indiana University to study with Stuart Sankey. Career As a composer, Meyer's music has been premiered and recorded by Emanuel Ax, ...
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Hal Blaine
Hal Blaine (born Harold Simon Belsky; February 5, 1929 – March 11, 2019) was an American drummer and session musician, thought to be among the most recorded studio drummers in the music industry, claiming over 35,000 sessions and 6,000 singles. His drumming is featured on 150 US top 10 hits, 40 of which went to number one. Born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, Blaine moved with his family to California in 1943 and began playing jazz and big band music before taking up rock and roll session work. He became one of the regulars in Phil Spector's de facto house band, which Blaine nicknamed " the Wrecking Crew". Some of the records Blaine played on include the Ronettes' single "Be My Baby" (1963), which contained a drum beat that became widely imitated, as well as works by popular artists such as Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, the Beach Boys, Simon & Garfunkel, the Carpenters, Neil Diamond, and the Byrds. Blaine's workload declined in the 1980s as recording and musical practices changed ...
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Shlomo Carlebach
Shlomo Carlebach ( he, שלמה קרליבך; 14 January 1925 – 20 October 1994), known as Reb Shlomo to his followers, was a rabbi, religious teacher, spiritual leader, composer, and singer dubbed "the singing rabbi" during his lifetime. Although his roots lay in traditional Orthodox yeshivot, he branched out to create his own style combining Hasidic Judaism, warmth and personal interaction, public concerts, and song-filled synagogue services. At various times he lived in Manhattan, San Francisco, Toronto and a Moshav he founded, Mevo Modi'im, Israel. Carlebach is the subject of ''Soul Doctor'', a musical that debuted on Broadway in 2013. Carlebach is considered by many to be the foremost Jewish religious songwriter of the 20th century. Carlebach was also considered a pioneer of the Baal teshuva movement ("returnees to Judaism"), encouraging disenchanted Jewish youth to re-embrace their heritage, using his special style of enlightened teaching, and his melodies, songs, an ...
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United States
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Dawganova
''Dawganova'' is a 1995 all-instrumental album by American musician David Grisman, recorded with his group The David Grisman Quintet. It's a unique collection of Latin rhythms and melodies inspired by the group's newest member, Argentine guitar virtuoso, Enrique Coria. Five Grisman originals are accompanied by classical Latin standards: "El Cumbanchero", "Tico Tico", "Manha de Carnaval" and the Nat "King" Cole classic "Nature Boy". In his Allmusic review, Stephen Thomas Erlewine stated "Grisman's distinctive blend of bluegrass, folk, jazz, and, in this case, latin music is energetic and very impressive." Allmusic entry for ''Dawganova''.Retrieved November 2009. Track listing All songs by David Grisman unless otherwise noted. # "Dawganova" – 6:50 # "Manha de Carnaval" (Luiz Bonfá) – 7:06 # "Barkley's Bug" – 5:37 # "Nature Boy" (eden ahbez) – 7:49 # "El Cumbanchero" (Rafael Hernández Marín) – 4:38 # "Brazilian Breeze" – 5:55 # "Tico Tico" (Zequinha de Abreu) ...
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David Grisman
David Grisman (born March 23, 1945) is an American mandolinist. His music combines bluegrass, folk, and jazz in a genre he calls "Dawg music". He founded the record label Acoustic Disc, which issues his recordings and those of other acoustic musicians. Biography Grisman grew up in a Conservative Jewish household in Passaic, New Jersey. His father was a professional trombonist who gave him piano lessons when he was seven years old. As a teenager, he played piano, mandolin, and saxophone. In the early 1960s, he attended New York University. He belonged to the Even Dozen Jug Band with Maria Muldaur and John Sebastian. He played in the bluegrass band the Kentuckians led by Red Allen, then in the psychedelic rock band Earth Opera with Peter Rowan. He moved to San Francisco, met Jerry Garcia, and appeared on the Grateful Dead album ''American Beauty''. He played in Garcia's bluegrass band Old & In the Way with Peter Rowan and Vassar Clements. When Grisman was 17 years old, he was in ...
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New Shabbos Waltz
''New Shabbos Waltz'' is an album by American musicians David Grisman and Andy Statman, released in 2006. It is a follow-up to their 1995 album ''Songs of Our Fathers'' and is a tribute to Grisman's and Statman's Jewish heritage. The album contains instrumental recordings from traditional Jewish repertoire, old and new. Allmusic entry for ''New Shabbos Waltz''./ref> Track listing # "Avinnu Malkeinu" # "Anim Zemiros" # "Pischu Li" # "Shabbos HaYom LaShem" # "Mim'komkha" # "New Shabbos Waltz" # "Ya'aleh" # "Oifen Pripitchik" # "Old Klezmer" # "Yerusalayim Irkhah" # "Yerusalayim Shel Zahav" # "Lekha Dodi" # "Ani Ma'amin" Personnel * David Grisman – mandolin, octave banjo-mandolin, banjoguitar * Andy Statman – clarinet, mandolin * Hal Blaine – drums * Edgar Meyer – bass * Zachariah Spellman – tuba * Enrique Coria – guitar * Bob Brozman Bob Brozman (March 8, 1954 – April 23, 2013) was an American guitarist and ethnomusicologist. Biography Brozman was born to ...
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