Austin Klezmorim is a

klezmer Klezmer ( yi, קלעזמער or ) is an instrumental musical tradition of the Ashkenazi Jews of Central and Eastern Europe. The essential elements of the tradition include dance tunes, ritual melodies, and virtuosic improvisations played for l ...

music group founded in 1979 in

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trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

er and composer Bill Averbach.

Recordings

Self-Published Recording

!-- Deleted image removed: --> *Shalom Y'all 1979 *Texas Klez 1984 *East of Odessa 1992 *Bubba's Waltz 2005 Compilations *Klezmer Music 2007 - Wagram Roots. Cat No: 3126522 Format: CD *Balkan Fever 2008 - 4 CD Compilation, Wagram Roots. Cat No: 3134402. Format: CD

Influence

Founded by trumpeter and composer Bill Averbach and based out of Austin, Texas, The Austin Klezmorim have performed concerts and festivals throughout the Southwest as members of th
Texas Commission on the Arts Touring Artist Roster
Their influence has played an important role in the development of

Austin music Austin's official motto is the " Live Music Capital of the World" due to the high volume of venues hosting live music performances in the city, sometimes over 100 on the same night. Austin is known internationally for the South by Southwest (SXS ...

's more eclectic music reputation as the first modern "Klezmer" band in Texas and the oldest Klezmer band in the Southwest. Their music is a fusion of the traditional

Klezmer Klezmer ( yi, קלעזמער or ) is an instrumental musical tradition of the Ashkenazi Jews of Central and Eastern Europe. The essential elements of the tradition include dance tunes, ritual melodies, and virtuosic improvisations played for l ...

Jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

worldbeat Worldbeat is a music genre that blends pop music or rock music with world music or traditional music. Worldbeat is similar to other cross-pollination labels of contemporary and roots genres, and which suggest a rhythmic, harmonic or textural con ...

, and indigenous

Texas music The U.S. state of Texas has long been a center for musical innovation and is the birthplace of many notable musicians. Texans have pioneered developments in Tejano and Conjunto music, Rock 'n Roll, Western swing, jazz, punk rock, country, h ...

. The group combines the older, traditional music with more contemporary styles in order to keep the music alive and growing.

References

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