David Licht (born 20th century in
Detroit
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,
Michigan
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) is a drummer and a founding member of the
Grammy Award
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-winning American
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 ...
band
The Klezmatics
The Klezmatics are an American klezmer music group based in New York City, who have achieved fame singing in several languages, most notably mixing older Yiddish tunes with other types of more contemporary music of differing origins. They have ...
. He moved to
New York City
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in 1985 to help manage a recording studio, joined the band
Bongwater, and later met
Frank London
Frank London (born 1958 in New York) is an American klezmer trumpeter who also plays jazz and world music.
Early life
London was born to a Reform Jewish family and grew up in New York and Connecticut. He started playing the trumpet in fourth g ...
with whom he started The Klezmatics. He also played with
When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water
When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water was an American experimental music, experimental psychedelic rock, psychedelic rock music, rock band from New York City active from 1986 to 1996. Their three albums and several EPs consist of exper ...
.
References
*http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bongwater-mn0000085723
*http://www.allmusic.com/artist/david-licht-mn0000131094
Year of birth missing (living people)
20th-century births
American male drummers
Bongwater (band) members
Living people
Musicians from Detroit
Musicians from New York City
B.A.L.L. members
Shockabilly members
20th-century American drummers
21st-century American drummers
20th-century American male musicians
21st-century American male musicians
The Klezmatics members
When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water members
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