Yale Strom Yale Strom is an American violinist, composer, filmmaker, writer, photographer and playwright. Strom is a pioneer among klezmer (musical tradition of the Ashkenazi Jews of Eastern Europe) revivalists in conducting extensive field research in Cent ...

and Hot Pstromi is a U.S.-based klezmer ensemble that was started in 1982. The original line up was Strom (violin),

Andy Statman Andy Statman (born 1950) is a noted American klezmer clarinetist and bluegrass/newgrass mandolinist. Life and career Statman was born in New York City and grew up in the borough of Queens. Beginning at age 12, he learned to play banjo and gui ...

(clarinet and mandolin),

Mark Dresser Mark Dresser (born September 26, 1952) is an American double bass player and composer. Career Dresser was born in Los Angeles, California, United States. In the 1970s, he was a member of Black Music Infinity led by Stanley Crouch and performed w ...

(bass), Ismail Butera (accordion) and Seido Salifoski (percussion). Concurrently, Strom led a klezmer ensemble based in California, originally called Zmiros, later Klazzj. Members included Jeff Pekarek, Fred Benedetti, Tripp Sprague, Gene Perry. Since 2006, both ensembles have been called Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi, but the website's lineup reflects the current New York based lineup: Peter Stan (accordion),

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(Eb, Bb, and bass clarinets, C and bass flutes, soprano & tenor saxophones, oboe, English Horn, ethnic winds),

Elizabeth Schwartz Elizabeth Schwartz is an American vocalist, concentrating on klezmer music and the Romanian Yiddish dialect. She primarily records with her husband Yale Strom and Hot Pstromi but has collaborated in performance and recordings with notable mu ...

(vocals), Sprocket (bass), Klezmatics co-founder David Licht (percussion) and Strom (violin and bandleader). Other artists appear as featured guests on the ensemble's 21st Century recordings, including panflutist

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, accordionist Lou Fanucchi, accordionist Ismail Butera, bassist Marty Confurius, bassist

, bassist Jim Whitney, trumpeter Bud Burridge, percussionists Benny Koonyevsky and Jim Mussen, pianist Diane Moser, Klezmatics co-founder Lorin Sklamberg, tsimbl player Alexander Fedoriouk and others. In October 2012, the ensemble released the book "Shpil: The Art of Playing

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 ...

" (Scarecrow Press), a book that includes not only instruction for the individual - professional and amateur enthusiast - but a detailed history, suggested recordings and bibliography, and personalized instruction for violin (

), accordion (Peter Stan), bass (Jeff Pekarek, from Strom's West Coast ensemble), reeds (Norbert Stachel), percussion (David Licht) and a rare chapter on how to sing klezmer vocals (

). What sets Hot Pstromi apart from other klezmer bands is much of the repertoire comes from Strom's many years of ethnographic research he has conducted in Eastern Europe. Many of the klezmer melodies and Yiddish songs come from Jews and Roma who played before and after the Holocaust that Strom interviewed and performed with. Strom's academic research can be found in his books: "The Book of Klezmer: The History, The Music, The Folklore from the 14th Century to the 21st, "Shpil: The Art of Playing Klezmer," "Dave Tarras: The King of Klezmer," and "The Absolutely Complete Klezmer Songbook."

Discography

* "In The Streets" (Zmiros, 1982), Gogl-Mogl Records * "Cholent With Huckleberry" (Zmiros, 1985), (Jeff Pekarek, Fred Benedetti),

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* "Eclectic Klezz" (Zmiros, 1988), (Fred Benedetti, Bert Turetzky, Mark Dresser), Global Village * "Hot Pstromi: With A Little Horseradish on the Side" (Ismail Butera, Seido Salifoski, Andy Statman) (Hot Pstromi, 1991), Global Village * "The Last Klezmer" (Hot Pstromi, 1994), (Leo Chelyapov, Lou Fanucchi, Fred Benedetti, Jeff Pekarek) Global Village * "Wandering Jew" (Klazzj, 1995), (Jeff Pekarek, Fred Benedetti, Lou Fanuchhi, Damian Draghaci) Global Village * "Carpati: 50 Miles, 50 Years" (Norbert Stachel, Fred Benedetti, Jeff Pekarek, Peter Stan) (Hot Pstromi, 1996), Global Village * "Tales Our Fathers Sang" (Fred Benedetti, Jeff Pekarek, Norbert Stachel, Peter Stan, Gene Perry) (Hot Pstromi, 1998), Global Village * "Garden of Yidn" (Hot Pstromi & Klazzj, 2000), (Tripp Sprague, Jeff Pekarek, Fred Benedetti, Elizabeth Schwartz)

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World * "Cafe Jew Zoo" (Norbert Stachel, Peter Stan, Elizabeth Schwartz, Mark Dresser) (Hot Pstromi, 2002),

World * "Dveykes/Adhesion" (Strom, Diane Moser,

Marty Ehrlich Marty Ehrlich (born May 31, 1955) is a multi-instrumentalist (saxophones, clarinets, flutes) and is considered one of the leading figures in avant-garde jazz. Biography Though born in St. Paul, Minnesota, the portion of Ehrlich's youth spent in ...

, Benny Koonyevsky, Elizabeth Schwartz, 2006), Global Village * "The Absolutely Complete Introduction to Klezmer" (Peter Stan, Norbert Stachel, Jim Whitney) (Hot Pstromi, 2006), Transcontinental/URJ * "Borsht with Bread Brothers" (David Licht, Peter Stan, Norbert Stachel, Elizabeth Schwartz), (Hot Pstromi, 2007) Arc Music UK * "Absolutely Klezmer, Volume II" (Peter Stan, Norbert Stachel, Elizabeth Schwartz, Jim Whitney),(Hot Pstromi, 2007), Transcontinental/URJ * "The Devil's Brides" (Peter Stan, Elizabeth Schwartz, Sprocket), (Hot Pstromi 2011) Arc Music UK * "City of the Future:Yiddish Songs from the Former Soviet Union" (Elizabeth Schwartz, Vera Lozinsky, Judy Bressler, Norbert Stachel, Peter Stan, Duncan Moore, Jack Falk, Anthony Russell, Daniel Kahn, Michael Alpert) (Hot Pstromi 2015) Arc Music UK * " Yale Strom's Broken Consort: Shimmering Lights"(Sara Caswell, David Wallace, Amos Hoffman, Fred Benedetti, Jeff Pekarek, Elizabeth Schwartz, Alex Greenbaum) (2018) Arc Music UK "The Wolf and The Lamb: Live from the Shach" (Norbert Stachel, Peter Stan, Elizabeth Schwartz, Petr Dvorsky, Sasha Yasinski, Yale Strom), (Hot Pstromi 2023) Naxos/Arc Music UK

External links

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yalestrom.com
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