Tanz (album)

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Tanz
Tanz cover
Studio album by Tim Sparks
Released 2000
Recorded June 4, 2000
Label Tzadik Records
Producer(s) Tim Sparks
Professional reviews
Tim Sparks chronology
Neshamah Tanz At The Rebbe's Table


Tanz is the title of the second recording by Tim Sparks on the Tzadik Records label. "Tanz" means "dance."

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Wie Bist Die Gewesen Vor Prohibition?" (What Were You Doing During Prohibition?) (Naftule Brandwein) – 3:53
  2. "Min Khatrat" (Do Not Walk at Night) (Sham'a Avakam, Jewish-Yeminite trad.) – 4:16
  3. "Bolgarskii Zhok" (Bulgar Dance) (Rumanian trad.) – 3:25
  4. "Araber Tanz" (Naftule Brandwein) – 3:56
  5. "Dos Oybershte Fun Shtoysl" (The Most Conceited of All) (Yiddish trad.) – 4:53
  6. "Der Terk In America" (Naftule Brandwein) – 4:51
  7. "Fufzehn Yahr Fon Der Heim Awek" (Fifteen Years Away From Home) (Naftule Brandwein) – 3:26
  8. "Hila Wasa" (Karamanji Azdro, Judeo-Kurdish trad.) – 2:53
  9. "Aji Tu Yorma?" (Where Are You My Lover?) (Dagestan, Judeo-Azeri trad.) – 4:27
  10. "Tanst, Tanst Yidelekh" (Dance Little Yid) (Yiddish trad.) – 3:02
  11. "Gut Morgn" (Good Morning) (Yiddish trad.) – 2:22
  12. "Ayumati Te'Orer Ha-Yesheinim" (The Holy Prescence Awakens the Sleepers) (Jewish-Yeminite Manakha trad.) – 2:47
  13. "La Rosa Enflorece" (The Rose in Bloom) (Anonymous, Balkan Sephardic trad) – 4:29

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Production notes

  • Produced by Tim Sparks
  • Executive producer: John Zorn
  • Associate producer: Kazunori Sugiyama
  • Recorded by David Baker at Orange Music, NJ
  • Mastered by Alan Tucker
  • Design by Hueng-Hueng Chin