Tanz (album)

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Tanz
Studio album by Tim Sparks
Released	September 26, 2000
Recorded	June 4, 2000
Genre	Klezmer, world, jazz
Label	Tzadik
Producer	Tim Sparks John Zorn (executive producer))
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Neshamah Tanz At The Rebbe's Table

Tanz is the title of the second recording by guitaris 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 Presence 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

• Tim Sparks – guitar
• Greg Cohen – bass
• Cyro Baptista – percussion

[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