Shmutsige Magnaten

Shmutsige Magnaten
Live album by Anthony Coleman
Released	February 21, 2006
Recorded	July 1, 2005, Kupa Synagogue, Krakow, Poland
Genre	Jazz
Length	61:27
Label	Tzadik TZ 8106
Producer	Anthony Coleman
Anthony Coleman chronology
Our Beautiful Garden is Open (2002) Shmutsige Magnaten (2006) Pushy Blueness (2006)

Shmutsige Magnaten (subtitled Coleman Plays Gebirtig) is a live solo album by pianist Anthony Coleman performing the songs of Mordechai Gebirtig recorded in Poland and released on the Tzadik label in 2006.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

In his review for Allmusic, Thom Jurek states "Coleman is a master, and if you're at all interested either in Yiddish music or solo piano recordings that transcend jazz, blues, and other folk forms, let Shmutsige Magnaten be it".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Mordechai Gebirtig except as indicated

1. "Mayn Yovl" - 5:00
2. "Mamenyu an Eytse" - 4:27
3. "Kartofl Zup mit Shvamen" - 8:30
4. "Avreml der Marvikher" - 8:54
5. "Oy Briderl, l'Chaim" - 7:33
6. "S'brent" - 6:00
7. "Hulyet, Hulyet, Kinderlekh" - 2:54
8. "S'Izs Gut" - 4:13
9. "Minuten Fun Betochen/Minuten Fun Yiesh" (Gebirtig, Coleman) - 5:46
10. "Oreme Shnayderlekh" - 8:15

Personnel

• Anthony Coleman - piano, vocals

References