List of Klezmer bands

Klezmer (Yiddish כלזמיר, from Hebrew k'li zemer כלי זמר, lit. "vessels of song", meaning "musical instruments" in Hebrew; in Yiddish, "klezmer" refers to a professional Jewish instrumentalist) is a music with origins in Eastern Europe.^[1] It was originally played by the Jews, but now, since a revival starting in the 1970s, it has become popular in America, among bands who have brought it back to Europe.

Modern Klezmer bands

Klezmofobia
Kleztory
Kolsimcha - The World Quintet
Kroke^[3]
Kruzenshtern & Parohod
Mames Babegenush
Melech Mechaya
Metropolitan Klezmer
Mostly Kosher
Nayekhovichi
New Klezmer Quintet
Pushkin Klezmer Band
The Klezmorim
Veretski Pass
Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi
Yiddishe Cup
John Zorn (see Masada)
Тhe Amsterdam Klezmer Band
The Eve's Women Band

Older Klezmer bands

References

↑ Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought, Issue issue, no. 185. Vol. 47, no. 1 (Winter 1998), special issues on klezmer music, pp. 49-788.
↑ Alex Henderson. "Postcards". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
↑ Grupa Wirtualna Polska. "Out of Sight". muzyka.wp.pl. Retrieved 6 October 2015.

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