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The Klezmer Conservatory Band – Oy Chanukah! – Vinyl Record

Oy Chanukah! is an album by The Klezmer Conservatory Band, a renowned group that specializes in performing Klezmer music. Klezmer is a traditional Jewish musical genre known for its lively and expressive tunes, often associated with celebrations and festivities.

The Klezmer Conservatory Band is the driving force in the revival of klezmer music, the jazzy Yiddish sound that originated in Eastern Europe and flourished in the U.S. in the early decades of this century. This infectious holiday album includes new and old music, and reminiscences by elder immigrants who tell stories of the joy and music of Chanukah.

The album Oy Chanukah! is dedicated to the holiday of Chanukah, also spelled Hanukkah, which is a Jewish festival that typically falls in December. The holiday celebrates the miracle of the oil in the Temple and is often marked by the lighting of the menorah, traditional foods like latkes (potato pancakes), and, of course, music.

Some of the tracks on Oy Chanukah! likely include traditional Chanukah songs and Klezmer interpretations of Jewish holiday music. Klezmer music is characterized by its use of instruments like clarinets, violins, accordions, and percussion to create lively and festive melodies.

This album is likely a wonderful celebration of Chanukah through the lens of Klezmer music, combining the joy and spirit of the holiday with the exuberance of traditional Jewish music.

Brand new, never played and still sealed in the factory plastic seal

Rounder Records 3102 1986

Track Listing
1 A Freylekhe Nakht In Gan Eydn
2 Chanukah / Chanukah, The Festival Of Lights
3 Khasidm Tants
4 Celebrating In the Shtetl – Ben Gailing
5 Der Bosfor
6 Jewish Heroines – Judy Bressler
7 Dona, Dona
8 Memories Of Klezmorim – Harriet Segal
9 A Yingele Fun Polyn
10 Klezmorim At Chanukah – Hankus Netsky
11 Klezzified – Miriam Rabson, David Brody, Evan Harlan, James Guttman
12 Shlof, Mayn Kind / The Eternal Light – Robin Miller / Moshe David, Victor Ratner, Judy Bressler
13 Bruchas – Ben Gailing And Matthew Gann
14 The Struggle For Freedom – Harriet Segal And Ben Gailing
15 O Ir Kleyne Likhtelekh – Judy Bressler And Hankus Netsky
16 Making Latkes – Harriet Segal
17 Fayer
18 The Dreydl Game
19 The Dreydl Song
20 Chanukah Gelt – Harriet Segal
21 Abi Gezunt
22 The Great Yiddish Poets, Oy Chanukah – Ben Gailing
23 Oy Chanukah, Oy Chanukah!