Artist description Playing live a lot on the streets of Amsterdam and other big cities in Europe. The band started out as a traditional klezmer band. Listening to klezmer led to other eastern european folk music influences such as Roumenian and Macedonian gipsy music and also Greek rembetika from earlier this century. The band writes a lot of the repertoire themselves thus differentiating themselves from most of the other Klezmer bands who just play traditional music.

Music Style klezmer music

Musical Influences jewish / balkan

Similar Artists naftule brandwein kocani orkestar the klezmatics boston conservatory klezmer band

Artist History Started in 1994, after some personnel changes steady line-up since 1998. Playing a lot on weddings in and around Amsterdam amongst regular concert gigs. International since 1997 ; switzerland, italy, turkey, slovenia, belgium

Group Members job chajes / saxophones & sometimes vocals gijs levelt / trumpet henkjan van minnen / accordeon jasper de beer / double bass & banjo

Instruments saxophones, bass, accordeon, vocals, trumpet, banjo

Albums The Amsterdam klezmer band (debut album 1999)

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Location amsterdam - Netherlands

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