Klezmer Nuthouse

1. David Seats the Bride

2. At the Rabbi's Table

3. Dancing Sheik to Sheik

4. Klezmer Nuthouse

5. Mazel

6. Klezmer Medley

7. Kaddish

8. Terkishe Yale V'yove Tantz

9. Varshavers Freylekhs

10. Kishiniever Bulgar

11. Fun Tashlach

12. Galitzyaner Tantz

13. If My People

14. Odessa Bulgar

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist
Sandy Weltman has also recorded -"Escape Velocity" with his band the SanDroids and "New World Harmonica Jazz" with the Carolbeth Trio. He is a nationally known harmonica player/teacher and has been featured in many national harmonica magazines. He is also a member of Farshid Etniko a world music group that has been called "the Persian Grateful Dead". He lives in St. Louis, MO where he performs, teaches, and records at his own Sandbox REcording studio.

Product Description
Harmonica/banjo virtuoso SANDY WELTMAN has again stretched his musical boundaries with this foray into klezmer music. Kelzmer is described as Jewish Gypsy Jazz and originated in Eastern Europe. Long an integral part of Jewish community celebrations, klezmer (derived from the Hebrew "instruments of song") gained elements of Romanian, Russian and Gypsy cultures to add to the uniqueness of it's sound

SANDY WELTMAN spent over 3 years researching and recording this project and used the opportunity to filter the music through his own unique consciousness. Using the banjo and harmonica as lead instruments results in a beautifully unique tapestry of music.

Klezmer Nuthouse ranges from the traditional– "Mazel" where Sandy is joined by the cello and violin to the original–"Dancing Sheik To Sheik" with Sandy playing all the instruments including Middle Eastern percussion to the "Blugar Breakdown" with help from bluegrass band The Lonesome Pines. Also joining Sandy on the CD are some of St. Louis' premier musicians including: Carolbeth True, Dave Black, Beth Tuttle, Janis Rieman, Bill and Tom Murphy, Farshid and Ali Soltanshahi, Mike Tiefenbrun, and others.

Klezmer Nuthouse,Sandy Weltman,Wildstone Audio,"Sandy Weltman, Eccentric master of the banjo and harmonica,reinvents the music of his ancient tribe."

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