http://calabashmusic.com/New Music From Chanukkah Remixed on Calabash Music2008-09-06T09:53:30ZThe Calabash Music Teamsupport@calabashmusic.comFestival of Light 2http://chanukkah.calabashmusic.com/#album_923742006-12-12T07:40:55ZMusic from Festival of Light 21. Le'eyla - Haneros Halallu (5:43) Written by E. Barenholtz; arranged by Wayne Horvitz Produced by Bob Appel and Robert Duskis Copyright control: E. Barenholtz/Other Room Music (ASCAP) (p) 1999 Six Degrees Records, Ltd. Le'eyla - vocals Wayne Horvitz - keyboards Erik Freidlander - cello Michael Kashou - dumbek & arabic tambourine Ben Perowsky - drums Recorded and mixed by Ben Wisch at Kampo Cultural Center, NYC, with assistant engineer Greg Thompson. "The flame of G-d is the soul of Man" (Proverbs 20:27) "Haneros Hallalu," the classic devotional passage recited immediately after the lighting of the Hanukkah candles, has been repeated by Jews across the world for countless generations. In Jewish thought, the flame of the candle is likened to the flame within, the human soul, which in turn is a reflection of the one true source of light. The candles of Hanukkah are a reminder of the flame that burns within each of us. Can you see it? —Elan Thanks to: Mate and Pate, Lior, Yonatan, and beautiful Jen 2. Danny Heines - Singing Flames (3:10) Written and produced by Danny Heines Danny Heines Music (BMI) (p) 1999 Six Degrees Records, Ltd. Danny Heines - steel string guitars Recorded and mixed by Danny Heines at Terrasonic Studios. In recent years I have become enchanted with the music of Eastern Europe and enjoy hearing its influence on my sense of harmony and melody. I tried here to bring that flavor to a piece that for me conveys the feeling of small flames burning together, as they create a sense of perennial harmony. —Danny 3. Dave Koz - Memories of a Winter's Night (3:30) Written and arranged by Dave Koz Produced by Thom Panunzio and Dave Koz Just Koz Entertainment, Inc./Songs of Polygram International, Inc. (BMI) (p) 1998 Capitol Records Courtesy Capitol Records. Under license from EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets. Dave Koz - soprano saxophone & acoustic piano Bruce Watson - guitar & mandolin Phil Parlapiano - accordion & keyboards David Piltch - acoustic bass Doug Pettibone - acoustic guitar Stevo Theard - drums Recorded and mixed by Thom Panunzio at Groovemaster Studios, Santa Monica CA, House of Blues Studios, and A&M Studios, Los Angeles, CA. For more information, please visit www.davekoz.com For me, this song evokes the wonderful sense of quiet, stillness and warmth that in its best moments accompanies this time of year. The memories I have of Hanukkah...of lighting the candles, of being with my family, of that childhood anticipation, are with me today—strong as ever. I hope you enjoy the song. —Dave 4. Neshama Carlebach - A Love Transcending (4:06) Written and produced by Peter Himmelman Peter Himmelman (ASCAP) (p) 1999 Six Degrees Records, Ltd. Neshama Carlebach - vocals Joey Peters - drums & percussion David Morgan - piano & vibes Sheldon Gomburg - upright bass & electric bass John Devursa - muted trumpet Recorded at King Sound and Pictures by Jimmy Sloan. Mixed by Ben Wisch at Kampo Cultural Center, NYC, with assistant engineer Greg Thompson. With "A Love Transcending," I tried to write a song which sounded as if it had come from beyond this world, a world which in my imagination is the source for the lights of Hanukkah. Neshama's voice beautifully conveys this feeling. —Peter Himmelman 5. The Klezmatics with Chava Alberstein - I'm Going to Take Off My Shoes (Kh-vel Oyston Di Shikh) (4:09) Words by Itsik Manger. Music by Chava Alberstein. Arrangement by Frank London. Produced by Ben Mink Chava Alberstein (ACUM)/Nujumusic (BMI) From The Well (Xenophile XENO 4052) (p) 1998 Green Linnet Records Inc. Chava Alberstein - vocals & guitar Lorin Sklamberg - accordion & vocal Alicia Svigals - violin Frank London - flugelhorn David Licht - drums & percussion Matt Darriau - clarinet Paul Morrissett - bass Ben Mink - guitar & programming Recorded by Mark Ramaer at Avatar Studios, NYC. Mixed by Marc Ramaer and Ben Mink at Sound on Sound Recording, NYC, with assistant engineer John R. Reigart III. Written by the beloved Itsik Manger, this poem is a supplication to G-d asking for compassion. "I'm Going to Take Off My Shoes" comes from The Well, a collection of great 20th century Yiddish poetry set to music by Israeli vocalist Chava Alberstein and The Klezmatics. 6. Continuo - La Mujer de Terah (5:14) Written and produced by Victor E. Friedberg Rainmaker Music (BMI) (p) 1999 Six Degrees Records, Ltd. Victor Friedberg - piano, drum & synth programming Jory Fankuchen & Stephanie Fong - violins Erik Freidlander - cello and oud Wayne Horvitz - additional piano Recorded by Steve Fontano at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA Additional recording and mix by Ben Wisch at Kampo Cultural Center, NYC, with assistant engineer Greg Thompson. Vocal sample of Berta Aguado from the National Sound Archives at the Jewish National and University Library. Recorded 5.26.92 by Dr. Susana Weich-Shahak (NSA no. Y 5982 a/44). My mother’s family were Sephardic Jews from Greece and Turkey. My grandfather, Victor, played the mandolin and the oud. My grandmother, Esther, wrote plays for the Jewish theater in Brooklyn. My mother loves to listen to Ladino songs. When my mother, her brother Eli and sister Molly spoke on the phone they spoke Ladino when they wanted to tell each other secrets. This track is based on a Ladino copla, a Sephardic song of the 18th and 19th century that describes Jewish holidays, biblical episodes or historical events. Coplas survive both in oral and printed traditions. This copla, La Mujer de Terah is based on midrashic interpretation of the Biblical events leading to the birth of Abraham. The melody, performed by the exquisite vocalist Berta Aguado, is a beautiful example of the Turkish Sephardic style. —Victor This recording is dedicated to my mother Rachel and to the memories of Victor, Esther, Eli and Molly Quen (Cohen). Special thanks to Dr. Weich-Shahak for her recording talent and research, and to Ruth Freed, director of the NSA and Edwin Seroussi, Professor at Bar-Ilan University for their gracious help and support. 7. Wayne Horvitz & Robin Holcomb - Mah L'kha Ha-yam Variation (3:34) (Trad.) Arranged and produced by Wayne Horvitz Other Room Music (ASCAP) (p) 1999 Six Degrees Records, Ltd. Robin Holcomb - vocal Misha Shmidt - violin Wayne Horvitz - keyboards, etc. Recorded and mixed at Other Room Studios, Seattle, WA. My relationship to the great Jewish holidays has been tenuous at best. The story is that my father threw the Torah at my grandfather in an argument about establishing a Jewish State (my father was against it). And although four years in Africa in WWII changed his mind forever, we deferred to my Episcopalian mother in regards to holidays and family traditions. That the liturgical and popular music of the Jews is as soulful and heart-stopping as any music on earth goes without saying. I can only hope that I have served it in some small way. —Wayne 8. They Might Be Giants - Feast of Lights (2:36) Written, performed and produced by They Might Be Giants Published by TMBG Music (BMI) (p) 1999 Six Degrees Records, Ltd. Recorded at Hello Studio, Brooklyn, NY. 9. Irina Mikhailova & Ira Stein - Winter Light (6:52) Written and produced by Irina Mikhailova & Ira Stein Published by Irinasheba (ASCAP)/Lost Time Music (BMI) (p) 1999 Six Degrees Records, Ltd. Irina Mikhailova- vocals Ira Stein- piano Peter Maund- frame drum Recorded and mixed by Hans Christian Reumschüssel at Allemande Productions, Fairfax, CA. Irina appears courtesy of Well Tempered Productions The idea of kindling lights is central to the Hanukkah celebration. Its origins go way back to the day when people were rejoicing in the Winter Solstice. Our song represents the morning sunrise after a long winter night. Light replaces darkness and hope is reborn. —Ira & Irina 10. The Frank London Big Band (featuring Bob Franceschini) - Oh Hanukkah Groove (5:22) (Trad) Arranged and produced by Frank London Nujumusic (BMI) (p) 1999 Six Degrees Records, Ltd. Recorded and mixed by Hugo Dwyer at Kampo Cultural Center, NYC, with assistant engineer Greg Thompson. Frank London - trumpet Bob Franceschini - tenor saxophone Matt Darriau - bass clarinet & alto sax Curtis Fowlkes - trombone Uri Caine - piano Wayne Horvitz - Hammond B3 James Genus - bass Ben Perowsky - drums It's great fun and joy to rediscover a song that one has known for one's whole life; it's great fun and joy to work with such a fantastic band! A retro-cool reinterpretation of that most popular of holiday anthems. —Frank (inspired by the repertoire of Oliver Nelson & Lee Morgan) 11. Peter Himmelman - In the Embryo of Silence (6:34) Written and produced by Peter Himmelman Peter Himmelman (ASCAP) (p) 1999 Six Degrees Records, Ltd. Peter Himmelman - vocals, acoustic & electric guitars Joey Peters - drums & tambourine Matt Cartsonis - slide guitar, banjo & background vocals David Morgan - piano & Hammond B3 Sheldon Gomburg - bass Recorded at King Sound and Pictures by Jimmy Sloan. Mixed by Ben Wisch at Kampo Cultural Center, NYC, with assistant engineer Greg Thompson. When I was nine years old, my parents took me and my three siblings to Israel for the summer. The year was 1968—almost exactly a year after the Six Day War. To this day, I can't explain how it was that I was overcome with such a powerful sense of awe as I stood before the Western Wall in the old city of Jerusalem. Here I was—a suburban kid weaned on the Beatles and "Love American Style"—crying my eyes out in front of a wall of stones. Sometimes the cynic in me tries to rationalize the experience by saying I was the product of too much hype. I don't know. I've been there several times since, and the feeling has always been the same. I wrote this song on a porch one evening in a Jerusalem neighborhood called Katamun. —Peter 12. Frank London - Song of Praise (5:40) Written and produced by Frank London Nujumusic (BMI) (p) 1999 Six Degrees Records, Ltd. Frank London - trumpet Wayne Horvitz - keyboards & piano Michael Kashou - oud, dumbek, tar & arabic tambourine Recorded by Hugo Dwyer and mixed by Ben Wisch at Kampo Cultural Center, NYC, with assistant engineer Greg Thompson. (inspired by Ohavti ki yishma, from the repertoire of Gershon Sirota [1874-1943]) From psalm 116, from Hallel. "I love the Eternal One for the Eternal hears my voice, my supplications. Because G-d has inclined an ear to me, I will call unto G-d all my days ." Recited on Festivals and New Moon (Rosh Chodesh). The six Psalms (113-118) of Hallel were always sung as a unit of praise and thanksgiving at times of national deliverance. They contain five fundamental themes of Jewish faith: the Exodus, the Splitting of the Red Sea, the Giving of the Torah at Sinai, the Future Resurrection of the Dead and the Coming of the Messiah. —Frank Repertoire consultants: Hazzan Mitchell J. Martin, Rabbi Herbert Panitch, Elan Barenholtz & Frank London Package design: Gwen Terpstra/Terpstra Design Original menorah design by Michael Cronan]]>Festival of Lighthttp://chanukkah.calabashmusic.com/#album_925272006-12-12T07:40:55ZMusic from Festival of Light]]>