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The Rabbi's Blessing

by Mike Anklewicz Klezmer Trio

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A Volekh 03:24
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2.
Sirba Medley 03:41
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3.
Bessarabian Hora - Sher 199 04:37
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Dem Rebns Havdule 04:26
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5.
Skotchne 40 04:29
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Folnieshtskaya - Beregovski Nigunim 04:38
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Lilting Hora and Khosidl 03:30
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8.
Goldenshteyn Medley 04:47
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The concept for this album originated in 2015 when I performed a traditional klezmer trio concert in the 350-year-old Portugese Synagogue in Amsterdam. I took the approach of performing "European" klezmer -- tunes that could be sourced to recordings and publications from Europe rather than the United States.

In 2016, I planned to record a trio in Montreal featuring myself (Mike Anklewicz) on clarinet, Yoni Kaston on accordion and Joel Kerr on bass. Unfortunately, Joel came down with the flu on the weekend that I was scheduled to go to Montreal to record, and we were forced cancel that session.

We were able to reschedule our recording for the following year, so most of what you hear on this album (the first 6 tracks) come from that session in February/March of 2017. We recorded in Cardboard Studios, aka Yoni's amazing home which had a beautiful space to record in. Engineered by Yoni, I took the recordings home to Toronto and mixed them, with mastering by Christien Ledroit in Hamilton.

And then the recordings sat. I revisted them during the pandemic and decided that it was time to release the recordings. I wanted to fill out the recording a little bit so I added two more tunes, a new composition called Lilting Hora and Khosidl and a medley of two tunes from German Goldenshteyn's repertoire. These were recorded in the "pandemic" way, with each of us playing on our own and sending the original tracks back to me for mixing. Since Joel's pace of life had changed since 2017, I tapped frequent collaborator Graham Smith to record bass.

So here is "The Rabbi's Blessing." An album almost 6 years in the making. I hope you enjoy!

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released December 13, 2022

Mike Anklewicz - clarinet (all tracks), composer (track 7)
Yoni Kaston - accordion (all tracks)
Joel Kerr - bass (tracks 1-6)
Graham Smith - bass (tracks 7,8)

Produced by Mike Anklewicz
Engineered by Yoni Kaston (tracks 1-6, accordion tracks 7,8), Christien Ledroit (clarinet tracks 7,8), Graham Smith (bass tracks 7,8)
Mixed by Mike Anklewicz
Mastered by Christien Ledroit (tracks 1-6), Mike Anklewicz (tracks 7,8)

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Mike Anklewicz Klezmer Trio Toronto, Ontario

Mike Anklewicz is a Toronto-based musician and composer who performs Klezmer, Jazz, classical, Rock and other musical styles. He is best known as the founder and composer of KlezFactor, whose music has been heard on radio and TV around the world since 2004. and has studied klezmer clarinet with some of the world's great masters including Joel Rubin, Merlin Shepherd, David Krakauer and others. ... more

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