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This edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion features holiday music, especially klezmer in recognition of Hanukkah, which starts December 7 and ends December 15. We’ll begin with an Advent hymn and then a medley of Christams tunes. But most of the show will be klezmer, the traditional instrumental music of the Jews of Central and Eastern Europe. Klezmer includes traditional dance tunes and ritual melodies, all enhanced by improvisation. In addition to Jewish religious music, it incorporates music from the Ottoman Empire, Greece, Romania, Germany, and the Slavic communities. Elements of Klezmer have been adopted into Dixieland, big band music, popular music, and jazz.
Today we’ll give a listen to two new albums documenting the Black experience one by an African-British composer who was famous in his day and has lately experienced something of a comeback in the affirmative search for Black roots and representation.