ArtistInfo

The Klezmorim

Band, 1975-1993 DE, Berkeley, California
Folk and World

The Klezmorim, founded in Berkeley, California, in 1975, was the world's first klezmer revival band, widely credited with spearheading the global renaissance of klezmer (Eastern European Yiddish instrumental music) in the 1970s and '80s. Initially featuring flute and strings—notably the exotic fiddling of co-founder David Skuse—the ensemble reorganized into a "loose, roaring, funky" brass/reed/percussion band fronted by co-founder Lev Liberman's saxophones and founding member David Julian Gray's clarinets. As a professional performing and recording ensemble focused on recreating the lost sounds of early 20th century klezmer bands, The Klezmorim achieved crossover success, garnering a Grammy nomination in 1982 for their album Metropolis and selling out major concert venues across North Amer

Members

	David Skuse vn, acc, voc
	Christopher Leaf tr
	Donald Thornton tu
	Kevin Linscott tb
	Lev Lieberman ss, as
	Ken Bergmann perc
	Benjamin Goldberg cl