David Krakauer
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David Krakauer is an American clarinetist. He is a graduate of the High School of Music & Art, class of 1974. He is mostly known for his klezmer
compositions. He became involved with klezmer music in the late 1980s while working as a classical musician, joining The Klezmatics
. He has also collaborated with the Kronos Quartet
.
His band Klezmer Madness! mixes traditional klezmer
with more contemporary music genres. Klezmer Madness! comprises Michael Sarin (drums), Sheryl Bailey (guitar), Nicki Parrot (bass) and Will Holshouser (accordion), and features Socalled
.
A recent colloboration with Socalled
, Fred Wesley
and Pee Wee Ellis
, called Abraham Inc. has seen Krakauer fuse klezmer with funk.
Klezmer
Klezmer is a musical tradition of the Ashkenazic Jews of Eastern Europe. Played by professional musicians called klezmorim, the genre originally consisted largely of dance tunes and instrumental display pieces for weddings and other celebrations...
compositions. He became involved with klezmer music in the late 1980s while working as a classical musician, joining The Klezmatics
The Klezmatics
The Klezmatics are a Grammy Award-winning American klezmer music group based in New York City, who have achieved fame singing in several languages, most notably mixing older Yiddish tunes with other types of more contemporary music of differing origins...
. He has also collaborated with the Kronos Quartet
Kronos Quartet
Kronos Quartet is a string quartet founded by violinist David Harrington in 1973 in Seattle, Washington. Since 1978, the quartet has been based in San Francisco, California. The longest-running combination of performers had Harrington and John Sherba on violin, Hank Dutt on viola, and Joan...
.
His band Klezmer Madness! mixes traditional klezmer
Klezmer
Klezmer is a musical tradition of the Ashkenazic Jews of Eastern Europe. Played by professional musicians called klezmorim, the genre originally consisted largely of dance tunes and instrumental display pieces for weddings and other celebrations...
with more contemporary music genres. Klezmer Madness! comprises Michael Sarin (drums), Sheryl Bailey (guitar), Nicki Parrot (bass) and Will Holshouser (accordion), and features Socalled
Socalled
Josh Dolgin, aka Socalled, is a Canadian rapper and producer, known for his eclectic mix of hip hop, klezmer and other styles, for example drum & bass and other types of folk music. A pianist and accordion player, he has taught the latter at Klezfest London, where he has also run workshops in...
.
A recent colloboration with Socalled
Socalled
Josh Dolgin, aka Socalled, is a Canadian rapper and producer, known for his eclectic mix of hip hop, klezmer and other styles, for example drum & bass and other types of folk music. A pianist and accordion player, he has taught the latter at Klezfest London, where he has also run workshops in...
, Fred Wesley
Fred Wesley
Fred Wesley is an American jazz and funk trombonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s and 1970s.-Biography:...
and Pee Wee Ellis
Pee Wee Ellis
Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis is an American saxophonist, composer and arranger. He was an important member of James Brown's band in the 1960s and appeared on many of Brown's most notable recordings...
, called Abraham Inc. has seen Krakauer fuse klezmer with funk.
Discography
- Klezmer madness! (1995)
- Klezmer, NY (1998)
- A new hot one (2000)
- The twelve tribes (2001)
- Krakauer live in Krakow (2003)
- Bubbemeises: Lies my gramma told me (2005)
- Tweet Tweet (2009)
Sources
- Press, Jaques Cattell (Ed.). Who's who in American Music. Classical, first edition. R. R. Bowker, New York 1983.
External links
- Official site
- Performance with Portland Chamber Orchestra
- World Premier "The Klezmer Concerto" by Ofer Ben-Amots
- Live pictures in Paris
- Elaine Strauss. Krakauer on Klezmer, France, and Goose Bumps (retrieved January 27, 2010)