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Guy Klucevsek, Bantam Orchestra
Klucevsek: Stolen Memories
Genres: Folk, International Music, Jazz, Special Interest, Pop, Classical

Track Listings (11) - Disc #1
1. Rumbling - Guy Klucevsek, Klucevsek, Guy
2. The Gunks - Guy Klucevsek, Klucevsek, Guy
3. Urban Rite - Guy Klucevsek, Marks, Victoria
4. Wave Hill - Guy Klucevsek, Marks, Victoria
5. Tesknota
6. Stolen Memories
7. Donut Ask, Donut Tell
8. Regunkitation
9. Skating on Thin Air
10. Skating On Thin Air - Guy Klucevsek, Klucevsek, Guy
11. Skating On Thin Air - Guy Klucevsek, Marks, Victoria

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CD Details

All Artists: Guy Klucevsek, Bantam Orchestra
Title: Klucevsek: Stolen Memories
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Tzadik
Release Date: 8/20/1996
Genres: Folk, International Music, Jazz, Special Interest, Pop, Classical
Styles: Jewish & Yiddish, Avant Garde & Free Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 702397701828

Synopsis

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The Bantam Orchestra is accordionist Guy Klucevsek's vehicle for exploring chamber works that get their daring from a variety of sources. With compositions that favor long-toned ventures into the harmonic low end, the Bantam crew--really a quartet of Klucevsek on accordion, piano, and melodica, Sara Parkins on violin, Margaret Parkins on cello and voice, and Achim Tang on bass--skips through influences as though they're equally versed in John Cage, music of the Balkans, free jazz, and the oft-cited Radical Jewish Culture movement in downtown New York music. Despite this breadth, much of this collection is eminently fascinating from the vantage point of nonserial chamber music in the 20th century. It's thrilling in the way Shostakovich's and even Dino Saluzzi's chamber works are, with a robust, widely accessible warmth. And yet it's in the vanguard unmistakably. Go figure. Klucevsek's that kind of genius. --Andrew Bartlett

CD Reviews

Very Nice!

Anders | Marina Del Rey, CA USA | 09/10/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"As a fan of the Tzadik label, I always know it's going to be something different or special. Stolen Memories is a special record and a fine record for people ready to try something new. While it might be a klezmer record, there are enough different sounds here, that others will like it too. "Wave Hill" is a stand out track with a haunting repeating melody line, many Steve Reich fans would love. The stunning piece builts slowly, but never extends itself too much. Other amazing tracks are "Skating on thin air", which sounds almost like something of an ambient record and the title track "Stolen Memories". If I have to say anything bad, it's that "Donut Ask, Donut Tell" seems out of place. Not because it's bad, it's a cute little song (only vocals on the record) but it's doesn't fit the rest of the record.

If you are reading this, you probably already know a bit about the music or Guy Klucevsek, so just know that it's great and another beauty from Tzadik"