Posts Tagged “Larry Harlow”
Good friend of the Idelsohn Society, Grammy Award winning Arturo O’Farrill, and his Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, have put together a concert experience that explores the relationship between the Latino and Jewish communities. Presented at Symphony Space in NYC, “Falafel, Freilach and Frijoles: From Mambo to Borscht” is loosely based on Idelsohn re-releases Bagels…
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Thank you, San Francisco, and to everyone who came out to see our sold-out show at Yoshi’s. Grammy award winning Arturo O’Farrill oversaw a dazzling recreation of Mazeltov, Mis Amigos, the 1961 album we unearthed and re-released last year. The gig rocked. Larry Harlow, “El Judio Maravilloso”, jousted with The Sway Machinery’s Jeremiah Lockwood. Ozomatli’s…
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In 1961 the legendary jazz label Riverside Records released Mazeltov, Mis Amigos, an album of “Yiddish favorites in Latin tempo,” by Juan Calle and His Latin Lantzmen. The band who performed these mid-century dance floor fusions was an only-in-America supergroup that wasn’t as Jewish as their name made them sound. Juan Calle was John Cali,…
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In 1961 the legendary jazz label Riverside Records released Mazeltov, Mis Amigos, an album of “Yiddish favorites in Latin tempo,” by Juan Calle and His Latin Lantzmen. The band who performed these mid-century dance floor fusions was an only-in-America supergroup that wasn’t as Jewish as their name made them sound. Juan Calle was John Cali,…
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“Shalom aleichem and buenas noches.” So began one of the most memorable nights in the history of the Idelsohn Society.
After months of planning and rehearsal, the Idelsohn Society brought the 1961 album Mazel Tov Mis Amigos– a collection of Yiddish theater tunes gone Latin– back to vibrant life on the esteemed stage of Lincoln Center.…
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