Posts from the “Mazeltov, Mis Amigos” Category
“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 …
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The album Mazel Tov, Mis Amigos dates from a time in the late 1940s through the mid-’60s when Latin music was hugely popular in this country’s Jewish community. Albums blending the two cultures sold millions of copies. One of them, which put Jewish classics to a Latin beat, has just been reissued — and is …
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All day rehearsals in deepest Brooklyn. Arturo is exhorting his band to “play it schmaltzy.” Great piece in the Wall Street Journal today. Two days until Mazeltov Mis Amigos rides again. Below, Yossel Yossel as translated by Sandra Velasquez and resounded as Jose! Jose!…
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Long before DJ Danger Mouse’s controversial “Grey Album” mash-up of The Beatles’ “White Album” with Jay-Z’s “The Black Album,” there was an even more unlikely melding of popular musical styles.
Top Latin musicians such as Ray Barretto and Charlie Palmieri put their spin on Jewish classics like “Havah Nagilah” and “Bei Mir Bist Du Shein.” …
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On the 1961 album Mazel Tov, Mis Amigos, an all-star lineup of New York jazz musicians mashed up Jewish and Latin styles under the fake name Juan Calle & His Latin Lantzmen. Before a tribute concert this weekend at Lincoln Center, composer and pianist Arturo O’Farrill and music historian Roger Bennett join us to …
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