Isle of Klezbos: Miracle Melody & Cartagena Chosidl at Joe's Pub NYC 2024

Isle of Klezbos performs a medley of two instrumental tunes, first a traditional ("Miracle Melody") & then an original klezmer cumbia ("Cartagena Chosidl" composed by Rick Faulkner: 706 Music /BMI). The band plays onstage for Joe's Pub cabaret at NYC's Public Theater, recorded live on July 30, 2024. Featured here: Debra Kreisberg -clarinet, Pam Fleming -trumpet, Shoko Nagai -accordion, Saskia Lane -double bass, & bandleader Eve Sicular -drums. Multi-track audio & video recorded by the wonderful crew at Joe's Pub. Post-production audio mixing & video editing by engineer David Merrill. Album recordings of this medley are available from both Isle of Klezbos: YIDDISH SILVER SCREEN (track 8) and our 'sibling' band Metropolitan Klezmer: MAZEL MEANS GOOD LUCK (track 2). "Miracle Melody" is also on Metropolitan Klezmer's TRAVELING SHOW (track 3). Our recordings are widely available in digital, streaming & CD formats including at Bandcamp: Klezbos.bandcamp.com MetropolitanKlezmer.bandcamp.com The traditional "Miracle Melody" tune includes variations on several sections heard in the "Tshortkover Khosid" 78rpm recording by Art Shryer's Modern Jewish Orchestra (named after the Ukrainian city of Chortkiv in Ternopil Oblast). Thanks to Ilya Shneyveys for this reminder! Find Isle of Klezbos at our site Klezbos.com & via @isleofklezbos on social media. Thanks: a hartsikn dank!