And why not? One problem with jazz/klezmer mixes is that there's so much jazz in so much U.S. klezmer already. Another is that so many American standards were by Jewish composers with a hint of Central Europe. The cuts with the most modal melodies work the best in fusion terms. Much of the rest ends up essentially straight small-group jazz. Nothing wrong with that, but there's a lot of it around, and the MKQ doesn't manage to carve out as strongly special a sound as, say, some of the Turkish-jazz groups playing in Europe. ~ ...
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And why not? One problem with jazz/klezmer mixes is that there's so much jazz in so much U.S. klezmer already. Another is that so many American standards were by Jewish composers with a hint of Central Europe. The cuts with the most modal melodies work the best in fusion terms. Much of the rest ends up essentially straight small-group jazz. Nothing wrong with that, but there's a lot of it around, and the MKQ doesn't manage to carve out as strongly special a sound as, say, some of the Turkish-jazz groups playing in Europe. ~ John Storm Roberts, Rovi
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