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Shmutsige Magnaten

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Released
  
February 21, 2006

Length
  
61:27

Producer
  
Anthony Coleman

Genre
  
Jazz

Label
  
Tzadik TZ 8106

Recorded
  
July 1, 2005, Kupa Synagogue, Krakow, Poland

Shmutsige Magnaten (subtitled Coleman Plays Gebirtig) is a live solo album by pianist Anthony Coleman performing the songs of Mordechai Gebirtig recorded in Poland and released on the Tzadik label in 2006.

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Reception

In his review for Allmusic, Thom Jurek states "Coleman is a master, and if you're at all interested either in Yiddish music or solo piano recordings that transcend jazz, blues, and other folk forms, let Shmutsige Magnaten be it".

Track listing

All compositions by Mordechai Gebirtig except as indicated

  1. "Mayn Yovl" - 5:00
  2. "Mamenyu an Eytse" - 4:27
  3. "Kartofl Zup mit Shvamen" - 8:30
  4. "Avreml der Marvikher" - 8:54
  5. "Oy Briderl, l'Chaim" - 7:33
  6. "S'brent" - 6:00
  7. "Hulyet, Hulyet, Kinderlekh" - 2:54
  8. "S'Izs Gut" - 4:13
  9. "Minuten Fun Betochen/Minuten Fun Yiesh" (Gebirtig, Coleman) - 5:46
  10. "Oreme Shnayderlekh" - 8:15

Personnel

  • Anthony Coleman - piano, vocals

    • References

    Shmutsige Magnaten Wikipedia
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