Klezmer music is like pornography and spirituality ... on “Brotherhood of Brass,” his Klezmer Brass Allstars play alongside Gypsy and Egyptian brass bands and find common ground in the ...

Over the years, klezmer took on aspects of Romanian, Ukrainian, Polish and Gypsy folk music while retaining its quasi-mystical air of Jewish liturgical singing and the vocal ecstasy of the Hasidim.

Although the group continues to concentrate on klezmer and Jewish music, it also now includes jazz standards, classical, Eastern European and gypsy music. Founding member Jay Vosk, clarinet ...

BUDAPEST — Without the strains of lively Gypsy music floating up to Paulay Ede ... about one-quarter of Budapest’s residents were Jewish, and klezmer made its impression on the style, too.

Green quickly learned that klezmer music is far removed from Neville-style funk. "The Nevilles might say 'less, less,' and we're saying, 'More, more. Do the back flips,' " Hartman said.