A hot jazz retake of My Mother’s Shabbos Candles, a lesser-known classic from the Yiddish Theater era. Yisroel Leshes, the Assistant Chazan at Manhattan’s Lincoln Square Synagogue, is collaborating with musicians from New York’s jazz scene to recreate the music of the Yiddish Theater’s heyday (1900-1945) with fresh, modern interpretations.
Performed live at The Mansion, NYC, in January 2020. The Mansion is a pop-up jazz house featuring Jewish and Israeli artists, with kosher gastronomy. https://themansion.nyc
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My Mother’s Sabbath Candles
Composed by: Jack Yellen in 1951
Jazz arrangement by: Adam Podd
Piano – Adam Podd
Drums – Peter Traunmueller
Bass – Julia Adamy
Clarinet/Tenor Sax – Owen Broder
Trumpet – Danny Jonokuchi
Baritone Sax – Lily White
Audio captured and mixed by: Joseph Branciforte (Grayfade)
Video by: Asaf Blasberg
