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Naftule Brandwein
Naftule Brandwein
American klezmer musician
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Dave Tarras
Dave Tarras
American musician
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Harry Kandel
Harry Kandel
American klezmer bandleader
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Joseph Moskowitz
Joseph Moskowitz
Cimbalom player and restaurant owner
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Abe Schwartz
Abe Schwartz
American musician
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Abe Elenkrig
Abe Elenkrig
Russian-born American klezmer bandleader, Cornet player, barber and recording artist
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Sidney Beckerman
Sidney Beckerman
American musician
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Max Leibowitz
Max Leibowitz
American klezmer violinist, composer and bandleader
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Henry Sapoznik
Henry Sapoznik
American musician
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Yale Strom
Yale Strom
American musician, filmmaker, writer, photographer, playwright and klezmer revivalist
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Mames Babegenush
Mames Babegenush
band
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Hankus Netsky
Hankus Netsky
American Composer, Performer, Ethnomusicologist =
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David Krakauer
David Krakauer
American clarinetist
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Andy Statman
Andy Statman
American musician
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Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band
Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band
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The Klezmorim
The Klezmorim
klezmer band
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Alex Jacobowitz
Alex Jacobowitz
classically-trained street performer
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Golem
Golem
band
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Uri Caine
Uri Caine
American pianist
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Alan Bern
Alan Bern
American musician & educator
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Alicia Svigals
Alicia Svigals
American musician
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Anthony Coleman
Anthony Coleman
American musician
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Margot Leverett
Margot Leverett
American musician
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Osvaldo Golijov
Osvaldo Golijov
Argentine composer of classical music
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Pinchas Zukerman
Pinchas Zukerman
Israeli violinist, violist, and conductor
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Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird
Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird
band
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The Klezmatics
The Klezmatics
American musical group
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Beyond the Pale
Beyond the Pale
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Adrienne Cooper
Adrienne Cooper
American musician
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George Gershwin
George Gershwin
American composer and pianist (1898-1937)
Shloimke (Sam) Beckerman
American musician

Shloimke (Sam) Beckerman

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Shloimke Beckerman (c. 1884–1974) also known as Samuel Beckerman, was a klezmer clarinetist and bandleader in New York City in the early twentieth century; he was a contemporary of Dave Tarras and Naftule Brandwein. He was the father of Sid Beckerman, also a klezmer bandleader.