Shmutsige Magnaten

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Shmutsige Magnaten
Live album by
Released21 February 2006
Recorded1 July 2005, Kupa Synagogue, Krakow, Poland
GenreJazz
Length61:27
LabelTzadik TZ 8106
ProducerAnthony Coleman
Anthony Coleman chronology
Our Beautiful Garden is Open
(2002)
Shmutsige Magnaten
(2006)
Pushy Blueness
(2006)

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.[1]

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

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".[2]

Track listing[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Tzadik catalogue accessed January 16, 2014
  2. ^ a b Jurek, Thom. Anthony Coleman – Shmutsige Magnaten> Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 16, 2014.