Salute to Israel (CD edition)

Feenjon Group and the El Avram Group

New York City in the 1960s gave birth to an exciting Israeli music scene that included the Feenjon and El Avram clubs. The clubs’ house bands included musicians fluent in Israeli, Arabic, Greek, Turkish, Moroccan, and Russian melody, rhythm, and song art. This recording brings together both the Feenjon Group and the El Avram Group and features special guests such as Margalit, one of Israel’s most prominent vocalists. The music is a reflection of the human experience in Israel—nostalgia, longing, insecurity, and triumph. Songs are in Hebrew, Yiddish, and Arabic.

Track Listing

101	Erev Shel Shoshanim (Evening of Roses)	Feenjon Group and the El Avram Group	3:34
102	Hallelujah	Feenjon Group and the El Avram Group	2:10
103	Yerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold)	Feenjon Group and the El Avram Group	4:13
104	Chiribim	Feenjon Group and the El Avram Group	2:07
105	Bedumiya (In the Stillness of Autumn)	Feenjon Group and the El Avram Group	2:59
106	Migdalim (Towers of the Fortress)	Feenjon Group and the El Avram Group	1:30
107	Eyfo Hem (Where are They?)	Feenjon Group and the El Avram Group	4:03
108	Bei Mein Rebbe is Givaizin a Ganayva (There Was a Robbery at My Rabbi's)	Feenjon Group and the El Avram Group	1:25
109	Od Shanah (Gypsy Vagabond)	Feenjon Group and the El Avram Group	3:31
110	Bashana Haba'ah (Any Time of the Year)	Feenjon Group and the El Avram Group	3:21
111	Lomer Alleh Zingen (Let's All Sing)	Feenjon Group and the El Avram Group	3:40
112	Mach, Mach (Come, Come)	Feenjon Group and the El Avram Group	2:59
113	Rachel	Feenjon Group and the El Avram Group	3:15
114	Aina Zorga (Blue Eyes)	Feenjon Group and the El Avram Group	4:26
115	Bo Chayal Shel Shokolad (Chocolate Soldier)	Feenjon Group and the El Avram Group	2:57
116	Aravah Wasteland (The Desert Plains)	Feenjon Group and the El Avram Group	2:09
117	Ani Zocher (Waiting for You)	Feenjon Group and the El Avram Group	4:12