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Salute to Israel

Various Artists
Salute to Israel 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 and Yiddish.

Track Listing

101
Hava Nagila (Let Us Rejoice)
Esma
 
102
Yerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold)
Margalit with the Feenjon Group
 
103
Chiribim
Margalit with the Feenjon Group
 
104
Bedumiya (In the Stillness of Autumn)
Avram Grobard with the El Avram Group
 
105
Hallelujah
Margalit with Ensemble conducted by Yoel Sharr
 
106
Od Shanah (Gypsy Vagabond)
Ron Eliran and Holly Lipton with the El Avram Group
 
107
Migdalim (Towers of the Fortress)
Hevron Levi and Jerry Sappir with the Feenjon Group
 
201
Eyfo Hem (Where are They?)
Margalit with Ensemble conducted by Yoel Sharr
 
202
Bashana Haba'ah (Any Time of the Year)
Holly Lipton and Avram Grobard with the El Avram Group
 
203
Erev Shel Shoshanim (Evening of Roses)
Margalit with the Feenjon Group
 
204
Lomer Alleh Zingen (Let's All Sing)
Jerry Sappir with the Feenjon Group
 
205
Eyn Keylokenu (There Is None Like Our God)
The Voices Four (Arbaah Kolot)
 
206
Im Ne 'Nalu (If They Locked)
Rakhel with Ensemble conducted by Gil Aldema