Radical Jewish Culture
Various Artists :  Great Jewish Music: Sasha Argov
Cat. # 7173
Released Jan 2003
cd time - 68:55
US Price $16.00
 
A fascinating tribute, the first outside of Israel, to one of the most original and important composers of modern Jewish music, whose hits spanned over six decades, from the 1930s to the 1990s. Born in Moscow in 1914, Sasha Argov began composing during the Palmach period in Israel and he quickly became one of Israel’s most prolific and beloved composers. Everyone knew and sang Argov’s melodies, from the ultra orthodox haredim to the average Jew on the street yet outside of Israel his music is barely known. This fourth release of the thought-provoking Great Jewish Music series presents an all-star lineup of Tzadik regulars, and some very special guests.
 
 
Personnel:
Elysian Fields
Ori Kaplan’s Shaat’nez
The Safts
Tin Hat Trio
Cyro Baptista
Uri Caine
Sylvie Courvoisier
Jewlia Eisenberg
Mark Feldman
Erik Friedlander
Ganda
Shahar Haziza
Yuka Honda
Ben Perowsky
Roberto Rodriguez
Basya Schechter
Zahava Seewald
Danny Zamir