Sabbath Hela Veckan

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Sabbath Hela Veckan
General information
Genre (s) Klezmer , jazz
founding 1989
Current occupation
  • Lauri Antila (bass)
  • Peter Bothén (clarinet, soprano saxophone)
  • Mats Einarsson (accordion)
  • Jimmy Friedman (violin, viola , vocals)
  • Andreas Hedwall (trombone, vocals)
  • Nils Personne (saxophone, bass clarinet)

Sabbath Hela Veckan (which means “the whole week Sabbath ”) is a six-member Swedish klezmer band. It consists of professional musicians from Sweden, Finland and the USA and was founded in spring 1989 in Stockholm , which is still their common adopted home.

Music and lyrics

The instrumental line-up with saxophone and trombone , clarinet and violin , underlaid by double bass and accordion, is obvious. This "Jewrobeat Orchestra" as they call themselves, maintains traditional Klezmer mixed with Eastern European Roma music and jazz . They don't have much in mind with puritanical maintenance of tradition, rather with the jazz attitude of live music, improvising and " swinging ".

Discography

  • Klez (1994)
  • Swedish Klezmer Band (October 1996)
  • Honga! (April 1998)
  • East Goes West

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