Sabbath Hela Veckan
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Genre (s) | Klezmer , jazz |
founding | 1989 |
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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
Web links
- Sabbath Hela Veckan at Allmusic (English)