Artist Info: Shirim Klezmer Orchestra

The members of Shirim all also perform in Naftule's Dream , an avant jazz/klezmer band which has recorded three albums on John Zorn's Tzadik /Radical Jewish Culture label. As Naftules Dream they have performed all over Europe including the Berlin, Germany Jazzfest, as well as the New York City Jazz Festival, the Bell Atlantic Jazz Festival in Washington, DC and the Ashkenaz Festival of New Yiddish Culture in Toronto among others.

In addition to leading Shirim since 1985 and Naftule’s Dream since 1996 [read more...]