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He kicked off the 1970s klezmer revival. Now, he’s paying tribute to New York’s vast global music scene.

JL;DR SUMMARY Walter Zev Feldman's memoir, "From the Bronx to the Bosphorus," explores his pivotal role in the 1970s klezmer revival and his lifelong fascination with the global music scene of New York. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Klezmer RevivalAndy StatmanDave TarrasWalter Zev FeldmanNew York Music SceneOttoman Turkish MusicYiddish DanceMulticultural MusicJewish Musical TraditionsHistorical Music Concerts

Places mentioned

New York City, New York, United States
"The concert, titled Jewish Klezmer Music, took place in the East Village, at Casa Galicia  todays Webster Hall  and it was the first klezmer music concert in NYC in some 25 years."
Edineț, Moldova
"Meshilim Feldman grew up in the shtetl of Edinets, which was in Bessarabia (now Moldova) when it was ruled by the Turks."
Budapest, Hungary
"He and his wife, the ethnomusicologist Judit Frigyesi, divide their time between New York and Budapest."

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