Our CDs

For those of you interested in purchasing any of our music, depending on your interest in a specific song or an entire album, for your convenience, we offer a couple of different purchasing options. If you are interested in a download of any (or all) of the tracks on any of these two albums, you can click on "purchase individual tracks" to purchase those individually. If you are interested in either album as a collective of tunes, where you also receive information on the band, the performers, and a little history on each tune on the albums, you may purchase those by clicking on "purchase album". Both buttons are located above each album's description. The choice is yours. Click on the buttons below to order.

The tracks cost $0.99 each	The CDs cost $19 each ($16.50 + $2.50 S&H).

Our Latest Release!

Our Live -- In Concert Album!

"Kol Haruach - Live In Concert
Klezmer and Jazz - Together at Last"

The band's first album (below), "In The Beginning," provides an excellent example of their in concert style, while their second album (top), "Live In Concert -- Klezmer & Jazz -- Together At last," expresses more of their party attitude. It's a lot of fun. It is rare, in that there are very few Klezmer albums recorded live. It is Kol Haruach at their best -- live in concert!

Release date -- May 22, 2006.

The following are sound clips from this CD. We hope you enjoy it.

Click on the name to hear a sound clip. All clips are in MP3 format. Some of these clips may take a little while to start.

In order to conserve bandwidth and lessen the buffer time needed to enjoy them, the following sound clips are being presented at 25% of the sound quality as they are on our CDs. If you wish to hear higher quality clips please contact us.

SB22/Prohibishn/Heyser (medley) Czardas- Live Version Doina (full length clip) It Don't Mean A Thing - vocal Bei Mir Bistu Sheyn Don't Get Around Much Anymore Satin Doll (full length clip) Israeli Medley - Party Version I'm Beginning To See The Light A Train - vocal (full length clip) Georgia - vocal (full length clip) Paper Moon - vocal (full length clip) Terkish Medley Kuma Ekha Medley Night and Day - vocal (full length clip) Brazil

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Kol Haruach live in concert, Annapolis MD, November 6, 2005. A live recording including both Klezmer (played with our unique Jazzy flare) and True Swing (dance Jazz).

Kol Haruach is a Klezmer band, but we play a lot of different music. This concert recording included more than just Klezmer music. Many listeners are delighted at its eclectic content. The repertoire went back and fourth from Klezmer to Jazz, and finally concluded with Jazz. As you will hear, we love to mix it up. It is our trademark, and it is one aspect of our sound that distinguishes us from other bands.

During this concert, we started out with our Klezmer standards and originals, and then got playful and decided to bring on the Jazz. Eventually, toward the end of the night, we came back to the Klezmer, but ended with two wonderful Jazz numbers, Night And Day and Brazil.

About ½ way through the concert, we decided to go improv. The band had not played either Georgia or Night And Day in a long time, but I decided to give the audience an idea of what the band was really like impromptu. So I explained the plan to the audience and we threw in those tunes. The drum solo leading into It Don’t Mean A Thing was also spur of the moment. I love the spontaneity, and I think the audience got a kick out of it, too. Ironically, I think Georgia is one of the best tunes on the album.

This recording demonstrates the band's energy, but it also allows the listener to enjoy the flexibility and diversity we are known for in our repertoire. I hope you enjoy it.

Brian Choper, Band Manager

(This album was recorded live by an exceptional recording artist,
Ronnie Queen of Baltimore, MD.)

Our first CD

In the Beginning - Bereshit

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In The Beginning
Released in 2004

The Kol Haruach Klezmer Band released its first CD, entitled appropriately, In the Beginning....Bereshit, on May 9, 2004. This work is a compilation of standards and brand new works written and arranged by the band.

This album is a highly renowned recording of a concert that was arranged to be played live, and has been performed on stage by the band on many occasions. For this recording, we took this popular show into the studio. The Jazz or "improvisational jam" style heard throughout all tracks brings the band back to its roots, where both Klezmer and Jazz are played spontaneously and by ear. This band is known for our Jazz, and has purposefully and thoroughly mixed it into our repertoire.

This release is a sample of our concert performance style. It begins and ends with festive tunes often requested at your typical mitzvot. However, you will hear the band get down and dirty, and very technically involved. All instruments shine in their moment, and you'll never be able to predict who's going to take the next solo. This is a happening album that will keep you listening.

We have made some sample sound clips available for you below. CAUTION:
Clicking on these samples may cause uncontrollable toe-tapping, and in severe cases, dancing on the furniture!

Click on the name to hear a sound clip. All clips are in MP3 format. Some of these clips may take a little while to start.

1. Doina-A Public Zhok
   
2. Czardas (starts in the middle of the song)
   
3. Hava Nagila
   
4. Jerusalem Blues
   
5. Freylakhs #1 and 3
   
6. Kandel's Hora (starts in the middle of the song)
   
7. Hussidl Medley (starts in the middle of the song)
   
8. Vermishte Kolomeike
   
9. Israeli Medley
   
10. Waltz Medley
    
11. Tarras Medley

What music professionals have to say about Bereshit

Read a detailed review by Linda Rinaldi,
Music Agent, Los Angeles, California.

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reviews of Bereshit.

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