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The Windsor Terrace Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library was filled to
capacity to hear Old Red Wine, Shlomo Leiderman’s sextet, perform a
fusion of Klezmer and Dixieland music. | |
Residents
from Windsor Terrace and beyond, coming from as far away as New Jersey
and the Bronx, witnessed the musicians’ energy, focus, creativity, and
talent.
The synthesis of the two musical traditions not only
creates a unique musical style but also proves that the universal
language of music, can unite people of different roots, traditions, and
confessions.
Because jazz was once a forbidden art in the
former Soviet Union, with popular slogans such as “If today you are
playing jazz, tomorrow you’ll betray your Motherland,” Old Red Wine
felt it was significant to honor those musicians who didn’t enjoy the
liberties of playing jazz, during this Jewish Heritage Month,
celebrated throughout May.
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