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from growing up the son of a musician in New York

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

presents kosher cuisine in a fresh

Documentary Film/DVD

In the early 1930's Hitler began firing Jewish musicians across Europe

Essen by Paul Shapiro sync error from growing up the sonSaxophonist Paul Shapiro follows up the forward thinking klezmer hybrids he unleashed on his previous Tzadik releases, MIDNIGHT MINYAN and ITS IN THE TWILIGHT, by taking a different approach. Rather than grafting forms such as Dixieland and bebop onto traditional Jewish instrumental music, ESSEN delivers those Jewish folk forms in their pure, unadulterated form. The songs on ESSEN feature vocals as well, each of them spinning a narrative that evokes