These students of the faith put in a lot of hard work preparing for a special Shabbat service at their synagogue, in which they read aloud from the Torah and sometimes lead prayers or chants, too. Inspired? Create and share by tagging first, here’s a super-quick primer on the celebrations that might help, too:īar/bat mitzvah literally translates as “son/daughter of the commandments.” This rite marks their entry as adults into their faith community. If you’re stumped on what to write in a bar/bat mitzvah card, this article has writing tips and ideas to get you going. When you write a personal message in your card to the bar or bat mitzvah, you’re adding to the joy and significance of their big day. And when everyone shouts “Mazel Tov!”, as the title cut cues up, “Toda” (meaning "Thank You") would be our appropriate response.So you’ve got a bar mitzvah card or bat mitzvah card you need to sign? Mazel tov! Not only are these occasions inspiring to see and fun to take part in-they’re also a very big deal in the life of a person of the Jewish faith. Clap your hands, do-si-do and allemande right to the urban beat, Krakky’s clarinet and the band’s fascinating rhythms. Can make you addicted.Īn informal cocktail party typically lasts a few hours, and this one ends all too soon. Or the Mississippi Blues is crossed with a Middle Eastern Oud.Traditional tunes are passed through the mill of rock, rap and jazz creating a music of cartoons under strobe effects. A Calypso and a Polka come to visit us as curious little animals. Listening to this music is a real outlet, spiritual and festive. You take a rapper, some specialists in sampling and electro, a mad clarinet and you entrust everything to DAVID KRAKAUER and KATHLEEN TAGG. More than a suggestion, an injunction.ĭo you want an amazing and nice mix? Like putting a Mentos in Coke. "In the face of the overwhelming negativity and alarming rise of hatred and intolerance in today's world," let's breathe and dance together, Krakauer & Tagg proclaim in chorus. Mazel Tov Cocktail Party is a breath of fresh air, an incentive to dance to klezmer music, (Krakauer's favorite playground) but also to polka, Romanian hora, calypso, Quebec square dance.
Jeremy Flower aka Keepalive, sampler/electronics ( Krakky’s Rainbow Polka, Mazel Tov Cocktail Party, Hora at the Castle) Kathleen Tagg, producer, piano, keyboard, accordion, cello and sampler/electronics ( Bella’s Calypso)īergsonist, sampler/electronics ( North Country Square Dance) Mazel Tov Cocktail Party! conceived & created by David Krakauer & Kathleen Tagg KRAKAUER & TAGG’S MAZEL TOV COCKTAIL PARTY: Familiar dance forms such as Polka or Square Dance never sounded this way before, with hand drumming, propulsive electronic beats, lyrics calling for catharsis and positivity, deep grooves and Krakauer’s wailing clarinet crying out for us to join together, celebrate and feel the power in our aliveness. Mazel Tov Cocktail Party’s influences are global, but the sound they create collectively has produced something uniquely their own. Old forms are celebrated both by bringing them into a 21st century sound world and expanding the context to make room for new stories. Together they bring their enormous musical and cultural diversity to the project and collaborate to create powerful original material. In addition, Jeremy Flower and Selwa Abd (aka Bergsonist) produced beats to round out the sound for layering with the live performance. “Ebullient clarinet wizard” (Time Out NY) Krakauer is the Godfather to Tagg’s quirky keys & production, Iranian dynamo Martin Shamoonpour’s hand drumming, jazz guru Jerome Harris’ driving bass, rapper Sarah MK’s trenchant rhymes & oud- and guitar-meister Yoshie Fruchter’s sinuous lines. Spearheaded by David Krakauer and producer Kathleen Tagg, Mazel Tov Cocktail Party showcases an international crew of high octane musicians. In these uncertain times, it’s a chance to come together to celebrate our common humanity. Mazel Tov Cocktail Party is a "good vibes explosion" created in response to the current climate of incredible polarization and negativity that pervades our daily lives.
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