[78-L] reggae and klezmer

[Michael Biel]

On 2/5/2012 3:59 AM, Mike Harkin wrote:
> Don't know when the term klezmer was first applied to aT AA GUEmusical material and performance style, but the word itself is Yiddish for 'musician'. Plural klezmorim.

I know the word existed but it NEVER existed in a record catalog, record 
label, liner notes, or article before the mid-80s.  If it was used it 
did not describe the MUSIC, if anything it might not have even been used 
to describe 20th century musicians, only 18th and 19th century musicians.

>   At a guess I shouldn't be surprised if  the
> performers simply called it music, and let it go at that.  Comments from
> more knowledgeable people welcome!
>
> Mike in Plovdiv

No, the word Freilich was specifically and often used to describe the 
music itself.  You see it in the record catalogs, on the record labels, 
in the liner notes and in the album titles.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com