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4 unusual facts about Yale Strom


Klezmer-loshn

The most detailed glossary of klezmer-loshn of over 600 words can be found in "The Book of Klezmer: The History, The Music, The Folklore from the 14th Century to the 21st" (A Capella Books, 2002, author Yale Strom).

Yale Strom

He also composed all the New Jewish music for the National Public Radio series "Fiddlers, Philosophers & Fools: Jewish Short Stories From the Old World to the New", hosted by Leonard Nimoy, as well as numerous film scores.

He was the first photographer since Roman Vishniac to publish photographs of Jews in the Eastern Bloc countries.

His first children's book "The Wedding That Saved a Town", illustrated by Jenya Prosmitsky, was published by Kar-Ben Publishing in 2008 and won the San Diego Library Association's Best Illustrated Children's book award in 2009.


Elizabeth Schwartz

She primarily records with Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi but has collaborated (in performance and/or recordings)with notable musicians from the jazz and folk music worlds, notably Muzsikas, Damian Draghici, Alicia Svigals, Salman Ahmad, Marta Sebestyen and others.


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