Klezmerish - 5 February 2023

First gig of the year was a return to the Acapela Studio a cosy venue where they serve Pizzas before the gig. Klezmerish were a band with four accomplished musicians who it turned out each had a different musical interest and the combined effect worked well. The Double bassist was the Klezmer specialist and the first quarter were largely Klezmer songs - so far so great. Thye Saxophonist was into East European music and played a Romanian dance tune with the Accordianist as a duo. The Accordianist was deep into Tango and the second set started with four Tango songs - two Piazzolla and two from someone whose name I didn't catch. Like the Klezmer section they were superb. The Guitarist was into Jazz Guitar and he was very adept at this albeit I preferred the Klezmer and the Tango sections. He also foolishly did a version of 'Dance me to the End of Love' which was not to my liking. All in all - an excellent evening of music in a nice atmosphere. We return to the Acapela at the end of the month.