THE KLEZMORIM

THE KLEZMORIM at The Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, 1978. L to R: Lev Liberman, Stuart Brotman, David Julian Gray, John Raskin, Brian Wishnefsky. Not pictured: Kevin Linscott. [Photo: Cornelia Bryer]

In 1975 a ragtag army of street musicians from Berkeley, California jump-started the worldwide klezmer revival. Co-founder/saxman Lev Liberman tells the inside story of The Klezmorim from then 'til now — Grammy nominees, Carnegie Hall headliners, European popstars — and their brass-kicking, steam-powered, vodka-soaked Old World jazz...