Formed in 1975, the Klezmorim was a klezmer band. They were widely credited with spearheading the worldwide revival of klezmer music in the 1970s and 1980s.
Founded in Berkeley, California in 1975, they first featured strings, particularly the virtuoso violin of David Skuse. After Skuse' departure in 1977, the morphed into a brass band, led by founder Lev Liberman's saxophone and founding member David Julian Gray's clarinet.
As a brass band focused on recreating the sounds of early 20th Century klezmer bands, they achieved world-wide popularity, garnering a Grammy nomination in 1983 and selling out concert halls in North America and Europe throughout the 1980's.
This introduction is taken from The Klezmorim’s entry on Wikipedia where detailed information about the band members, and their history can be found.
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