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| The Jewish Songbook: The Heart & Humor of a People | 
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Sales Rank: 6857
Category: Music
Artist: Various Artists
Publisher: Shout Factory
Studio: Shout Factory
Manufacturer: Shout Factory
Label: Shout Factory
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 10900
UPC: 826663109009
EAN: 0826663109009
ASIN: B0017V8PJY
Release Date: June 3, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Utt Da Zay - Manhattan Transfer | | • | My Yiddishe Momme - Neil Sedaka | | • | Raisins And Almonds - Dave Koz | | • | Mein Shtetele Belz - Herb Alpert | | • | Bagel & Lox - Rob Schneider | | • | Shake Hands With Your Uncle Max - Jason Alexander | | • | Mahzel (Means Good Luck) - Triumph The Insult Comic Dog | | • | Joe And Paul - Paul Shaffer | | • | Sheyn Vi Di L'vone - Lainie Kazan | | • | Sabbath Prayer - Theodore Bikel | | • | Hine Ma Tov - Adam Sandler | | • | Hatikvah - Marvin Hamlisch | | • | Avinu Malkeinu - Barbra Streisand |
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Album Description
The Jewish Songbook The Heart And Humor Of A People is an album of classic Jewish songs newly recorded by some of today's top Jewish stars. Produced by legendary producer Brooks Arthur (Janis Ian, Bette Midler, Jackie Mason, Adam Sandler), the record is at once musical and comedic, and wholeheartedly documents thecreative richness of Jewish culture. The Jewish Songbook features Adam Sandler, Jason Alexander, Barbra Streisand, Neil Sedaka, Rob Schneider and many others.
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 Some is great;;some a one time listen June 29, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
The concept of this CD, produced by Brooks Arthur is a commendable one. He knows lots of folks in show business who are Jewish and decided that newly recorded versions of "Jewish" songs would be great. All but one of the 13 tracks on this (somewhat short at 44-minute length) were recorded in 2006 and 2007 by the artists. The lone "oldie" is "Avinu Malkeinu" by Barbra Streisand, which comes from her 1997 "Higher Ground" album.
The CD starts off great with The Manhattan Transfer performing a great swing version of "Utt Da Say" about a tailor making a dress. It had me tapping my feet immediately. Then Neil Sedaka (who recorded a whole CD of Yiddish songs a few years back) slows it down with "My Yiddishe Momme". Smooth jazz meet traditional Yiddish Klezmer for the next two track which feature soprano sax player Dave Koz and then trumpeter Herb Alpert. Comedian Rob Schneider really surprised me with his version of "Bagel & Lox" a 1940s swing tune. THEN thinks stopped. Jason Alexander performs one of lesser-known (for good reason) Allen Sherman parodies ("Shake Hands With Your Uncle Max"). Okay, maybe it's cute once. But I doubt anyone will play this track a second time. The next two "comedy" tracks are also funny ONCE. Then things get serious. The last 5 tracks are more or less Jewish Religious vocal music or prayers. (Ironically, the one song titled "Sabbath Prayer" is the song that Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick wrote for the score of "Fiddler on the Roof" in the 1960s. Theodore Bikel does a nice job and Adam Sandler (who has single-handedly brought back the songs of Hanukah each December) sings the prayer "Hine Ma Tov" in a duet with his real-life Cantor. Marvin Hamlisch does "Hatikva" and it's Streisand's turn to wrap things up.
With a bit better programming (keep Schneider and Triumph The Wonder Dog - seriously - but delete the between song shtick) and Jason Alexander's take on the Sherman song, as well as the "goes on too long" number "Joe and Paul" and this would be a Cd you could repeatedly play from beginning to end. Since you can program your CD player for sequencing, I'm only complaining a bit .
The CD says that "a portion of the proceeds will benefit Jewish charities" so there's a "mitzvah" going on here as well.
Maybe this project will be successful and Richard Foos (exec at Shout Factory) will chance Volume 2. There's lots more Jewish performers out there and more songs to be covered. (Heck Irving Berlin wrote a bunch of great Jewish novelties.)
Steve Ramm
"Anything Phonographic"
 Jewish Music Lovers CD June 25, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Anyone who loves Jewish music should check out this CD. It is original and funny and brings back lots of memories.
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