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Live in Florence

Current price: $18.99
Live in Florence
Live in Florence

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Live in Florence

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Released less than a year after
Naftule's Dream
's live album,
Job
,
Live in Florence
works as both a counterpart and complement.
was a high-class recording, taped live but extensively "enhanced" in post-production by
Bill Laswell
-- polished to a point where you start to lose the grittiness of true live playing in favor of a re-created in-your-face sound. Recorded on April 30, 2001, direct to two-track digital audio tape,
preserves more of the ambience of a
concert while sacrificing on hi-fi quality. What's more interesting is the fact that both albums intersect very little when it comes to track lists, with only
"A Prayer for No One,"
"Industrial Bulgar,"
and
"Dirge Sirba"
appearing on both -- and upon hearing the versions of the latter two, you'll understand why they are reprised here. The remainder of the set comes mostly from 1998's
Smash, Clap
. The band is in great shape, delivering a mean
"Free Klez"
as the disc's opener and keeping the energy level way up throughout the set. Clarinetist
Glenn Dickson
's playfulness shines in
"The Wanderer"
while the soulful
"A Prayer for No One"
documents his tender, soulful side. Newcomers to the group's modern,
free jazz
-informed take on
klezmer
should start with
or a studio album, but the enthusiast willing to tolerate a certain muddiness in sound quality will find
an enjoyable addition to their discography. ~ Francois Couture

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