Subtitled "Hungarian & Gypsy Fiddle Music and Songs,"
Csokolom
's
May I Kiss Your Hand
is a more eclectic and swinging release than most such recordings, including both instrumental and vocal workouts on
traditional
numbers (as well as
Bela Bartok
"Romanian Dance #4"
).
Gregor Schaefer
jazz
-derived double-bass makes this more approachable to non-tradition-bound listeners than much Eastern European fiddle music, giving it a rhythmic pulse;
Anti VonKlewitz
's low vocals have an interesting spontaneous and worn quality. ~ Richie Unterberger