Concert: Paul Shapiro’s Purim Shpil!
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Bid farewell to Purim 2024 with the Museum at Eldridge Street!
Join us in our stunning Main Sanctuary to celebrate the storied tradition of Jewish musical comedy with friends and family of all ages! Purim is a Jewish holiday where we celebrate cultural survival and continuity with the utmost joy and laughter. We dress up together in ridiculous costumes, we make noise, we tell jokes, and we give back to our community.
Some may remember classic Jewish comedy numbers of the 20th century, such as Monroe Silver's Cohen on the Telephone, the Barton Brothers's Joe and Paul a Fargenigen, Mickey Katz's Duvid Crockett (King of Delancey Street), Allan Sherman's Seventy Six Sol Cohens, or Jazz musician Slim Gaillard's Mishugana Mambo.
Take a trip back in time and sing, dance, and laugh along with Paul Shapiro's Purim Shpil!
FUN FOR ALL AGES! SILLY HATS ARE ENCOURAGED!
Musicians:
Paul Shapiro (sax and vocals), Dan Rosengard (piano), Larry Eagle (drums)
Concert Tickets (Include Museum Admission):
Adult $25 (at-the-door $30)
Student / Senior $20 (at-the-door $25)
Child 5-17 $15 (at-the-door $20)
Child under 5 FREE
Cool Culture Pass / SNAP Benefits $5
There is no reserved seating.
About the Band:
Paul Shapiro: Tagged as “the downtown version of Jewish novelty maestro Mickey Katz”, Paul Shapiro, saxophonist, bandleader and composer is best known for his recordings on John Zorn’s Tzadik label, Midnight Minyan, It’s in the Twilight, Essen (featuring the Ribs & Brisket Revue), and Shofarot Verses.
Shapiro was commissioned by the Museum of Jewish Heritage to compose an original score to accompany the 1925 feature length silent film His People. It features music for a six piece ensemble of woodwinds, trumpet, cello, piano, bass, and drums and has been performed in Krakow, San Francisco, Denver, San Diego, the Yiddish Book Center, Museum at Eldridge Street, and the Manhattan JCC. He also wrote the score to Cheryl Dunye’s critically acclaimed film Watermelon Woman and Judy Schiller’s It Happened in Havana.
Shapiro was a long-time member of the Microscopic Septet through the 1980’s and a founding member of Brooklyn Funk Essentials in the 1990’s. From 1981 to 1993 he led his own avant funk band Foreign Legion, performing at the Mudd Club, CBGB, Danceteria, the Lone Star Café, and many more. Foreign Legion was featured on the 1987 LP This is the Funk along with Defunkt, James White, et al.
In 1991 Shapiro’s song-length flute solo graced the house music classic Frankie Knuckles’ Whistle Song. Other recording credits include Lou Reed, David Byrne, Rufus Wainwright, Queen Latifah, Majek Fashek, Ofra Haza, David Morales, Steven Bernstein, Yoko Kanno, John Zorn, Antony and the Johnsons, Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, Brian McKnight, Khaled, Daniel Zamir, Marc Anthony, Naughty by Nature, Marshall Crenshaw, and others. Shapiro appears in the film Lou Reed’s Berlin recorded live at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn. He was also featured in Doug Block’s documentary 112 Weddings. Shapiro was the horn section leader for Jay-Z’s Reasonable Doubt concert and recording at Radio City Music Hall.
Praise for Paul Shapiro:
“Mr. Shapiro’s Midnight Minyan is a brilliant synthesis of klezmer and hard bop.” - The Wall Street Journal
“Mr. Shapiro transforms the ritual of a Friday night Shabbat service into a rollicking downtown jam.” - The New York Times
“Essen is a massive collage of Yiddish swing, theatre-cabaret, gypsy-punk and hip-hop thrusts. What Bohemian Rhapsody is to Queen, Essen is to Paul Shapiro.” - Jazz Review
“Shapiro truly mixes jazz and Jewish liturgical music evoking both kinds of music while bringing out similarities and making connections.” - Jews and Jazz, Charles Hersch
Dan Rosengard: As a pianist, music director, conductor, arranger, composer, and producer, Dan Rosengard is one of the busiest musicians in New York City. His versatility has enabled him to work with a wide variety of artists throughout the music business including live performance, studio recording, film, television, Broadway, and production.
Rosengard is best-known for his stint as a member of the creative team at NBC’s Saturday Night Live, where he composed and arranged special material for the comedy sketches featuring Jimmy Fallon, Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Tracy Morgan, and many others. Rosengard was the pianist/arranger for Town Hall’s presentation of From Moses To Mostel starring Robert Klein, and was the pianist for Carnegie Hall’s 2019 Migrations Festival presentation of From Shtetl To Stage featuring luminaries from the Yiddish, classical, and theater worlds.
Recent activities include live performances with Stevie Wonder, Sting, Melissa Manchester, and Wayne Newton, producing the CD Pop! Goes The Easel for MoMA, and conducting the house band for Friars Club tributes to Robert De Niro, Frank Sinatra, Tom Cruise, and Smokey Robinson. Dan can be heard on recordings by John Zorn, Leon Redbone, Darden Smith and the DMP Big Band.
Larry Eagle: Drummer and percussionist Larry Eagle keeps his musical portfolio diversified. He's a founding member of Bruce Springsteen's Sessions Band. Their album We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions won a Grammy for Folk Music and was followed by their Live In Dublin CD and DVD release.
Eagle played on John Legend's Grammy-winning second album, on a Blues Grammy nominee with the late Odetta, a Country & Western Grammy nominee with longtime collaborator and National Endowment of the Arts Heritage Fellow Andy Statman, and 2015 and 2017 Children’s Grammy nominated albums with Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could. Larry has recorded albums with artists ranging from country and bluegrass superstar Ricky Skaggs to the powerful jazz/soul singer Lizz Wright.
Eagle continues to play and record with artists in a wide variety of genres and performed on the traditional jazz stage with Cynthia Sayer at the 2017 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival (JazzFest) and with Honky Tonk Country/Western Swing artists, The Western Caravan, at the 2017 and 2018 Fuji Rock Festivals in Japan. Larry has toured and taught jazz drumming in China and has appeared on The Tonight Show, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Good Morning America, PBS, the BBC as well as an ice-breaking Baltic Sea ferry out of Naantali, Finland.
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