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“The Thinking Man's Party Band...one of the best violinists I've ever seen."
Victor Bonderoff - The Vancouver Sun

 

     

Klezma Mezma

(Lewis)
Somewhat inspired by a great band called Hoven
Droven. Take something traditionally played lighter,
play it light, then play it heavy.

 

Bollywood Vamp

(Semaka/Kinjo/Lewis)
There are Queens and there are vamps.

Schwartze’s Sirba

(Abe Schwartz)
A standard repertoire klezmer melody written by Romanian American klezmer violinist & composer, Abe Schwartz.  First introduced to Jonathan by Allan
Merovitz, former lead singer of the Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band, now leader of Calgary’s Klezmerovitz klezmer ensemble. Go buy their album and
check out www.klezmerovitz.com

 

Vladimir Wakes

(Semaka/Lewis)
A re-recording of Vladimir’s Wake
from the album ‘Tongue & Groove’.

 

Koornbanter

On the Monsterom album, the Devils & a few friends being funny.

 

Moxam

Under the monicker ‘Moxam’, Jonathan
Lewis has delved into electronica. We found
these two tracks sinister enough to include.

 

Socio-Political Ramifications

(Moxam/Lewis)

 

Cue 45 Test 1

(Moxam/Lewis)
For Alberta Theatre Projects’ 2005 production of
Greg MacArthur’s ‘Get Away’. This was the
post curtain-call mayhem.