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1 Anniversary Song Traditional 2:58
2 My Yiddishe Mamme Pollack/Yellen 2:07
3 Bei Mir Bist Du Schön Cahn/Chaplin/Jacobs 3:07
4 Misirlou Traditional 2:45
5 Hava Nagila Traditional 1:54
6 A Vaibele, A Tsnie Lillian/Rumshinsky 2:44
7 Mu Mu Utjossow 2:24
8 The Old Piano Roll Blues Coben 3:01
9 Shein Vi de Levone Rumshinsky/Tauber 2:03
10 Zug Es Meir Noch Amool Ellstein/Jacobskamm 2:07
11 Es Fehlt Ihr die Rozinke Kalich/Rumshinsky 2:54
12 What Can you Mach? - S'is America Lebedeff 3:19
13 My Yiddish Mamme Pollack/Yellen 5:44
14 The Bridegroom Special Traditional 3:23
15 Eishes - Chiyell Shad 3:12
16 Yiddisher Charleston Traditional 3:03
17 When Hollywood Goes Black and Tan Brown/Rene/Rene 2:45
18 Some of These Days Brooks 2:41
19 Black But Sweet Hendricks 2:30
20 O Mein Papa Amstein/Burkhard/Ch 4:27
21 Hariklaki Toundas 2:34
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Kosher Nostra: Jewish Gangsters Greatest Hits

Audio Compact Disc

Label: Essay Recordings

Category: Vocal

Kosher Nostra: Jewish Gangsters Greatest Hits

UPC: 4250536400072

Release Date: 05/10/2011

Original Release Date: 05/10/2011

Number of Discs: 1

Tracks: [Anniversary Song, My Yiddishe Mamme, Bei Mir Bist Du Schön, Misirlou, Hava Nagila, A Vaibele, A Tsnie, Mu Mu, The Old Piano Roll Blues, Shein Vi de Levone, Zug Es Meir Noch Amool, Es Fehlt Ihr die Rozinke, What Can you Mach? - S'is America, My Yiddish Mamme, The Bridegroom Special, Eishes - Chiyell, Yiddisher Charleston, When Hollywood Goes Black and Tan, Some of These Days, Black But Sweet, O Mein Papa, Hariklaki]
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John Bush

The Jewish criminal underworld flourished in New York City as early as the mid-19th century, wrestling with Italian and Irish elements into the mid-?50s for control of the city?s criminal commerce, while Jewish gangsters Meyer Lansky and Bugsy Siegel later became prime movers behind the rise of Las Vegas as the gambling capital of America. The Kosher Nostra compilation catalogues this era, not with Phil Spector hits like a Martin Scorsese film, but with the type of music that could've soundtracked Scarface -- the 1932 film, not the 1983 film -- and likely brought tears to the eyes of Jewish gangsters (or at least their parents) during their prime of the 1920s through the '50s. During those decades, entertainers, both those with Jewish heritage and those without, welded Jewish music to burgeoning American forms like jazz, R&B, and rock & roll. The compilers, Shantel and Oz Almog, both have excellent credentials for this type of venture; Shantel is not only a top dance DJ but a student of the criminal underworld (with a college thesis to his credit), while Oz Almog is an artist who has mounted exhibitions featuring mug shots and gangster biographies. Fans of '70s gangster movies may find this, ironically, a little too hardcore (substitute Al Jolson for Al Martino, and Connie Francis for Ronnie Spector), but this music, often with heavily traditional influences, flavors, and language, shines a spotlight on the same type of crime and culture found in Low Life, Luc Sante's eye-opening book on the New York underworld of the 19th and 20th centuries. ~ John Bush, Rovi