Freedman Catalogue lookup: artist Gill, Benny

Name:: Gill, Benny

Songs written or composed

Bereles Sher — בערעלעס שער

Composer:: Gill, Benny
Composer:: Farber, Nat
Genre:: Klezmer/Novelty/Instrumental

Recordings

On album:: B-062(a) (Don Byron plays the music of Mickey Katz)
Track ID:: 19673
Clarinet:: Byron, Don & Orch
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:: Recorded under "Bereles Sherele"

On album:: K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:: 22340
Artist:: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Drums:: Weiss, Sam
Bass:: Breen, Larry
Piano/Arranger:: Farber, Nat
Trombone:: Zentner, Sy
Clarinet/Orchestra Leader:: Katz, Mickey
Artist:: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Trumpet:: Klein, Emmanuel
Trumpet:: Ellman, Ziggy
Style:: Instrumental/Klezmer/Sher

On album:: K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
Track ID:: 2247
Artist:: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:: Instrumental

On album:: G-029(b) (Joel Grey and the Kosher Jammers Mickey Katz Songs)
Track ID:: 2248
Artist:: Grey, Joel & Kosher Jammers
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Other tracks with this artist

Bar Mitzvah Special

Composer:: Singer, Lewis
Composer:: Farber, Nat
Genre:: Klezmer/Novelty

On album:: K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:: 22339
Artist:: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Clarinet:: Katz, Mickey
Arrranger/Possibly Conductor:: Farber, Nat
Trombone:: Diner, Harold
French Horn:: DeRosa, Vince
Woodwind:: Jacob, Jules
Woodwind:: Bercov, Morris
Woodwind:: Howard, Terry
Violin:: Gill, Benny
Piano:: Sherman, Ray
Bass:: Gaines, Earl
Drums:: Singer, Lewis
Track comment:: Recorded Aug 25, 1964
Style:: Instrumental

Freylekh Jamboree

Composer:: Katz, Mickey
Genre:: Klezmer/Novelty

On album:: K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:: 22341
Clarinet/Orchestra Leader:: Katz, Mickey
Artist:: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Trumpet:: Klein, Emmanuel
Trombone:: Zentner, Sy
Violin:: Gill, Benny
Piano/Arranger:: Farber, Nat
Guitar:: Bain, Bob
Bass:: Breen, Larry
Drums:: Weiss, Sam
Xylophone:: Singer, Lewis
Track comment:: Has elements of a sher, broyges tants, freylekhs,
Style:: Klezmer/Instrumental

Grandma's Draydl

Composer:: Farber, Nat
Composer:: Katz, Mickey
Genre:: Klezmer/Novelty

On album:: K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:: 22342
Artist:: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Clarinet/Orchestra Leader:: Katz, Mickey
Trumpet:: Klein, Emmanuel
Trombone:: Zentner, Sy
Violin:: Gill, Benny
Piano/Arranger:: Farber, Nat
Bass:: Breen, Larry
Drums:: Weiss, Sam
Xylophone:: Hansell, Ralph
Track comment:: Joel Grey sings "Papa, Play For Me" to this melody/Recorded Oct 3, 1952

Litvak Square Dance

Author:: Katz, Mickey
Composer:: Katz, Mickey
Genre:: Klezmer/Novelty

On album:: K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:: 22344
Artist:: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Clarinet:: Katz, Mickey
Arranger/Possibly Conductor:: Farber, Nat
Trombone:: Diner, Harold
French Horn:: DeRosa, Vince
Woodwind:: Jacob, Jules
Woodwind:: Bercov, Morris
Woodwind:: Howard, Terry
Violin:: Gill, Benny
Piano:: Sherman, Ray
Bass:: Gaines, Earl
Drums:: Singer, Lewis
First line:: Khap a meydl, khap a man, sving your partner,
Track comment:: Recorded Aug 25, 1964
Language:: Yinglish

Mazl Tov Dances

Composer:: Farber, Nat
Composer:: Katz, Mickey
Genre:: Klezmer/Novelty/Instrumental

On album:: K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:: 22346
Artist:: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Clarinet/Orchestra Leader:: Katz, Mickey
Trumpet:: Klein, Emmanuel
Trombone:: Zentner, Sy
Violin:: Gill, Benny
Piano/Arranger:: Farber, Nat
Bass:: Breen, Larry
Drums:: Weiss, Sam
Track comment:: Recorded Aug 18, 1952

Mendls Lid — מענדלס ליד

Composer:: Klein, Emmanuel
Composer:: Katz, Mickey
Genre:: Klezmer/Novelty

On album:: K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:: 22347
Artist:: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Vocal/Clarinet/Orchestra Leader:: Katz, Mickey
Trumpet:: Klein, Emmanuel
Trombone:: Zentner, Sy
Piano/Arranger:: Farber, Nat
Bass:: Breen, Larry
Violin:: Gill, Benny
Drums:: Weiss, Sam
Xylophone:: Hansell, Ralph
First line:: Veyn, mayn Mendl, lakh a bisl, Mendl, ikh bloz far mir a...
First line:: װײן, מײַן מעמדל, לאַך אַ ביסל, מענדל, איך בלאָז פֿאַר מיר אַ דרײדל,
Track comment:: Recorded under title "Memdel's Song."/ August 3, 1952

The Family Danced

Composer:: Farber, Nat
Composer:: Katz, Mickey
Genre:: Klezmer/Novelty/Instrumental

On album:: K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:: 22348
Artist:: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Orchestra Leader/Clarinet:: Katz, Mickey
Trumpet:: Klein, Emmanuel
Trombone:: Zentner, Sy
Reeds:: Bercov, Morris
Violin:: Gill, Benny
Piano/Arranger:: Farber, Nat
Bass:: Breen, Larry
Drums:: Weiss, Sam

The Wedding Dance

Composer:: Katz, Mickey
Genre:: Klezmer/Novelty/Instrumental

On album:: K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:: 22349
Clarinet/Orchestra Leader:: Katz, Mickey
Artist:: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Trumpet:: Klein, Emmanuel
Trombone:: Zentner, Sy
Violin:: Gill, Benny
Piano/Arranger:: Farber, Nat
Bass:: Breen, Larry
Xylophone:: Singer, Lewis
Guitar:: Bain, Bob
Track comment:: Recorded Nov 28, 1956
Style:: Includes melody line of "Reb Dovidl", a kazatska, freylekhs

Simcha Time

Author:: Unknown
Composer:: Unknown
Genre:: Novelty/Dialect/
Subject:: Food/Wedding/Family/Celebration/Klezmer

On album:: K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:: 22351
Artist:: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Vocal:: Katz, Mickey
Arranger/Orchestra Leader (possibly):: Farber, Nat
Trumpet:: Klein, Emmanuel
Trumpet:: Diner, Harold
French Horn:: DeRosa, Vince
Woodwinds:: Webb, Champ
Woodwinds:: Bercov, Morris
Violin:: Gill, Benny
Piano:: Sherman, Ray
Bass:: Gaines, Earl
Drums:: Singer, Lewis
First line:: Come on, one and all, let's be freylekh, let us have a ball,
Track comment:: Recorded Sep 30, 1964
Language:: Yinglish

Can Can Kozotski

Composer:: Offenbach, Jacques
Genre:: Novelty/Klezmer/Instrumental/Parody

On album:: K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:: 22353
Trumpet:: Klein, Emmanuel
Arranger/Orchestra Leader (possibly):: Farber, Nat
Artist:: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Trumpet:: Diner, Harold
French Horn:: DeRosa, Vince
Woodwinds:: Webb, Champ
Woodwinds:: Bercov, Morris
Violin:: Gill, Benny
Piano:: Sherman, Ray
Bass:: Gaines, Earl
Drums:: Singer, Lewis
Track comment:: Based on Offenbach Melody
Style:: Instrumental

The Bonesetter's Last Dance

Genre:: Instrumental/Karshlama/Taksim

On album:: Z-014(f) (Klezmer: Café Jew Zoo: Yale Strom with Hot Pstromi & Klezzj)
Track ID:: 30818
Arranger/Violin/Composer:: Strom, Yale
Bass:: Confurius, Marty
Soprano & Tenor Sax/Bass Clarinet:: Gill, Benny
Arranger:: Pekarek, Jeff
Bass:: Butera, Ismael
Clarinet:: Stachel, Norbert
Style:: Instrumental/Klezmer Jazz
Length:: 6:52

Sabbath Prayer

Author:

Harnick, Sheldon

Composer:

Bock, Jerry

Genre:

Theater

Subject:

Sabbath/Faith/Daughters/Prayer//Ruth/Esther/Shield/God

Origin:

Ephemera 1614

Additional song notes:

From "Fiddler on the Roof

Related information in folder 1614:

Comments:: 1 2/27/2018 Lyrics to Sabbath Prayer from "Fiddler" entered in ephemera on February 27, 2018

On album:: K-022(m) (Mickey Katz Fiddler On The Roof)
Track ID:: 31303
Clarinet:: Katz, Mickey
Trumpet:: Klein, Manny
Violin:: Gill, Benny
Woodwinds:: Bercov, Morris
Trombone:: Shepard, Thomas
Piano:: Sherman, Ray
Bass:: Rubin, Meyer
Drums:: Weiss, Sam
Percussion:: Flynn, Frank
Percussion:: Bunker, Larry
Arranger:: Farber, Nat
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:: Klezmer/Theatre
Length:: 2:33

If I Were A Rich Man

Author:: Harnick, Sheldon
Composer:: Bock, Jerry
Genre:: Theater
Subject:: Wealth/Poverty/House/Livestock/Wife/Servants/Importance/
Additional song notes:: From "Fiddler On the Roof" See Gottlieb 147-48 for relationship between "I Met A Girl", "The Wedding Samba", "I Fell Like I'm Not Out Of Bed Yet", "If I Were A Rich Man"