Freedman Catalogue lookup: artist Watts, Elaine Hoffman

Name:

Watts, Elaine Hoffman

Born:

Philadelphia, PA

Related information in folder 1611:

Comments:: 1. 9/28/2017 Obituary in The Philadelphia Inquirer of Sept 28,2017 by Bonnie L. Cook titled "Elaine Hoffman Watts, percussionist who loved klezmer folk music"

2 11/2017 Article in the Yiddish Forverts of November 2017 by Itzik Gottesman titled "In Ondenk: Beloved Piklerin, Itele Hofman-Vats, Iz Nifter Gevorn" (In Memory, Beloved Drummer, Elaine Hoffman Watts, Died"

Tracks with this artist

A Heymisher Sher — אַ הײמישער שער

Composer:: Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Genre:: Klezmer/Instrumental/Dance/Sher
Additional song notes:: "Homey Sher"

On album:: S-022(a) (Yaacov Shapiro Shalom Do Ruft Aich Israel — יעקב שפּירו שלום דאָ רופֿט אײַך ישׂראל)
Track ID:: 39478
Fiddle:: Svigals, Alicia
Accordion:: Brody, Lauren
Drums:: Watts, Elaine Hoffman
Bass:: Asian, Pablo
Style:: Instrumental/Klezmer
Length:: 4:03

Kale Kale (Mazl Tov) — כּלה כּלה )מזל טובֿ(

Genre:: Wedding
Subject:: Bride/Family/Wedding/Joy/Celebration
Origin:: Alb F-024(e)
Additional song notes:: Congratulations to the Brides

On album:: S-022(a) (Yaacov Shapiro Shalom Do Ruft Aich Israel — יעקב שפּירו שלום דאָ רופֿט אײַך ישׂראל)
Track ID:: 39470
Melody Fiddle:: Svigals, Alicia
Melody Fiddle:: Greenman, Steven
Accordion:: Brody, Lauren
Bass:: Asian, Pablo
Tsimbl:: Horowitz, Joshua
Drums/Commentary:: Watts, Elaine Hoffman
Style:: Instrumental/Klezmer

Ternovker Sher — טערנאָװקער שער

Composer:: Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Genre:: Instrumental/Klezmer/Sher/Dance

On album:: S-022(a) (Yaacov Shapiro Shalom Do Ruft Aich Israel — יעקב שפּירו שלום דאָ רופֿט אײַך ישׂראל)
Track ID:: 39474
Fiddle:: Svigals, Alicia
Accordion:: Brody, Lauren
Drums:: Watts, Elaine Hoffman
Bass:: Asian, Pablo
Style:: Instrumental/Klezmer

Ovinu Malkeynu (Unknown) — אבינו מלכּנו

Author:: Akiba, Rabbi
Author:: Amram Goan, Rabbi
Genre:: Religious/High Holy Days/Liturgical/Prayer
Subject:: Sin/Repentance/Confession/Forgivness
Origin:: Alb C-005(b)/Alb B-033(b)/Seder Avo 466
Transliteration:: Alb C-005(b)/Alb S-092(s)/alb M-129(a)
Translation:: Alb B-026(b)/Alb B-033(b)/Alb C-005(c)/Seder Avo 466
Additional song notes:: See Vorbei 293 for history of the text See Alb S-202(b) for synopsis of text

On album:: W-034(a) (I Remember Klezmer / The Art of Klezmer Drumming / Elaine Hoffman Watts / Susan Watts)
Track ID:: 31349
Drums:: Watts, Elaine Hoffman
Vocal/Trumpet:: Watts, Susan
Drums:: Brown, Gerry
Drums:: Licht, David
Drums:: Alexander, Aaron
Language:: Hebrew
Style:: Nigun/Jazz
Length:: 2:32

Trish's Freylekh

Genre:: Instrumental/Klezmer

On album:: W-034(a) (I Remember Klezmer / The Art of Klezmer Drumming / Elaine Hoffman Watts / Susan Watts)
Track ID:: 31347
Drums:: Watts, Elaine Hoffman
Trumpet:: Watts, Susan
Arranger:: Johnson, Trish
Style:: Freylekh
Length:: 1:25

Bagopolier Freylekh

Genre:: Instrumental/Klezmer

On album:: W-034(a) (I Remember Klezmer / The Art of Klezmer Drumming / Elaine Hoffman Watts / Susan Watts)
Track ID:: 31348
Drums:: Watts, Elaine Hoffman
Trumpet:: Watts, Susan
Tuba:: Johnson, Travis
Tuba:: Krush, Jay
Style:: Freylekh

Lost Jewish Music of Phila. (Video)

Genre:: Documentary/Klezmer
Subject:: Regional Sound/Klezmer

On album:: V0035
Track ID:: 33948
Executive Producer:: Popkin, Susan A.
Performer/Speaker:: Borock, Joe
Producer/Director:: Borock, Jackie
Performer/Narrator:: Netsky, Hankus
Performer/Speaker:: Watts, Elaine Hoffman
Language:: English
Style:: Spoken Word/Concert/Klezmer
Length:: 26:00

I'll Just Keep Going Rhumba

Genre:: Instrumetal/Novelty
Subject:: Drum and Xylophone Solos

On album:: W-034(a) (I Remember Klezmer / The Art of Klezmer Drumming / Elaine Hoffman Watts / Susan Watts)
Track ID:: 31337
Xylophone:: Hoffman, Jacob
Drums/Spoken Word:: Watts, Elaine Hoffman
Drums:: Licht, David
Drums:: Alexander, Aaron
Drums:: Brown, Gerry
Announcer/Spoken Word:: Liebeskind, S.
Arranger:: Watts, Susan
First line:: I'll Just Keep Going
Language:: English
Style:: Insturmental/Rhumba
Length:: 2:59

Freylekh 21

Genre:: Instrumental/Klezmer

On album:: W-034(a) (I Remember Klezmer / The Art of Klezmer Drumming / Elaine Hoffman Watts / Susan Watts)
Track ID:: 31338
Drums:: Watts, Elaine Hoffman
Trumpet:: Watts, Susan
Length:: 2:10

Firn Di Mekhutonim Aheym — פֿירן די מחותּנים אַהײם

Also known as:: Oriental Melody (Instr)
Also known as:: Street Song
Composer:: Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב
Genre:: Klezmer/Wedding/Instrumental/Hora/Doyna
Subject:: In Laws
Music:: Comp Klez 44
Additional song notes:: Accompaning the In-Laws Home Naftule Brandwein sometimes credited as Composer. Melody played in Shargorad (also elsewhere)/aka DerGasn Nigun- Oriental Melody

On album:: W-034(a) (I Remember Klezmer / The Art of Klezmer Drumming / Elaine Hoffman Watts / Susan Watts)
Track ID:: 31339
Drums:: Watts, Elaine Hoffman
Trumpet/Vocal:: Watts, Susan
Drums:: Brown, Gerry
Drums:: Licht, David
Drums:: Alexander, Aaron
Trumpet:: London, Frank
Style:: Klezmer/Instgrumental/Nigun
Length:: 5:46

Freylekh (Watts)

Genre:: Instrumental/Klezmer

On album:: W-034(a) (I Remember Klezmer / The Art of Klezmer Drumming / Elaine Hoffman Watts / Susan Watts)
Track ID:: 31340
Drums:: Watts, Elaine Hoffman
Trumpet:: Watts, Susan
Accordion:: Flagg, Kurt
Trombone:: Lemisch, Rachel — לעמיש, רחל
Tuba:: Johnson, Travis
Tuba:: Krush, Jay
Length:: 2:58

Shtetl Ias — שטעטל יאַס

Genre:: Instrumental/Klezmer

On album:: W-034(a) (I Remember Klezmer / The Art of Klezmer Drumming / Elaine Hoffman Watts / Susan Watts)
Track ID:: 31341
Drums:: Watts, Elaine Hoffman
Trumpet:: Watts, Susan
Trombone:: Lemisch, Rachel — לעמיש, רחל
Style:: Instrumental/Klezmer
Length:: 3:03

Eateleh's Suiteleh

Composer:: Hoffman, Jacob
Genre:: Instrumental/Klezmer
Additional song notes:: Drum Doyne / Trumpet Interlude/ Eatele Freylekh. Written by Jacob Hoffman for his daughter, Elaine.

On album:: W-034(a) (I Remember Klezmer / The Art of Klezmer Drumming / Elaine Hoffman Watts / Susan Watts)
Track ID:: 31342
Drums:: Watts, Elaine Hoffman
Trumpet/Arranger:: Watts, Susan
Trombone:: Lemisch, Rachel — לעמיש, רחל
Style:: Instrumental/Klezmer
Length:: 8:41

Lakeleh — לייקעלע

Composer:: Hoffman, Jacob
Genre:: Instrumental/Klezmer
Additional song notes:: Composed by Jacob Hoffman for his daughter's ,Lenore, wedding

On album:: W-034(a) (I Remember Klezmer / The Art of Klezmer Drumming / Elaine Hoffman Watts / Susan Watts)
Track ID:: 31344
Drums:: Watts, Elaine Hoffman
Trumptet:: Watts, Susan
Trombone:: Lemisch, Rachel — לעמיש, רחל
Style:: Freylekh
Length:: 3:00

Khasidishe Freylekh — חסידישע פֿריילעך

Genre:: Instrumental/Klezmer

On album:: W-034(a) (I Remember Klezmer / The Art of Klezmer Drumming / Elaine Hoffman Watts / Susan Watts)
Track ID:: 31345
Drums:: Watts, Elaine Hoffman
Trumpet:: Watts, Susan
Trobone:: Lemisch, Rachel — לעמיש, רחל
Style:: Freylekh
Length:: 3:27

Tsigayner Tants — ציגייִנער טאַנץ

Genre:: Instrumental/Klezmer

On album:: W-034(a) (I Remember Klezmer / The Art of Klezmer Drumming / Elaine Hoffman Watts / Susan Watts)
Track ID:: 31346
Drums:: Watts, Elaine Hoffman
Drums:: Brown, Gerry
Drums:: Licht, David
Drums:: Alexander, Aaron
Trumpet:: Watts, Susan
Trombone:: Lemisch, Rachel — לעמיש, רחל
Style:: Instrumental
Length:: 4:22

Elaine Watts Drummer

Genre:: Instrumental/Drums/Klezmer

On album:: B-114(b)3 (Dan Blacksberg/ Eleanor Reissa/ Freedman Fifteenth Anniversary Concert/Highlights)
Track ID:: 41597
Artist:: Dan Blacksberg Modern Yiddish Ensemble
Vocal:: Reissa, Eleanor
Drums:: Watts, Elaine Hoffman
Style:: Klezmer/Drums/Instrumental
Length:: 7:32

Etele/ A Life In Klezmer (Video)

Genre:: Klezmer/Documentary
Subject:: Elaine Hoffman Watts/Susan Lankin Watts/Hoffman Family

On album:: V0231 (Etele/A Life In Klezmer/Elaine Hoffman Watts and the Hoffman Family Tradition (Video))
Track ID:: 36343
Performer:: Watts, Elaine Hoffman
Performer:: Watts, Susan
Performer:: Dolgin, Josh
Performer:: Lemisch, Rachel — לעמיש, רחל
Performer:: Netsky, Hankus
Performer:: Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Performer:: Staaf, Carmen
Director:: Dornfield, Barry
Director:: Kodish, Debora
Language:: English
Style:: Documentary

Zets (Video)

Genre:: Klezmer/Instrumental

On album:: V0231 (Etele/A Life In Klezmer/Elaine Hoffman Watts and the Hoffman Family Tradition (Video))
Track ID:: 36753
Drums:: Watts, Elaine Hoffman
Trumpet:: Watts, Susan
Piano:: Dolgin, Josh
Tuba:: Krush, Jay
Trombone:: Lemisch, Rachel — לעמיש, רחל
Saxophone/Clarinet:: Netsky, Hankus
Banjo:: Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Accordion:: Staaf, Carmen
Style:: Klezmer/Instrumental

Bagopole (Video)

Genre:: Klezmer/Instrumental
Subject:: Place/Shtetl
Additional song notes:: Bagopoli is a destroyed shtetl in Eastern Europe

On album:: V0231 (Etele/A Life In Klezmer/Elaine Hoffman Watts and the Hoffman Family Tradition (Video))
Track ID:: 36754
Xylophone:: Watts, Elaine Hoffman
Trumpet:: Watts, Susan
Piano:: Dolgin, Josh
Tuba:: Krush, Jay
Trombone:: Lemisch, Rachel — לעמיש, רחל
Saxophone/Clarinet:: Netsky, Hankus
Banjo:: Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Accordion:: Staaf, Carmen
Style:: Klezmer/Instrumental

Etele (Video)

Genre:: Klezmer/Instrumental

On album:: V0231 (Etele/A Life In Klezmer/Elaine Hoffman Watts and the Hoffman Family Tradition (Video))
Track ID:: 36755
Drums:: Watts, Elaine Hoffman
Trumpet:: Watts, Susan
Piano:: Dolgin, Josh
Tuba:: Krush, Jay
Trombone:: Lemisch, Rachel — לעמיש, רחל
Saxophone/Clarinet:: Netsky, Hankus
Banjo:: Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Accordion:: Staaf, Carmen
Style:: Klezmer/Instrumental

Mazl Tov (Video)

Genre:: Klezmer/Waltz/Instrumental

On album:: V0231 (Etele/A Life In Klezmer/Elaine Hoffman Watts and the Hoffman Family Tradition (Video))
Track ID:: 36756
Drums:: Watts, Elaine Hoffman
Trumpet:: Watts, Susan
Piano:: Dolgin, Josh
Tuba:: Krush, Jay
Trombone:: Lemisch, Rachel — לעמיש, רחל
Saxophone/Clarinet:: Netsky, Hankus
Banjo:: Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Accordion:: Staaf, Carmen
Style:: Klezmer/Instrumental/Waltz

Philadelphia Sher (Video)

Genre:: Klezmer/Dance/Instrumental

On album:: V0231 (Etele/A Life In Klezmer/Elaine Hoffman Watts and the Hoffman Family Tradition (Video))
Track ID:: 36757
Drums:: Watts, Elaine Hoffman
Trumpet:: Watts, Susan
Piano:: Dolgin, Josh
Tuba:: Krush, Jay
Trombone:: Lemisch, Rachel — לעמיש, רחל
Saxophone/Clarinet:: Netsky, Hankus
Banjo:: Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Accordion:: Staaf, Carmen
Style:: Klezmer/Instrumental

A Gute Nakht Mishigas (Video) — אַ גוטע נאַכט משוגעת (ווידיאָ)

Genre:: Klezmer/Waltz
Subject:: Cares/Concerns/World/Craziness/Relief/
Additional song notes:: Good Night Craziness

On album:: V0231 (Etele/A Life In Klezmer/Elaine Hoffman Watts and the Hoffman Family Tradition (Video))
Track ID:: 36758
Drums:: Watts, Elaine Hoffman
Vocal/Trumpet:: Watts, Susan
Piano:: Dolgin, Josh
Tuba:: Krush, Jay
Trombone:: Lemisch, Rachel — לעמיש, רחל
Saxophone/Clarinet:: Netsky, Hankus
Banjo:: Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Accordion:: Staaf, Carmen
First line:: A gute nakht (3), mayn mishigas, shlof mayn tsuris, shlof mayn troyerik harts
First line:: אַ גוטע נאַכט מײַן משוגעת, שלאָף מײַן צרהות, שלאָף מײַן טרויער,...
Language:: English/Yiddish
Style:: Klezmer/Lullaby/

Hava Nagila (Nathanson) — הבה נגילה

Also known as:

Kene Hora (Hava Nagila)

Also known as:

Living With the H Tune

Author:

Nathanson, Moshe

Genre:

Folk/Hora

Subject:

Dance/Celebration/Joy

Song comment:

See Page 130 for extended info on the song

Origin:

Coopersmith NJS 111/Nath 15/Alb S-033(a)/Alb Z-013(a)/Alb N-014(a)

Transliteration:

Alb N-014(a)/Coopersmith NJS 111/Alb N-014(b)/Alb S-033(a)/Alb K-007(a)

Translation:

Coopersmith NJS 111/Alb S-033(a)/Alb Z-013(a)/Alb N-014(b)/Alb B-032(a)

Music:

Coopersmith NJS 111/Nath 15/Pasternak BHN 130/Metro Scher 15

Additional song notes:

Originally Chassidic Sadigurer (Bukovina, Poland) nigun. Text - claimed by Idelsohn, but text usually attributed to Moshe - Nathanson. See Pasternak's "Beyond Hava Nagila" p 130: Nulman, p - 102.

Related information in folder 832:

Comments:: 1. 10/26/2007 Article by Leah Hochbaum Rosner in English Forward, Oct. 26, 2007, titled "Singing 'Happy Birthday' to 'Hava Nagila' as Party Classic nears 100". 2. 8/28/2008 Article published on the internet as of August 28, 2008 by James Loeffler titled "Hava Nagila's Long, Strange Trip: The unlikely history of a Hasidic melody. 3. 7/20/212 Article from the Forward of July 20, 2012 by Renee Ghert-Zand titled "From Ukraine to You Tube: How 'Hava Nagila' Became a Global Hit" 4. 2/24/2017 Article from Wikipedia as of February 24, 2017 titled Hava Nagila

On album:: W-034(b) (Susan Watts / Hartsklap)
Track ID:: 43041
Trumpet:: Watts, Susan
Drums/Xylophone:: Watts, Elaine Hoffman
Trombone:: Lemisch, Rachel — לעמיש, רחל
Piano:: Dolgin, Josh
Tuba:: Watsky, Allen
Style:: Instrumental/Syncopated/Klezmer
Length:: 2:48

Rumanian Bulgar

Genre:: Instrumental/Bulgar/Freyllekhs/Dance

On album:: W-034(b) (Susan Watts / Hartsklap)
Track ID:: 43050
drums:: Watts, Elaine Hoffman
Trumpet:: Watts, Susan
Style:: Concert/Klezmer/Bulgar/Freylekhs/Dance
Length:: 3:24

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