Watts, Susan

Name:
Watts, Susan
Born:
June 2, 1966 (Havertown, PA)
Related information in folder 222:
Document type:
Article
Author:
Forverts Editorial Board
Publisher:
Yiddish Forverts
Date:
7/??2018
Comments:
1. 7/?/2016 Article in Yiddish Forverts of July 2016 by the Forverts Editorial Board titled "Nayer Klezmer-Klas In Filadelfier Gegent"
"Nayer Klezmer-Klas in Filadelfier Gegant" (New Klezmer Klass in Philadelphia Area.)
Comments:
(cont'd) [New Klezmer Class in Phildephia Neighborhood]
Document type:
Article
Author:
Selma Maya zigelboim
Publisher:
Jewish Exponent10/25/18
Date:
10/25/2018
Comments:
2. Article in The Jewish Exponent of October 25, 2018 titled " Folklore Project Presents" Women of Klezmer."
Document type:
Program
Author:
Susan Watts
Publisher:
Phila Folklore Project
Date:
10/28/2018
Comments:
3. Articles by Susan Watts and others in Program dated October 28, 2018 and titled "Soul Songs: Inspiring Women of Klezmer"

Songs written or composed

Hoffman Mazl Tov

Author:
Watts, Susan
Composer:
Hoffman, Joseph
Genre:
Literary Origin, Concert
Subject:
Senses/Touch/Feel/Sight/Hear/Give/Thankfullness/Love

Recording

On album:
W-034(b) (Susan Watts / Hartsklap)
Track ID:
43038
Vocal/Trumpet:
Watts, Susan
Piano/Background Vocal:
Dolgin, Josh
Drums:
Huntley, Richard
Guitar/Baritone Violin:
Watsky, Allen
Trombone:
Lemisch, Rachel — לעמיש, רחל
Alto Sax:
Darriau, Matt
Baritone Sax:
Kontorovich, Alex
Tuba:
Caswell, Ron
First line:
I can look, I can touch,, I can feel, I can see and I can…and I can love, and I can smile, mazel tov, it's feeling…
Language:
English
Style:
Concert/Jazz/Blues
Length:
4:07

Circus Freilach

Composer:
Watts, Susan
Genre:
Instrumental/Ecclectic
Additional song notes:
Starts with with a nigun, then klezmer circus music, circus barker patter, then nigun...

Recording

On album:
W-034(b) (Susan Watts / Hartsklap)
Track ID:
43047
Trumpet:
Watts, Susan
Guitar/Bass:
Watsky, Allen
Trombone:
Lemisch, Rachel — לעמיש, רחל
Drums:
Huntley, Richard
Piano/Accordion:
Dolgin, Josh
Baritone Sax:
Welber, Audrey
Vocal:
The Hartsklap Singers
Circus MC/Vocal:
Miller, Jennifer
Style:
Concert/Nigun/Circus Music/Circus Barker Patter/Eclectic
Length:
3:27

Other tracks with this artist

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

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

Seven Forty — זיבן פֿערציק

Also known as:
7:40 A.M.
Also known as:
7:40
Genre:
Klezmer/Instrumental
Subject:
Train/Bars ??
Additional song notes:
Title refers to train schedule or time that bars open in Odessa See Ephemera 1406
Related information in folder 1406:
Comments:
1. 7/1/2014 Article provided by Chava Kramer, Israel and entered in Ephemera on July 1, 2014,explaining, among other things, that 7:40 was the scheduled arrival time of a train to Odessa. 2. /1/2014 Article provided by Chava Kramer, Israel and entered in Ephemera on July 1, 2014,explaining, among other things, that 7:40 was the departing time of a train from Odessa..
On album:
G-095(a) (German Goldenshteyn / A Living Tradition)
Track ID:
36277
Artist:
The Goldenshteyn Memorial Orchestra
Poyk:
Alexander, Aaron
Trombone:
Blacksberg, Dan
Accordion:
Horowitz, Joshua
Tuba:
Rubin, Mark
Tenor Banjo:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Fiddle:
Segelstein, Cookie
Trumpet:
Watts, Susan
Clarinet:
Kontorovich, Alex
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
Length:
6:15

Halevay (Oysher) — הלװאַי (אױשער)

Author:
Oysher, Moyshe — אױשער, משה
Composer:
Oysher, Moyshe — אױשער, משה
Genre:
Theater/Novelty
Subject:
Love/Food/Fish/Plum/Fruit
Music:
Metro Album 43
Additional song notes:
If Only
On album:
S-130(a) (Shtreiml/ Spicy Paprikash)
Track ID:
38102
Piano, Electric Piano:
Rosenblatt, Jason
Vocals, Hammond B3:
Dolgin, Josh
Drums:
Arsenault, Thierry
Bass:
Harrod, Ariel
Vocals, Trumpet:
Watts, Susan
Backing Vocals:
Rosenblatt, Abby
Trombone:
Lemisch, Rachel — לעמיש, רחל
First line:
Halevay, volt ikh geven a floymen boym,
First line:
הלװאי, װאָלט איך געװען אַ פֿלאָמען בױם,
Language:
Yiddish/Enlgish
Length:
3:01

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

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

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/

A Freylekhs Far Ale — אַ פֿרייליילעכס פֿאַר אַלע

Composer:
Bender, Brian — בענדער, ברוך
Genre:
Instrumental/Klezmer
Additional song notes:
A Freylekhs For Everyone
On album:
Y-065(a) (Yiddishkeit Klezmer Ensemble: A Freylekhs Far Ale)
Track ID:
42821
Trombone/Accordion:
Bender, Brian — בענדער, ברוך
Clarinet:
Ressler, Dena
Trombone:
Watts, Susan
Fiddle/Sekund Fiddle:
Mayer, Lisa
Flute:
Bishko, Markus
Tuba:
Rubin, Mark
Drums:
Smith, Grant
Style:
Concert/Instrumental/Klezmer
Length:
3:37

Undzer Nigndl — אונדזער ניגונדל

Also known as:
A Nigndl (Undzer Nigndl)
Also known as:
Hobn Mir A Nigndl
Also known as:
Our Song
Author:
Shternheim, Nokhem — שטערנהײַם, נחום
Composer:
Shternheim, Nokhem — שטערנהײַם, נחום
Genre:
Folk/Literary Origin
Subject:
Family/Melody/Tune/Parents/Children/Grandparents/Joy
Origin:
ML MTAG 158/Shternheim 70/Alb G-026(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Alb C-015(a)
Transliteration:
Shernheim 70/Alb C-015(a)/ML MTAG 158/Alb D-016(a)/Alb R-001(a)
Translation:
Alb R-001(a)/Vinkov 2 68/Alb R-022(a)/Alb J-007(a)/Alb L-024(b)Alb M-129(a&b)
Music:
Shternheim 70/ML MTAG 158/Gold Zem 86/
Additional song notes:
Our Melody Also Translation and transliteration on Alb 126(a) J. Vernik credited as composer on Alb W-034(b)
On album:
W-034(b) (Susan Watts / Hartsklap)
Track ID:
43040
Vocal/Trumpet:
Watts, Susan
Piano:
Dolgin, Josh
Guitar/Baritone Violin:
Watsky, Allen
Trombone:
Lemisch, Rachel — לעמיש, רחל
Drums:
Huntley, Richard
Piano:
Dolgin, Josh
Alto Sax:
Darriau, Matt
Tuba:
Caswell, Ron
First line:
Hobn mir a nigundl, In nakhes un in freydn, in nakhes un in freydn, zing es mir tsusamen, zing es mir azoy sheyn,...
First line (Yiddish):
האָבן מיר אַ ניגונדל, זינג עס מיר צוזאַמען, זינג עס מיר אַזוי שיין, דאָס האָט געזינגען די...ווען זיי זענען נאָך קינדערלעך..
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Distorted in Part/Klezmer
Length:
6:38

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

Sheyn Vi Di Levone — שײן װי די לבֿנה

Author:
Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Genre:
Love/Pop
Subject:
Beauty/Moon/Stars/Confusion/Flustered
Origin:
GYF 36/Alb F-024(e)/Alb T-004(c)/Alb M-059(a)/Metro Scher 29
Transliteration:
Alb F-042(a)/Alb M-059(a)/Alb M-057(a)/Alb K-059(d)/Alb T-25(a)/Alb K-022(b)
Translation:
GYF 39/Alb T-025(a)/Alb K-059(d)/Alb B-076(a)/Alb M-059(a)/Alb K-081(a)
Music:
Warem 182/GYF 37/SM Scher 1
Additional song notes:
Also translated on CD B-076(a)
On album:
W-034(b) (Susan Watts / Hartsklap)
Track ID:
43044
Vocal/Trumpet/Arrangement:
Watts, Susan
Guitar/Baritone Violin:
Watsky, Allen
Trombone:
Lemisch, Rachel — לעמיש, רחל
Baritone Sax:
Kontorovich, Alex
Drums:
Huntley, Richard
Piano/Background Vocal:
Dolgin, Josh
Alto Sax:
Darriau, Matt
Tuba:
Caswell, Ron
Vocal/Trumpet/Arrangement:
Watts, Susan
Bass:
Watsky, Allen
Trombone:
Lemisch, Rachel — לעמיש, רחל
Drums:
Huntley, Richard
Alto Sax:
Darriau, Matt
Piano/Arrangement/Horn Orchestrations:
Rosenblatt, Jason
Baritone Sax:
Kontorovich, Alex
Alto Sax:
Welber, Audrey
First line:
Sheyn vi di levone, likhtik vi di shtern, fun himel a matone, hostu mir tsigeshikt, mayn glik hob ikh gevinen, ven ikh..
First line (Yiddish):
שײן װי די לבֿנה, ליכטיק װי די שטערן, פֿון הימל אַ מתּנה, האָסטו מיך ציגעשיקט, מײַן גליק האָב איך געווינען, ווען איך
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Pop/Fox Trot/
Length:
5:10

Joseph Joseph

Author:
Steinberg, Samuel
Author:
Cahn, Sammy
Composer:
Casman, Nellie — קאַסמאַן, נעלי
Composer:
Chaplin, Saul
Genre:
Theatre/American/Pop
Subject:
Love/Marriage/Indicision
Music:
Estella 6
Additional song notes:
English adaptation of "Yosl Yosl"
On album:
W-034(b) (Susan Watts / Hartsklap)
Track ID:
43049
Vocal/Trumpet/Arrangement:
Watts, Susan
Bass:
Watsky, Allen
Clarinet:
Kontorovich, Alex
Piano/Orchestration:
Banner, Adrian
Drums:
Mervine, Gregg
Alto Sax:
Welber, Audrey
Violin:
Zakar, Amy
Language:
Some English
Style:
Concert/Latin/Klezmer/Scat Singing
Length:
3:27

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

Robert and Molly Freedman Jewish Sound Archive.
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