Hot Pstromi


and Hot Pstromi is a U.S.-based klezmer ensemble that was started in 1982.
The original line up was Strom, Andy Statman, Mark Dresser, Ismail Butera and Seido Salifoski. Concurrently, Strom led a klezmer ensemble based in California, originally called Zmiros, later Klazzj. Members included Jeff Pekarek, Fred Benedetti, Tripp Sprague, Gene Perry. Since 2006, both ensembles have been called Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi, but the website's lineup reflects the current New York based lineup: Peter Stan, Norbert Stachel, Elizabeth Schwartz, Sprocket, Klezmatics co-founder David Licht and Strom. Other artists appear as featured guests on the ensemble's 21st Century recordings, including panflutist Damian Draghici, Andy Statman, accordionist Lou Fanucchi, accordionist Ismail Butera, bassist Marty Confurius, bassist Mark Dresser, bassist Jim Whitney, trumpeter Bud Burridge, percussionists Benny Koonyevsky and Jim Mussen, pianist Diane Moser, Klezmatics co-founder Lorin Sklamberg, tsimbl player Alexander Fedoriouk and others.
In October 2012, the ensemble released the book "Shpil: The Art of Playing Klezmer", a book that includes not only instruction for the individual - professional and amateur enthusiast - but a detailed history, suggested recordings and bibliography, and personalized instruction for violin, accordion, bass, reeds, percussion and a rare chapter on how to sing klezmer vocals. What sets Hot Pstromi apart from other klezmer bands is much of the repertoire comes from Strom's many years of ethnographic research he has conducted in Eastern Europe. Many of the klezmer melodies and Yiddish songs come from Jews and Roma who played before and after the Holocaust that Strom interviewed and performed with. Strom's academic research can be found in his books: "The Book of Klezmer: The History, The Music, The Folklore from the 14th Century to the 21st, "Shpil: The Art of Playing Klezmer," "Dave Tarras: The King of Klezmer," and "The Absolutely Complete Klezmer Songbook."

Discography

  • "In The Streets", Gogl-Mogl Records
  • "Cholent With Huckleberry",, Rounder Records
  • "Eclectic Klezz",, Global Village
  • "Hot Pstromi: With A Little Horseradish on the Side" , Global Village
  • "The Last Klezmer", Global Village
  • "Wandering Jew", Global Village
  • "Carpati: 50 Miles, 50 Years" , Global Village
  • "Tales Our Fathers Sang" , Global Village
  • "Garden of Yidn", Naxos World
  • "Cafe Jew Zoo" , Naxos World
  • "Dveykes/Adhesion", Global Village
  • "The Absolutely Complete Introduction to Klezmer" , Transcontinental/URJ
  • "Borsht with Bread Brothers", Arc Music UK
  • "Absolutely Klezmer, Volume II",, Transcontinental/URJ
  • "The Devil's Brides", Arc Music UK
  • "City of the Future: Yiddish Songs from the Former Soviet Union" Arc Music UK
  • "Yale Strom's Broken Consort: Shimmering Lights" Arc Music UK
"The Wolf and The Lamb: Live from the Shach", Naxos/Arc Music UK