Joel Rubin Jewish Music Ensemble

The clarinet is the quintessential melody instrument of the klezmer. And Joel Rubin is the master! He can make his instrument laugh, cry, whine, scream and sing. With his Jewish Music Ensemble, Joel Rubin brings a versatile repertoire, from subdued mystical nigunim to ecstatic rhapsodic improvisation. The counterweight comes from David Chernyavsky's violin, the earthly basis of Claudio Jacomucci's accordion and the 'drive' of Peter Rushefsky's tsimbl.