For info and pricing contact Shawn Weaver
We do clinics and concerts.
Bookings and Other Information
shawnsax@jps.net, shawnsax@aol.com
206-523-9298
8221 30 Ave NE , Seattle, WA 98115
We are also
very pleased to be releasing our 4th CD titled "Odyssey".
Wedding Clients, here are some short clips of Wendy
and I playing some the pieces we typically perform.
These are .wav files short and to the point
Erev Shel Shashanm
Los Bilbilicos
Freylakhs Funder Khupe
Kol Dodi
Dodi Li
Kol Avra Ba
Tooting our horn. Here are reviews etc......of the band and Cd's
Quality Fusion 5 Stars J. Winter ,Amazon review of CD "Most Precious of Days"
Paul Wieder Chicago JUF news
Audiogalaxy,Will Robinson review of CD "Most Precious of Days"
Will Robinson articulates our mission statement in his review: Parts of Will Robinson's review:
"The musicians in Shawn’s Kugel have imbibed countless free drinks at wedding and mitzvah parties in the service
of keeping Klezmer music vibrantly alive. Neither purists nor way-out experimenters, Shawn’s Kugel plays good old fashioned
Klezmer traditionals as well as they mix it up with Jazz and Worldbeat-inflected tunes. The band’s music is without
a trace of dilettantism: Shawn’s Kugel doesn’t just dabble in Jazz, they play it with expert proficiency and sublimely
restrained grace, seamlessly melding it and other genres with Klezmer in a way that never sounds less than totally organic."
Shawn Weaver, also writes new tunes on request for the occasion of a celebration. In so doing he is participating in the
powerful tradition, shared by all folk musics, of songs referring to or celebrating real events of genuine communal significance.
Note how this is almost entirely missing from rock or pop music. When the latest boy-band sensation sing their new "girl,
I love you" song, it is entirely severed of any real meaning. What girl? Which boy? When? Where? This is why songs like this
are so disposable, and today’s pop smash becomes tomorrow’s K-Tel TV compilation offering. The most personal significance
a song like than can have is if it becomes a couple’s "song," (as in "they’re playing our song!") but think how
much weaker that significance is than the significance of a song written just for you, to be played on the occasion
of your marriage, or your entry into adulthood. "Freylakh for Robert," written on this kind of commission, is just such a song. No mere work-for-hire, Weaver’s composition swings and lurches
and dances and loves with a life of its own. Though songs like these will never interest K-Tel, they have passed over from
the realm of plain old everyday music into the realm in which music is magically personal and yet shared. A recording can
capture the song, but with folk music any recording is merely those musicians playing that song once, while the song itself
outlasts the performance and and even the musicians. This is the power of folk music - this is the power of Klezmer - and
it is a power more covetable than chart-topping accessibility or the evocation of scholarly discussion. Simply put: Klezmer
music lives.
About the Band:
Shawn's Kugel was formed in the 1997 and has performed all over
the NorthWest in festivals and simcha's. We are considered the premier Jewish band in the Northwest. In 2007, we were voted
Seattle's best Jewish Band by the readers of JT News. Shawn Weaver is the leader of the band and played woodwinds/mandolin with the Mazeltones for 9 years. The band has released 4 CD's: "Simcha!", "Most Precious of Days" and "Finger Play" and the most
recent "Odyssey".
Kugel performs not only Klezmer & Sephardic, but also contemporary
Chassidic, Reggae, Jazz and some Rock & Roll. We pride ourselves on our musicianship and our ability to provide the ultimate
simcha. Shawn organizes and teaches traditional dances at each performance. Shawn also writes a personal composition for some
events, (As time permits) which is framed and presented to the Chosen/Kalle and or Bar/Bat. If you are contemplating using
our band for your simcha, please take a moment to check out Gig reference for band members to check your date against our calendar.
We take requests!
Our CD'S and reviews:
CDs can be purchased at CD Baby or contact me:
shawnsax@jps.net
"Odyssey" Our most recent release
Kugel Myspace with full audio
CD Baby with audio samples
"Finger
Play"
Rebecca
Steve's 41
Esa Enai
She said so
"Most Precious of Days"
Az Ikh Zel
Zogen
Der Heyser
Shara
Freylakh
for Ben
Yismechu
Erica
"Simcha"
Baba Blues
Shalom Aleichem
Purim Medley
Nice Evening
with Moon
Firn De
Mekhutonim
Oatmeal
and Bananas
Paint it
Black
The Core Band is a 4 piece:
Shawn Weaver: Leader, Woodwinds, Mandolin, Guitar and Vocals
Steve Rice: Accordian/Keyboards Or
Murl Allen Sanders Accordian/Keyboards
Andy Zadrozny: Bass and Vocals
Will Dowd: Drums and Percussion
The Kugel Mania!! is 6 Piece and larger:
Al Keith: Trumpet
Bill Anthony: Trombone
Nathaniel Scheleimer: Baritone sax and Alto
For info and pricing contact Shawn Weaver
Bookings and Other Information
shawnsax@jps.net, shawnsax@aol.com,
206-523-9298
8221 30 Ave NE , Seattle, WA 98115
See the band live!
No public performances scheduled at this time
Contact me to make arrangements to observe the band at a Simcha
Some members of the band were a part of String Theory
Shabbat service at Temple Beth Am. I created this service to showcase contemporary music for strings and rhythm section. String Shabbat Music
