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Tzimmes had its humble beginnings in 1986 in Victoria, B.C., and for about 4 years played for enthusiastic audiences within and outside the Jewish community. They bid adieu to each other in 1990, but as mazl (luck) would have it, two of its members, namely Moshe Denburg and Julian Siegel, moved to Vancouver. In the fall of 1991, together with a longtime friend of Moshe's from Jerusalem, Yona Bar- Sever, Tzimmes was re-formed. Soon after they were joined by Vocalist Myrna Rabinowitz, and [the late*] Egyptian Percussionist Adel Awad. Since 2000 the Tzimmes family has been transformed and expanded to include several more outstanding musicians - Phil Belanger on Drums, Saul Berson on Saxophone, Clarinet, and Flute, Dann Parker on Bass, and Amy Stephen on Accordion.

Original in concept and sound, Tzimmes occupies a niche of its own in Jewish Music. Over the years, they have concertized in Canada, the U.S., Mexico, and England, at Folk Festivals and Communal Events, for Jewish and non-Jewish audiences alike.
Tzimmes has always been committed to presenting Jewish Music in its many facets - everything from Middle Eastern (Mizrahi/Hebrew) to Eastern European (Klezmer/Yiddish) to Mediterranean (Sephardi/Ladino), and contemporary musical vernaculars. New settings of traditional repertoire alternate with completely original creations.

Their recordings - three to date and a fourth in the works - have received regular airings on a variety of radio programs in Canada, the U.S., England, and Europe. Their debut album, Sweet and Hot, was given a prime time interview with Robert Siegel on National Public Radio's All Things Considered; and their second album, A Lid For Every Pot was featured on CBC's The Gabereau Show, in an hour long national broadcast.
The American folk/world music magazine, Dirty Linen, in reviewing Tzimmes' third recording, KlezMyriad, had this to say about the: "...(they are) new-generation klezmorim who are preserving, but also extending, Jewish music into the next century."

* Adel Awad, our longtime colleague and a musician loved by all who ever heard him play, passed away in early May 2007. He had suffered from lupus complications for many years. He was 51 years old. His memory will always be a blessing, and his drumming legendary.

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