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Where Hola Meets the Hora

Bandleader Arturo O’Farrill puts a new spin on a Latin-Jewish classic
By Hadara Graubart | 7:00 AM Aug 19, 2009

The hip kids at the Idelsohn Society for Musical Preservation are reissuing the 1961’s Mazel Tov, Mis Amigos. Marketed as a recording by the fictitiously named Juan Calle and His Latin Lantzmen, the album offered Yiddish standards, including “Bei Mir Bist Du Shein” and “Papirossen,” in a Latin dance style. To celebrate the release, there will be a one night only performance of the album by Arturo O’Farrill’s Afro-Cuban Sextet.