Table Pounding Music

01/03/2023

European Tour next week with Mazel Tov Cocktail Party! Can't wait for this show at gorgeous Théâtre du Châtelet on MARCH 10!!
All TOUR details on https://www.mazeltovcocktailparty.com/events

🎼 Il réinvente la musique klezmer de ses ancêtres avec un mélange de funk, de jazz et de musique électro, David Krakauer sera le 10 mars au Châtelet fait son jazz aux côtés de Kathleen Tagg et Mazel Tov Cocktail Party ! 🎶
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🎭 Le Châtelet fait son jazz
🤝 1re partie : André Manoukian et Jeremy Hababou
📆 Vendredi 10 mars
🕗 20h
🎫 bit.ly/_Chatelet-Jazz

18/01/2023

Mazel Tov Cocktail Party hits Paris March 10- at Théâtre du Châtelet! Thanks to Laurence Haxaire for talking to David Krakauer & Kathleen Tagg about the project!

NORTH COUNTRY SQUARE DANCE (SQUARE DANCE ALL NIGHT)(Music: Krakauer, Words: Makonnen, arr. Tagg, Bergsonist) from "MAZEL TOV COCKTAIL PARTY"Mazel Tov Cockta...

15/10/2022

It's our annual announcement: We would love it if you would consider our album in your 1st round voting.
👉MAZEL TOV COCKTAIL PARTY is in *Category 54: Best Folk Album*.
👉Additionally on the ballot is "NORTH COUNTRY SQUARE DANCE" for *Best Arr. Instruments & Vocals: Category 70*
**From Le Monde: "Mazel Tov Cocktail Party is a breath of fresh air, an incentive to dance …In the face of the overwhelming negativity and alarming rise of hatred and intolerance in today's world," let's breathe and dance together…More than a suggestion, an injunction.- Patrick Labesse Le Monde**

👉The album is also in the category *Best Engineered Album Category 76*: &

07/10/2022

It's Bandcamp Friday, so all proceeds of sales go directly to artists. All of our Table Pounding Music recordings are there, with CD, vinyl and digital offerings!
**Mazel Tov Cocktail Party** Mazel Tov Cocktail Party
**Breath & Hammer** with David Krakauer & Kathleen Tagg
**Ancestral Groove** - Krakauer
**The Big Picture** - Krakauer
** Where Worlds Collide with Tagg & Petersen
and albums by Abraham Inc.
https://tablepoundingrecords.bandcamp.com/

Table Pounding Music is the home of Table Pounding Records and Table Pounding Presents. It is home to a collection of recordings that blur boundaries and genres. At the heart of Table Pounding Music is a constant search for identity and a distinctive voice. Table Pounding Records was founded by Davi...

18/03/2022

En concert le 29 mars 2022 au Café de la Danse à Paris. Info et réservation sur cafedeladanse.com

04/03/2022

It’s Bandcamp Friday, and today, we are donating 50% of all sales on our Table Pounding Music Bandcamp to the Ukrainian HUMANITARIAN AID FOR UKRAINE Fundraiser by UNWLA - Ukrainian National Women's League of America, Inc.

Bandcamp Friday is a day when which all proceeds go directly to the creators.

Supporting artists directly on Bandcamp is a great way to ensure that creators are able to continue to make albums- check out our own Table Pounding Music Records catalog on Bandcamp: https://tablepoundingrecords.bandcamp.com/

Find the album at:
Mazeltovcocktailparty.com/album

30/01/2022

Every other Sunday is a celebratory music video drop from our next release 𝙈𝘼𝙕𝙀𝙇 𝙏𝙊𝙑 𝘾𝙊𝘾𝙆𝙏𝘼𝙄𝙇 𝙋𝘼𝙍𝙏𝙔!
Find the joy, protest, and insane beat in today's release from this incredible new album, 𝙆𝙧𝙖𝙠𝙠𝙮'𝙨 𝙍𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙗𝙤𝙬 𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙠𝙖!!

Check out the full video here (and hit subscribe to make sure you don't miss the next ones)!
https://youtu.be/a8GL5g3q5vw

Mazel Tov Cocktail Party comes out 2/25/22 on Label Bleu (EU) and TPM (global)
& the pre-order is ~ open now! ~
Grab your copy today!
https://davidkrakauer.bandcamp.com/
Music mixed by Marc Urselli

Video footage & audio for David Krakauer, Kathleen Tagg, Yoshie Fruchter & Jerome Harris filmed and recorded by Kathleen Tagg at home and at the Flatbush Jewish Center.
Sarah MK's video footage filmed by Frantz Lee. Audio recorded at home by Sarah MK.
Martin Shamoonpour’s video footage and audio recorded at home by Martin Shamoonpour.

This video was created in part for an online residency at MusicUnitesUS, Brandeis University (Judith Eissenberg, director); and was made possible in part with public funds from LMCC and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA).
Music created during an artist retreat at Hill and Hollow Music; Saranac, NY
Mazel Tov Cocktail Party is a Table Pounding Music Production

16/01/2022

WEDDING ON THE CYCLONE
(Formerly Hora at the Castle)
ALBUM OUT FEB 25, 2022 on Table Pounding Music (World except Europe) & Label Bleu (Europe)
(Trad., Words: Makonnen, arr. Krakauer, Tagg, Flower) from "MAZEL TOV COCKTAIL PARTY"

This video was created individually and remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic in the summer/fall of 2020 without the band ever meeting in person.

David Krakauer, clarinet
with
Kathleen Tagg, accordion and keyboard
Sarah MK, rap vox
Yoshie Fruchter, electric guitar
Jerome Harris, electric bass
Martin Shamoonpour, daf and jaw's harp
Jeremy Flower aka Keepalive, sampler/electronics

Mazel Tov Cocktail Party conceived & created by David Krakauer and Kathleen Tagg
Michael Joseph McQuilken, video concept, edit & special effects

Album Pre-Order: https://davidkrakauer.bandcamp.com/album/mazel-tov-cocktail-party

Mazel Tov Cocktail Party is a "good vibes explosion" created in response to the current climate of polarization and negativity that pervades our daily lives. In these uncertain times, it’s a chance for all of us to come together to celebrate our common humanity.

Music produced by Kathleen Tagg with David Krakauer
Music edited by Kathleen Tagg
Music mixed by Marc Urselli

Video footage & audio for David Krakauer, Kathleen Tagg, Yoshie Fruchter & Jerome Harris filmed and recorded by Kathleen Tagg at home and at the Flatbush Jewish Center.
Sarah MK's video footage filmed by Frantz Lee. Audio recorded at home by Sarah MK.
Martin Shamoonpour’s video footage and audio recorded at home by Martin Shamoonpour.

This video was created in part for an online residency at MusicUnitesUS, Brandeis University (Judith Eissenberg, director); and was made possible in part with public funds from LMCC and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA).
Music created during an artist retreat at Hill and Hollow Music; Saranac, NY
Mazel Tov Cocktail Party is a Table Pounding Music Production

For more information and lyrics, visit www.mazeltovcocktailparty.com