13 AUGUST 2002: “JEWISH
GARAGE JAZZ WITH A SICK SENSE OF HUMOR”

Rabbinical
School Dropouts: Cosmic Tree

Tzadik #7168

Released June 2002

  1. Dung Gate

2. Pillow Rock

3. Warp to Level Three

4. Cosmic Tree

5. Solarium Khosidl

6. Jebusite Hypothesis

7. Sweet Beat

8. Yanatan Hakatan

9. Mosquito from Megiddo

10. Nuclear Jet Set

11. Integretron

12. Semitic Slam

The Rabbinical School Dropouts
is as crazy a group of kooks as you could want. Sun Ra, the Hampton Grease
Band, Frank Zappa and the Klezmatics all rolled into one, the music of
the Friedmann brothers is fresh and imaginative. Their ten-member big band
(featuring oboe, mandolin, bassoon, theremin, toy piano, tablas, etc.)
storms through a dozen creative originals touching upon klezmer, jazz,
funk, Latin, rock, and varied mishegoss along the way. Jewish garage jazz
with a sick sense of humor from Long Beach, California.