The band includes clarinet, saxophone, trombone, cello, guitar, piano, bass, drums, and percussion. Rakhmones passionately plays Jewish music, from old world klezmer to contemporary original compositions. This Los Angeles-based quartet draws its inspiration from blending boisterous Yiddish dances and exotic Middle Eastern melodies with the adventurous spirit of jazz. For clubs and concert engagements, Rakhmones offers a mix of raucous klezmer, exciting group improvisation and original compositions. For weddings and parties, Rakhmones provides traditional ceremonial music and high-octane dance sets.
Instrumentation includes, clarinet, trumpet, accordion, bass and drums.
The Raymond Street Klezmer Band is from Nashua, New Hampshire. Temple Beth Abraham in Nashua is located on Raymond Street. And that's the only place that lets us make enough noise to rehearse. So we rehearse there every Thursday night and that's how we got our name. What started over a drink at Shabbat services eventually turned into a new Klezmer Band hearkening back to the Eastern European traditional klezmer players.